Elijah WRIGHT per Hashmey , Last convict transport to NSW 1849

[emilypos]

Elijah WRIGHT , 19yo is recorded in Ancestrys England & Wales Criminal Register on 16 Mar 1847 with malicious stabbing and wounding to cause disfigurement in company of Thomas MOORE 19, & George COOK 24. Elijah got 10 years. Cant find records here of Thomas & George making the long journey

Staffordshire Archives list an on line Staffordshire Qrt Session index, but no Elijah WRIGHT. I tackled FindMyPast newspaper date base  to see if I could find more info on who was attacked .... That was wishful thinking
Elijah was b 1828 Stoke of Trent son of Elijah and Sarah WRIGHT nee SHERRATT

Some local help would be great

Many thanks
Emilypos  NSW Australia

[wivenhoe]

Staffordshire Advertiser 19 Dec 1846
Commited to the County Gaol for the Assizes........Thomas MOORE...George COOK....Elijah WRIGHT.......cutting and wounding William HUGHES, at the parish of Stoke-upon-Trent.

[mckha489]

Murderous attack on police constable William Hughes
5 December 1846 - Staffordshire Advertiser

[mckha489]

27 March 1847 - Staffordshire Advertiser

Very long report. Involves placing a police spy in their cells...

[emilypos]

My goodness that was quick ..........3 replies in as many minutes . Thank you.


Emilypos NSW

[emilypos]

The newspaper reports were very interesting but voluble .............. Found a ref to all 3 of these fellows getting sentenced to 10  years but no actual  names stated. Elijah WRIGHT  certainly was dispatched here but neither  were George COOK or Thomas MOORE.  Maybe was sign of the times with the then residents of NSW where well & truly against any more convict shipments

Any way for finding out what happend to these 2 ( Thomas MOORE ,19 and George COOK 24)
Did Constable  William Hughes survive ?   Found a Wm HUGHES in a Staffs Police index . He joined in 1846 . No clue as to whether was the same person and could cost  me 7GBS to find out  if he was or not.
Elijah WRiGHT had been an apprentice potter so that  event turned out life changing for him.  He was a grandson  Obadiah SHERRATT, who was a Master Potter .  What might have been 

Bye

Emilypos NSW

[mckha489]

George and Thomas both together on The NILE.  1850 to Van Diemen’s Land

https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/nile/1850

[emilypos]

Thats wonderful info ........Thank you . NSW &  Tasmania records are mostly separate .   I wonder if
they  knew where the others were . As always there are more questions



Bye

Emilypos  NSW