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Transportation
Philip Wyld was transported on the Albion, departing 29th May 1828 and arriving 3rd Nov 1828 with 192 passengers.
Albion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 400 |
| 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
ADM 101/1/9. Medical Journal of the Albion, male convict ship from 9 May to 14 November, by Thomas Logan, surgeon and superintendent, Folios 2-3: 19 May 1828; twelve convicts were received from the hulk Ganymede, and sixty from the Justitia, they had all been examined previously to their coming on board the Albion. They all appeared to be healthy, were clean in their persons and dressed in a new suit of convict's clothes. Folio 3: case no 12; Thomas Wyld, convict, taken ill at Woolwich; sick or hurt, vertigo, suspected of being a sham; Put on sick list 20 May 1828, date of discharge unknown.
Derbyshire Epiphany Sessions, PHILIP WILD, aged 58, wast indicted for stealing at the parish of Heanor, on the 10th December last, a quantity of flour, the property of James Woolley, of Loscoe, miller. John Cater, -servant to the  prosecutor, being sworn, stated that on the day named in the indictment, he discovered that his master's mill had been  broken open and a quantity of flour taken therefrom; the mill doors had been forced open by some sharp pointed instrument, which had left an impression on the jamb ; on his further examining the mill he found that three bags of flour had been opened and about ten stone carried away from two of them ; a great deal had also been Spilt on the floor; witness found some foot marks go about the mill, and traced them in a winding direction up to the of garden belonging to the dwelling house occupied by the prisoner; the witness saw the prisoner's shoes applied to the foot marks, which they exactly matched except as to five-nails; in one sole and seven in the other, which appeared newer than the rest, and to have been very recently put it; in all other respects the shoes and the impressions seemed to correspond, there being forty-nine old nails in each of the shoes, and the same number in the impression.- The Prosecutor was then called, and his evidence went to confirm the preceding statement of his servant, he also stated that he had examined a coal pick found in the prisoner's house, the point of which on application exactly fitted into the indentation made in the jamb of his mill door; had also seen an impression of the prints on the ground near to a gate by which the foot steps were traced from the mill. A considerable quantity of flour was found concealed upstairs in the prisoner's house..A certificate of Wild's former conviction was then put in and read.- Verdict, Guilty. To be transported 14 years. Derby Mercury, 23 Jan 1828 --------------------------- National Archives. Hulk Records. HO-9-4_4. Woolwich hulks, Justitia, page 42. Received from 5 Feb 1828, from Derby Philip Wyld, age 56, Stg 140 lb flour , Tried Derby Genl. Qr Sess, 15 Jan 1828, 14 years, Transported 19 May 1828.
Philip was born in Codnor, Derbyshire. In 1801 he married Hannah Varley and they had at least 2 children Benjamin and Martha. In 1824 he was found guilty of Larceny from a person and sentenced to 1 year in prison. In 1828 he was again found guilty of larceny and this time sentenced to transportation for 14 years at this point he was 52 years old. His wife died the following year in 1829.