John Anderson Christie (1818 – 1883) (Reg. No. 5711)
By Irma Walter, 2020. John Anderson Christie was born on 26 May 1818 in Avoch, Scotland, to Alexander Christie, a…
Category: Convict Histories
Murder on the High Seas – Miles & Seymour
By Irma Walter, 2019. Three men stood in the dock as the judge put on his black cap and pronounced…
The Huntingdon Burglars – Titman, Moss & Woothardt
By Irma Walter, 2020. A dastardly gang of thieves roamed the district around Peterborough in Cambridgeshire for several years before…
John Garner (1813 – 1894) (Reg. No. 8004)
By Irma Walter, 2019. This story is one of persecution by the British justice system, and of dogged persistence on…
Edward Fox (alias Thomas King) (1831 – 1936) (Reg. No. 9489)
By Irma Walter, 2019. On Tuesday, at the Old Men’s Home, Claremont, a unique birthday party, with cake and all,…
Bernard Wootton (1835-1867) (Reg. Nos. 4002 and 6802)
By Irma Walter, 2018 (Published 2020) Bernard Wootton (or Wotton, alias McNulty) was convicted in 1854, along with Henry Martin,…
Samuel Dale (c1823 – 1883) (Reg. Nos. 5538, 7231 and 10050)
By Irma Walter, 2020. Samuel Dale, single, a labourer aged 34 years, was convicted on 11 May 1857 at Liverpool…
Darby Furie (c1833 – ?) (Reg. No. 4649)
By Irma Walter, 2020. A Scotsman, Darby Furie (or ‘Fury’) was arrested with his partner-in-crime Theodore Dowd (alias ‘Peter Dowd’…
Michael Cawthorne (c1821 – ?) (Reg. No. 4868)
By Irma Walter, 2020. Michael Cawthorne (Cawthorn), aged 35 years, was described as ‘a middle-aged man, dark, and of repulsive…
William Carmichael (1827 – ?) (Reg. No. 5460)
By Irma Walter, 2020. William Carmichael was a clerk and soldier in the 76th Foot Regiment at Fredericktown, New Brunswick…