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Convict name: Besant, John.

sentence_details:
Convicted at Wilts. Assizes for a term of 7 years on 24 July 1830.

vessel: Proteus

date_of_departure: 12 April 1831.

place_of_arrival: Van Diemen's Land.

source:
Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 86

title:
John Besant, one of 112 convicts transported on the Proteus, 12 April 1831.

publication_details:
Canberra [A.C.T.] :Australian Joint Copying Project,[1948-1990]

original_version_note:
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 Project (AJCP).

topical_subject_heading: Convicts--Australia--Registers.

neographic_subject_heading: Australia--Genealogy.

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Barton, Benjamin.

Convicted at Lincoln City Quarter Sessions and Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 08 January 1831.
Transported by Strathfieldsaye (22 July 1831.).

Brodie, Margaret.

Convicted at Edinburgh Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 10 November 1830.
Transported by Mary (09 June 1831.).

Everett, Thomas H.

Convicted at Suffolk Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 10 January 1831. Free Pardon.
Transported by Proteus (12 April 1831.).

Gower, Ann.

Convicted at Middlesex Gaol Delivery for a term of 14 years on 17 February 1831.
Transported by Mary (09 June 1831.).

Ham, Edward.

Convicted at Somerset Assizes for a term of life on 14 August 1830.
Transported by Isabella (22 November 1831.).

Jones, John.

Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Sessions for a term of life on 04 July 1831.
Transported by Portland (19 November 1831.).

Mitchell, William.

Convicted at Oxford (Boro of Bambury) Session of Peace and Gaol Delivery for a term of 14 years on 23 October 1830.
Transported by Larkins (11 June 1831.).

Pizzie, Charles.

Convicted at Wilts. Special Gaol Delivery for a term of life on 27 December 1830. Conditional Pardon.
Transported by Proteus (12 April 1831.).

Pope, Joseph.

Convicted at Dorset Special Gaol Delivery for a term of 7 years on 10 January 1831. Free Pardon.
Transported by Eleanor (15 February 1831.).

Robinson, James.

Convicted at Lancaster Quarter Session for a term of life on 11 April 1831.
Transported by Lord Lynedoch [Lord Lyndoch] (20 July 1831.).

Swan, John the Younger.

Convicted at Cambridge Assizes for a term of 14 years on 11 March 1831.
Transported by Surrey (15 July 1831.).

Tucker, Walter.

Convicted at Somerset Assizes for a term of life on 30 March 1830.
Transported by Strathfieldsaye (22 July 1831.).

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