Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW. Microfiche 726. (Ancestry)
Details:
Age 29. Married with 1 child. Miner from Stafford. Tried at Salop Assizes 18 March 1836 and sentenced to transportation for life for house breaking.
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW; Roll: 136
Details:
Joseph Bates, miner, native place Staffordshire, admitted to Newcastle gaol under sentence of 2 months on the treadmill. Sent to Sydney 17 February 1842
Source:
Newcastle Gaol Entrance Book. State Archives NSW. Roll 136
Details:
Sentenced to 7 days in the cells and return to his service