William Graham (c1830-1891) (Reg. No. 5244)
By Irma Walter, 2021. 1861 Letter from a Penrith Man, a convict in Australia. The following letter has been received…
Category: Convict Histories
A Wife’s Revenge – Joseph Gray (1823 – ?) (Reg. No. 4283)
Joseph Gray was born in Durham, Stockton in 1823, to parents Thomas Gray and Ann Daniel. He married Elizabeth Sarah…
John Sylvester (c1827 – ?) (Reg. No. 5251)
By Irma Walter, 2022. John Sylvester’s criminal career in the industrial town of Sheffield in England began at an early…
Three Hangings in One Day
By Irma Walter, 2021. Executions were carried out in the prisoners’ yard at the Perth Gaol up until the late…
A Wasted Life – The Story of Martin Griffin (c1830 – ?) (Reg. Nos. 1324 and 9701)
By Irma Walter, 2021. Martin Griffin has a rather dubious claim to fame. He received two terms of transportation to…
John Simpson (1832 – 1901) (Reg. No. 1624)
By Irma Walter and Rodney Dilley, 2021. John Simpson was born c1832 in Staffordshire to Enoch Simpson and his wife…
Cornelius Bradnum (1827 – 1898) (Reg. No. 2942)
By Irma Walter, 2021. Cornelius Morley Bradnum (frequently called Bradnam, or Bradman) was born on 23 March 1827 to parents…
The Dilworth Burglars
In March 1861 five men faced trial at the Liverpool Spring Assizes, charged with breaking and entering a farmhouse in…
John Jones (real name James Punt Borritt) (b.1813- ?) (WA Convict Reg. No. 4564)
The story of James Punt Borritt (alias George Parker, Thomas Parker, James Gazon, ‘Jemmy Punt’, John Jones), a seasoned and…
Jeremiah Prior (or Pryor) (c1833-1897) (Reg. No 7514)
By Irma Walter, 2021. [Note: Convicted as ‘Pryor’, but often recorded as Prior.] The Lord Dalhousie left Portland on 19…