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192412
Surname: Woodfield
First Name: John
Ship: Nithsdale 1830
Date: 1830
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4015]; Microfiche: 675
Details: John Woodfield, age 30. Bricklayer, soldier and Officer s servant from Wiltshire. Court martialled at Tower of London 14 August 1829. Sentenced to 14 years transportation for desertion. Assigned to Dept. Public Works on arrival


67306
Surname: Wright
First Name: John
Ship: Nithsdale 1830
Date: 1838 8 August
Place: Maitland
Source: GG
Details: Granted Ticket of Leave


163612
Surname: Wright
First Name: John
Ship: Nithsdale 1830
Date: 5 May 1842
Place: East Maitland
Source: Application to Marry
Details: John Wright aged 33 arrived per 'Nithsdale' application to marry Emma Lobb agd 25, came free per Layton. Granted


177658
Surname: Wright
First Name: John
Ship: Nithsdale 1830
Date: 1830
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4015]; Microfiche: 675
Details: Age 21. Stone sawyer and polisher from Stafford. Tried 6 August 1829 and sentenced to transportation for life for stealing shoes. Assigned to J.P. Webber at Penshurst on arrival


16700
Surname: Wyatt
First Name: Henry
Ship: Nithsdale 1830
Date: 1845 3 May
Place: Maitland
Source: MM
Details: Ticket of leave cancelled for being absent from district


19382
Surname: Wyatt
First Name: Henry
Ship: Nithsdale 1830
Date: 1845 6 December
Place: Patrick Plains
Source: MM
Details: Obtained Ticket of Leave


119625
Surname: Wyatt
First Name: Henry
Ship: Nithsdale 1830
Date: 1839 23 October
Place: Maitland
Source: GG
Details: Granted Ticket of Leave


192389
Surname: Wyatt
First Name: Henry
Ship: Nithsdale 1830
Date: 1830
Place: -
Source: Convict Indents. hives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4015]; Microfiche: 675
Details: Henry Wyatt age 18. Cotton weaver from Stafford. Tried at Chester 2 April 1829. Sentenced to transportation for life for rioting. Assigned to S. Wellman at Hawkesbury on arrival


192390
Surname: Wyatt
First Name: Henry
Ship: Nithsdale 1830
Date: 1 October 1829. 7 November 1832
Place: England
Source: National Archives Kew. Criminal Petitions HO 17/54/40
Details: Prisoner name: Henry Wyatt otherwise Henry Wyate otherwise Henry Waite. Prisoner age: 17. Prisoner occupation: Cotton spinner. Court and date of trial: Chester Summer Assizes, August 1829. Crime: First indictment Maliciously cutting and stabbing James Burgess at Stockport on 24 August 1829. Second indictment cutting and stabbing with intent to maim and disable.. Third indictment cutting and stabbing with intent to do some grievous bodily harm. Initial sentence: Death, commuted to transportation for life. Gaolers report: Character indifferent. Annotated: Nil. Send abroad. In New South Wales. Petitioner(s): 60 inhabitants of Stockport. Mary Wyate alias Mary Wyatt (mother) with 96 inhabitants of Stockport; 80 inhabitants of Stockport; Joseph Slater (known to convict). Grounds for clemency: He did nt carry the knife; first offence; his age. Other papers: Letter from J H Lloyd [counsel] transmitting one of the petitions. Printed copy of the trial report from the Macclesfield and Stockport newspapers explaining that the crime followed industrial action by 10,000 men in Stockport, who had withdrawn their labour for 33 weeks. Additional Information: A very full account of the crime and the trial is given. Thomas Wyatt and William Wyatt (convict s brothers) were sentenced with James Pollitt to two years imprisonment for aiding and abetting the convict.