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Voyage
Transportation
William Wright was transported on the Layton, departing 26th Aug 1835 and arriving 10th Dec 1835 with 272 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Source; The Sydney Monitor. Sat 14 Nov 1829. Page 3. Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals.- On Sunday the Layton from Sheerness, with 190 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. James Osborne, R. N. Lieutenant Miller, 40th Regt; and 29 soldiers of different corps, 4 women and 3 children. Mustered; 188. Died on Voyage; 2. Total 190 Embarked.
Layton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 133 (69) |
| 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
Daring Highway Robbery. On Tuesday night, Mr. James Smith was returning home from Chapel Allerton to Leeds, and when he got within about four hundred yards of the Barrack Tavern, he saw a person laying upon the causeway apparently drunk, and he turned off the causeway to give him the road. When Mr. Smith arrived opposite to him, instantly three other persons rushed from the hedge, seized Mr. S. by the collar of his coat, demanded his money, and told him repeatedly, if he did not deliver it up quietly, it would be worse for him. They robbed him of a silver watch and its appendages, a silver pencil case, three shillings in silver, some copper, a silk and cotton handkerchief, a lasting bag, and his walking stick. Three of the persons then ran away towards Chapel Allerton ; the other gave Smith his stick back, and at the same time gave him a violent blow in the face with his fist, and then followed his companions. Mr. Smith came forward to Leeds and gave information to the police. In consequence of the description given of their persons and dress, Wm. Wright and George Kendal were apprehended next day in Kirkgate, and in the hat of the former prisoner, concealed under the lining, a silver pencil-case silver pencil-case was found, which was identified by the prosecutor as being part of the property taken from his person on the night in question. When Wright was apprehended, he said it belonged to bis father On Thursday, when brought before the magistrates, the two prisoners were proved to have been companions for a considerable time, and were seen together a very short time before the robbery took place. When asked by the magistrates if they had any thing to say in defence—they replied that they intended to say nothing at present; what what they had to say they should reserve to a future occasion They were ordered to be committed to Wakefield house of correction for trial at the borough sessions. Leeds Times, 11 Oct 1834.
Place of origin: Leeds, Yorkshire