Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:1778
| SURNAME | JOHNSTON |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| OTHER NAME | |
| CONVICT NO | 4069 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | 1826 – 04.02.1887 Salt WEll Gullaway Irwin District, found dead in a well, a labourer |
| BRITISH DATA | marr, 1 child; lab, lit, Prot; behaviour in separate confinement - very good, at public works - good, on voyage - good |
| PRE CONVICTION | 1844 theft, 4m; 1845 theft, 1m; 1846 felony, 7yrs; 1853 attempting to pick pockets, 2m |
| CONVICTION | Glasgow 26.09.1854 theft of money from a till in a shop, prev conv, 14yrs (The Paisley Herald, 30 Sep 1854) |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | 5ft 2ins, dark brown hair, hazel eyes, oval visage, dark complexion, middling stout |
| ARRIVAL | Fremantle – Runnymede 07.09.1856 from Portland Prison |
| CERTIFICATES | TL14.01.1859 (SO7, p62) CE, Exp 25.09.1868, CF09.12.1871 Fremantle |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | 06.04.1857 (SO5 p340) CE to North Fremantle as invalid; 12.11.1857 to Convict Establishment; 22.06.1858 (SO6 p306) CE transferred to Guildford Depot; 25.02.1860 (SO7 p294) CE removed from separate confinement; 03.09.1860 Fremantle transferred to Toodyay District to work for McManus, Weatherall and Poole; 11.12.1860 to Depot Hospital; 03.09.1860 - 26.12.1860 employed in Perth; 11.12.1860 admitted to Depot for medical treatment; 29.12.1860 Depot unemployed; 29.02.1868 (SO10 p272) CE extra rations provided working as striker; 26.03.1868 (SO10 p294) CE transferred to Mount Eliza Depot; 05.11.1868 (SO10 p467) CE transferred to light labour party at North Fremantle |
| FAMILY | |
| WA CONVICTIONS | 08 Oct 1860, incident with Police, using threatening language, fined 20/- *Jun 1878 (p109; 1879, p3) Dongara, stealing various articles including 12 pocket knives & a tin of fish from S.F Moore 6m *Apr 1880 (p77) Perth, larceny of money, 21d *Apr 1880 (p79) Howich St Perth, suspected of stealing 3 ½ lbs pork from the shop of Samuel Games *May 1880 (86) Perth, drunk, 7d *Jun 1880 (p104) York, larceny of a quantity of tea, the property of Mrs Craig *Sep 1882 (p154; 1883, p48) Dongara, apprehended, larceny at the Irwin hotel, stealing a bottle of whiskey and a bottle of clove syrup, 6m |
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| REFERENCES | SROWA – Convict Register Acc 1156 R19, R21B; Estimates and Convict Lists Acc 128/32; Ticket of Leave Register Acc 1156 R6, p242; Register of Local Prisoners Acc 1156 F3; Superintendent’s Orders Acc 1156 SO5/SO6/SO7/SO9/SO 10; *WA Police Gazette; Police Charge Book Dongara Cons417/22 p2; Death Register Dongara 1887 Entry 4 |
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