LOCAL CONVICTS
(alphabetical order)
Askern, John
/Aged: 25
/Resident of Potterhanworth
Crime:
/ Not known.Tried:
/Lindsey Assizes on 4th March 1826.
Punishment:
/Awarded a Life sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Albion’, to New South Wales, in 1827.
Bowering, Edward (Labourer)
/Aged: 31
/Resident of Horsington
Crime:
/ Manslaughter: stabbing John Taylor in the right side of the belly with a knife worth sixpence, causing a mortal wound of which he later died.Tried:
/Lindsey Assizes on 3rd March 1838.
Punishment:
/Awarded a 10-year sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Lord Lynedock’, to New South Wales, in 1838.
Cooling, Thomas (alias Thomas Cooke)
/Aged: 34
/Resident of Potterhanworth
Crime:
/ Stealing 7 tame fowls, the property of Thomas Foster of Dunston, husbandman.Tried:
/Kesteven Quarter Sessions on 16th October 1826.
Punishment:
/Awarded a 7-year sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Prince Regent’, to New South Wales, in 1827.
Fynes, John (Labourer)
/Aged: 21
/Resident of Bardney/Coningsby
Crime:
/ Stealing £41 from William Turner of Lincoln, in Tumby village. Convicted with Henry Taylor.Tried:
/Lindsey Assizes on 6th March 1819.
Punishment:
/Awarded a Life sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Dromedary’, to New South Wales, in 1820.
Greetham, William
/Aged: 27
/Resident of Bardney
Crime:
/ Not known.Tried:
/Lindsey Quarter Sessions on 8th July 1845.
Punishment:
/Awarded a 7-year sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Pestonjee Banjee’, to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), in 1845.
Henshaw, John
/Aged: 19
/Resident of Stixwould
Crime:
/ Burglary.Tried:
/Lindsey Assizes on 10th March 1821.
Punishment:
/Death sentence - commuted to Life. Deported on the ship ‘Eliza’, to New South Wales, in 1822.
Hibblewaite, John (alias Ablewhite)
/Aged: 21
/Resident of Horsington
Crime:
/ Breaking into the barn of John Barnett of Blankney Fen, farmer, and stealing about 5 quarters of wheat, his property.Tried:
/Ketseven Quarter Sessions on 14th January 1830.
Punishment:
/Awarded a 7-year sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Exmouth’, to New South Wales, in 1831.
Hubbert, Martha (wife of Nathaniel)
/Aged: 39
/Resident of Stixwould
Crime:
/ Stealing a band box, 3 cotton gowns, 2 petticoats, 4 pairs of white cotton stockings, 2 calico shifts, 2 aprons and other articles from the Greyhound public house, the property of Bridget Dowey of Horncastle, single woman.Tried:
/Lindsey Quarter Sessions on 24th October 1826.
Punishment:
/Awarded a 7-year sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Harmony’, to New South Wales, in 1827.
Johnson, William (Labourer)
/Aged: 28
/Resident of Bardney
Crime:
/ Burglariously entering the dwelling house of William Smith, of Bardney, wilfully and maliciously beating and wounding, with intent to murder and rob, William Kirmond, a lodger.Tried:
/Lindsey Assizes on 7th March 1818.
Punishment:
/Awarded a 7-year sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Globe’, to New South Wales, in 1819.
Johnson, Thomas
/Aged: 28
/Resident of Langton/Wragby
Crime:
/ Breaking and entering the dwelling house of James Wood of Langton by Wragby, labourer, and stealing a pair of half boots, 7 lbs of bacon and a razor.Tried:
/Lindsey Quarter Sessions on 24th October 1843.
Punishment:
/Awarded a 7-year sentence. Deported on the ship ‘London’, to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), in 1844.
Neesham, Robert (Labourer)
/Aged: 29
/Resident of Barlings
Crime:
/ Not known.Tried:
/Lindsey Assizes on 20th July 1861.
Punishment:
/Awarded a 7-year sentence. Deported on the ship ‘York’, to Western Australia in 1862.
Rowett, Edward
/Aged: 36
/Resident of Stixwould
Crime:
/ Stealing 7 geese and a hempen sack from Thomas Camm of Billinghay.Tried:
/Kesteven Quarter Sessions on 18th October 1832.
Punishment:
/Awarded a 7-year sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Atlas’, to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), in 1833.
Smith, Ann (alias Wardle and Wardell)
/Aged: 31
/Resident of Southrey
Crime:
/Breaking into the shop of William Holland, in Southrey, and stealing 7 pieces of print, a web of Irish linen, 36 handkerchiefs, a part of a web of calico, 3 pairs of women's cotton hose and sundry other articles.
Tried:
/Lindsey Assizes on 31st July 1813
Punishment:
/Death sentence - commuted to Double Life. Deported on the ship ‘Broxbornebury’, to New South Wales, in 1814.
Taylor, Richard (Labourer)
/Aged: 19
/Resident of Wragby/Lincoln
Crime:
/ Assaulting Samuel Bee on the King's Highway, at Wragby, and stealing a silver watch and a hat.Convicted with James Jackson and Thomas Monk.
Tried:
/Lindsey Assizes on 14th March 1829.
Punishment:
/Death sentence - commuted to Life. Deported on the ship ‘Layton’ to New South Wales, in 1829.
Wilson, Thomas (Labourer)
/Aged: 20
/Resident of Wragby
Crime:
/ Stealing boots, shoes and other items from the shop of James Limon of Wragby; stealing large quantities of wearing apparel belonging to William Lee, tailor and draper; stealing a large quantity of wearing apparel from John Utterby of Caistor, tailor and draper; stealing 2 hemp sacks from Paul Hacket of Tealby; stealing 5 speckled white and black ducks from the farmyard of Daniel Drakass of Ludford; stealing a hemp sack, 6 stone of wheat flour, etc, from the corn mill of William Cunningham of Ludford; stealing a saw, 2 knives, a hammer, some mutton and other articles from the shop and dwelling house of William Wright of Ludford. The crimes were committed with Edward Taylor and Edward Broxholm. Some of the stolen goods were received by Jane Atkin of Louth.Tried:
/Lindsey Assizes on 8th March 1823.
Punishment:
/Death sentence - commuted to Life. Deported on the ship ‘Sir Godfrey Webster’ to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), in 1823.
Winter, John (Labourer)
/Aged: 20
/Resident of Tupholme
Crime:
/ Stealing a silver watch with a chain and key, the property of John Panton of Tupholme, labourer, from the house of John Clark of Tupholme, farmer.Tried:
/Lindsey Quarter Sessions on 23rd October 1827.
Punishment:
/Awarded a 7-year sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Royal George’, to New South Wales, in 1828.
Wraithby, Samuel
/Aged: 30
/Resident of Bardney
Crime:
/ Breaking into the house of Edward Nelson, in Timberland, and stealing a man's hat and a pair of fustian trousers, the property of Edward Nelson, and a silver watch, the property of his servant William Southwell.Tried:
/Lindsey Assizes on 3rd March 1832.
Punishment:
/Awarded a Life sentence. Deported on the ship ‘Surrey’, to Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania), in 1833.
Source: J Benton, D Letts & 'Convicts of Lincolnshire’ publication.
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