Note that there were two men by the name of Thomas Evans transported on the Belgravia arriving WA 1866! One convicted at Middlesex General Sessions Clerkenwell, sentenced to 10 years and the other, 'your' man convicted at Warwick Assizes, sentenced to 8 years.
A/try's data set: 'Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Other Fleets and Ships, 1791 - 1868' shows that Thomas Evans' trial was 5 Dec 1864 at Warwick and couples his name with another, John Tomlinson, also transported on the Belgravia.
A free search of britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk shows that there is an 855 word article, free excerpt as follows - you need to pay to read more which might be of use(!):
"Thomas Evans (27) labourer, Liverpool, and John Tomlinson (23) ???bler, Manchester, were charged on their own confession with wilfully setting fire to a to a hay stack, on the Stratford Road. On Sunday morning the prisoners gave themselves Into the custody of Police Constable Hill, stating that they had set stack on fire, and were accordingly locked up. Police-constable Archer said about half past twelve on Saturday night he saw stack fire, near The Black Horse. On going the spot he met a woman, who stated that she had seen two young men running away from the stack just before the fire discovered. The officer had since made every enquiry with view bring this woman forward witness, but had ..."
Saturday 10 December 1864 , Birmingham Journal , West Midlands, England
I can't find any mention of either Evans or Tomlinson on the Prisoners Database from Warwickshire County Record Office - as below -
http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/Web/corporate/pages.nsf/Links/3C3BECFC9AF8FC7B80256E7E0056B9FEBut why don't you email
recordoffice@warwickshire.gov.uk and ask for some advice?
And let us know what they come back with?
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