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Subject: [WA-CONVICT] Jospeh CAREY 9400
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2000 07:29:16 EST

Hi
I was wondering if anybody could add any info to what I have on convict
Joseph CAREY (9400)

Lindsey Quarter Sessions

Held at Louth on the 13th April 1858.

Joseph Carey was charged with stealing one iron rake, the property of David
Rushton, at Sibsey, on the 19th August 1857.

Verdict: Not Guilty.

Sentence: Discharged.

Lindsey Quarter Sessions

Held at Spilsby on the 10th January 1860.

Joseph Carey was charged with stealing five stones in weight of barley meal,
the property of John Palmer, at Boston East, on the 10th December 1859.

Verdict: No True Bill.

Sentence: Discharged.

Lindsey Quarter Sessions

Held at Spilsby on the 10th July 1860.

Joseph Carey and Henry Howden were charged with stealing, on the 11th May
1860, at Frithville, forty seven stones in weight of wheat, the property of
John Thompson. Both were found guilty. Joseph Carey was sentenced to three
years penal servitude. Henry Howden was given nine months hard labour at
Louth`s House of Correction.


Lindsey Quarter Sessions

Held at Louth on the 28th October 1864.

Joseph Carey was charged with stealing five stone in weight of wool locks,
the property of John Caudwell, at Frithvile on the 27th July 1864. He was
sentenced to seven years penal servitude.

He was first sent to the prison at Lincoln, then on the 19th December 1864 he
was sent to Wakefield Prison. He was transferred to Chatham Prison on the
10th October 1865, were he staid until the 27th March, 1867. He was then sent
by rail to Sheerness where he boarded the Norwood, which set sail for
Portsmouth and Portland on the 28th March 1867. Picking up more convicts on
the way.

On the 18th April 1867, the Norwood left Portland, for Western Australia.
They arrived of Fremantle on the the 13th July 1867. Around 5 p.m. the
pilot, a man called Jacklin came aboard and the ship dropped anchor at 6.30
p.m. At 9.45 a.m. on the 14th July, guards from Fremantle Prison came
aboard. At 1.00 p.m. all the prisoners were disembarked.

Joseph become convict number 9400. He got his Ticket of Leave on the 22nd
October 1868 and his Certificate of Freedom on the 3rd January 1872.

Joseph had a small holding at Chittering, Western Australia. He had a garden
near the lake on the Chittering Valley road, about a mile and a half south of
Chittering Church. He leased 100 acres in 1877.

I would most interested if his Ticket of Leave has survived, or if he`s
mentioned in any prison journals.

Regards,

Richard Brothwell
Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, UK

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