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Convict name: Thornton, John.

sentence_details:
Convicted at Stafford Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 31 December 1839.

vessel: Duncan

date_of_departure: 10 December 1840.

place_of_arrival: Van Diemen's Land.

source:
Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 269 (136)

title:
John Thornton, one of 259 convicts transported on the Duncan, 10 December 1840.

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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Bowes, John.

Convicted at York Assizes for a term of 15 years on 11 July 1839. Died 4 October 1840.
Transported by Asia (25 April 1840.).

Butters, Richard.

Convicted at Cornwall Quarter Sessions for a term of 15 years on 15 October 1839.
Transported by Mandarin (24 February 1840.).

Fitzgerald, Mary.

Convicted at Bristol City Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 10 April 1840.
Transported by Navarino (05 October 1840.).

Lindsay, David.

Convicted at Glasgow Court of Justiciary for a term of 10 years on 26 December 1839.
Transported by Asia (25 April 1840.).

Morris, Charles.

Convicted at Lancaster, Liverpool Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 20 July 1840.
Transported by Lady Raffles (30 November 1840.).

Rees, Thomas.

Convicted at Bristol City Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 06 January 1840.
Transported by Lord Lyndoch (07 September 1840.).

Reeve, William.

Convicted at Suffolk, Newport Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 22 October 1839.
Transported by Mandarin (24 February 1840.).

Ryan, Richard.

Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 15 years on 16 June 1840.
Transported by Lady Raffles (30 November 1840.).

Sheriff, Benjamin.

Convicted at Leicester Assizes for a term of life on 20 March 1840.
Transported by Duncan (10 December 1840.).

Thompson, George.

Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 7 years on 25 November 1839.
Transported by Hindostan (05 October 1840.).

Whalley, Henry.

Convicted at Lancaster, Bolton Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 10 January 1840.
Transported by Asia (25 April 1840.).

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