Convict Register Details
Midwest WA Heritage Convict Register Details
Convict Registry ID:378
| SURNAME | RIXEY |
|---|---|
| GIVEN NAMES | William |
| OTHER NAME | alias William SMITH |
| CONVICT NO | 7232 |
| BIRTH/DEATH | 1831 – 17.10.1874 Colonial Hospital Champion Bay |
| BRITISH DATA | alias William SMITH, marr (CCC report – lived with a de-facto), gentleman’s servant; semi lit, Prot; NOK Mary Rixon, William St, Manchester Square, London; character - indifferent |
| PRE CONVICTION | Clerkenwell 11.1854, as RIXON, felony, 18m; Sep 1856 as William SMITH, felony, 4yrs |
| CONVICTION | CCC 21.10.1861 breaking into the house of Robert Winter Thompson and stealing 23 brooches, value £4/10/-, 16 lockets value £5/2/-, and 1 gown value 5/-, prev conv, 8yrs (The Standard, 23 Oct 1861 p7) |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | 5ft 4½ins, light hair, grey eyes, full visage, fair complexion, middling stout |
| ARRIVAL | Fremantle – Clyde 29.05.1863 from Portland Prison |
| CERTIFICATES | TL04.06.1865, CR20.02.1869, CF05.03.1872 Champion Bay |
| LOCATION/ EMPLOYMENT | 03.06.1863 CE signed for his personal possessions - portfolio and book; 22.06.1865 discharged on engagement from Mount Eliza Depot; ^1873 Champion Bay, employed Sam Langford [9492] as cook; ᴽ23.10.1867 - 15.02.1872 Victoria District, worked for 25 masters |
| FAMILY | |
| WA CONVICTIONS | 13 Mar 1869 Geraldton, making use of threatening language to J. M. Davis, fined £2 ᴳᴿᴾ20 Oct 1869 Greenough, neglecting to report his lodgings, stating himself to be a free man with intent to deceive police ᴳᴿᴾ05 Nov 1869 Greenough, breach of TL Regs at Greenough Hotel, 3m ᴳᴿᴾ19 May 1871 Greenough, not reporting his change of master, 1m ᴳᴿᴾ17 Jan 1872 Greenough, neglecting to report return to Greenough, 14d ᴳᴿᴾ10 Jun 1872 Greenough, accused by John Warrener of making use of obscene and insulting language to Ann Warrener, dismissed |
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| REFERENCES | CCC – Central Criminal Court, The Old Bailey; SROWA – Convict Register Acc 1156 R21B, R26; Convict Description Register Acc 128/43; Prisoner Property Book Acc 1156 V14; Mount Eliza Depot Occurrence Book Acc 1156 Occ 6; ᴽTicket of Leave Register Geraldton Courthouse Acc 1914, p80; Geraldton Police Charge Book Cons 661/41; ᴳᴿᴾGreenough Police Court Charge Book Cons 4411; ^Erickson, R: Bicentennial Dictionary of Western Australians pre1829 – 1888, p2632; Death Register Geraldton Courthouse |
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