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Convict name: Watson, John.

sentence_details:
Convicted at Nottingham Town Quarter Sessions for a term of 14 years on 05 January 1841. [Sentenced to] 7 years for one offence, 7 years for second offence.

vessel: Westmoreland

date_of_departure: 15 May 1841.

place_of_arrival: Van Diemen's Land.

source:
Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 313 (158)

title:
John Watson, one of 202 convicts transported on the Westmoreland, 15 May 1841.

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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Connected with Watson, John.

Ballantine, Henry.

Convicted at Glasgow Court of Justiciary for a term of 14 years on 19 September 1834.
Transported by Westmoreland (03 March 1835.).

Cadman, John.

Convicted at Yorkshire West Riding General Quarter Sessions for a term of 14 years on 21 October 1840.
Transported by Barossa (27 August 1841.).

Cantrell, Isiah.

Convicted at Derby Borough Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 11 January 1841.
Transported by Layton (06 April 1841.).

Goldsmith, Henry.

Convicted at Newcastle upon Tyne Assizes for a term of 10 years on 24 February 1841.
Transported by Barossa (27 August 1841.).

Griffiths, Edward.

Convicted at Warwickshire Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 20 October 1840.
Transported by Lord Goderich (26 June 1841.).

Mason, Frederick.

Convicted at Norfolk, Norwich Quarter Sessions for a term of 7 years on 20 April 1841.
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).

Mullins, John (The younger).

Convicted at Dorsetshire Quarter Sessions for a term of 15 years on 30 June 1840.
Transported by David Clarke (03 June 1841.).

Pickering, George.

Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of 7 years on 23 November 1840.
Transported by Lord Goderich (26 June 1841.).

Porter, Joseph.

Convicted at Central Criminal Court for a term of life on 05 April 1841. Escaped in Plymouth Sound. [Name crossed out]
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).

Rogers, James.

Convicted at Southhampton, Winchester Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years on 22 April 1841.
Transported by Tortoise (28 September 1841.).

Silver, John.

Convicted at Bristol Quarter Session for a term of 7 years on 30 December 1833.
Transported by Westmoreland (03 March 1835.).

Thomson, Susanna.

Convicted at Aberdeen Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 22 April 1841.
Transported by Garland Grove (14 June 1841.).

Watson, Margaret.

Convicted at Stirling Court of Justiciary for a term of 7 years on 01 September 1840.
Transported by Emma Eugenia (16 November 1841.).

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