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George Wright was transported on the Isabella, departing 3rd Apr 1818 and arriving 14th Sep 1818 with 234 passengers.
The Isabella was built in London in 1818. She was owned by William Wiseman, Patrick Chalmers and James Wallace. The Isabella transported convicts to Australia in 1818 (NSW), 1822 (NSW), 1823 (NSW), 1832 (NSW), 1833 (VDL) and 1842 (VDL).
Isabella (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 16 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
1828 NSW Census index. George Wright, FS, age 34, per Isabella 1, 1818, 7 years, protestant, Baker, Pitt Street, Sydney. Has 1 horse and 2 head of cattle.
Old Bailey Online WILLIAM JONES. GEORGE WRIGHT. Theft; animal theft. 17th September 1817. Text type Trial account Defendants WILLIAM JONES, GEORGE WRIGHT Offences Theft > Animal theft Session Date 17th September 1817 Reference Number t18170917-269 Verdicts Guilty, Guilty Punishments Transportation 1376. WILLIAM JONES and GEORGE WRIGHT were indicted for stealing, on the 25th of July , thirteen live tame fowls, price 26s. , the goods of Sir Maurice Disney , Knt. Commander of the Most Hon. Order of the Bath . JOHN JELLIES. I am coachman to Sir Maurice Disney , Knt., he lives at Hampstead . I have the care of the poultry. On the 25th of July, about three o'clock in the afternoon, I saw them safe, the hen-house door was locked-there is a hole that they get through; I got up about six o'clock the next morning, found the hen-house door broken open, and thirteen fowls gone; it is surrounded by a wall six feet high-at eight o'clock I saw them again, and the prisoner in custody. The poultry was dead, but quite warm. RICHARD RODGERS . I am watchman of Kentish-town. On the 25th of July, about ten minutes after five o'clock, I saw the prisoners lying under a wall, about two miles from Hampstead, each of them had a bundle-one of them said, "here comes the old watchman". I passed them and turned back again; as I passed them they stooped down. I followed them, and told a man to stop them. They were brought to the watch-house. JOSEPH PARMENTER . I was in the fields, and saw the prisoners throw the bundles into a ditch-each bundle contained six fowls. JOHN HATFIELD . I live at Kentish-town. I saw the prisoners running, and secured them. I found another fowl in the ditch. JONES'S Defence. I was returning from Cheshunt, and was stopped. I never saw the fowls. JONES - GUILTY . Aged 20. WRIGHT - GUILTY . Aged 26. Transported for Seven Years . Third Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant.