Convicts -and Prisoners

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INDEX TO PRISONERS

Name___________Reference________________Year

Aag - Mr_______________fraud__Melb________________________120818811 Ah Chow_________________arrested Queanbeyean_______________1868 Ah Chung________________murder charges at Muckleford_______1868 Ah Gum__________________arrest for murder_Ballarat_________1868 Ah Sue__________________crime-Woodville nr BonnieDoone_____1868 Aisnis - Ann____________Lal-Lal__child abondment___________1883 A-Lop___________________murdered mate/Melb gaol____________13111857 Allerdyce - Sam_________murder_____________________________011118811 Alridge - Ira___________forgery__uttering__________________310518721 Anderson - James________murder/hulk-Success________________1857B Anderson - James________trial__burnt a man_________________1858 Anderson - John_________Vict-larceny conviction____________1868 Asche - James___________sentenced to Death__Vict___________1876 Bacon - Mr_______________murder/England/___________________23101857B Baker -Joseph____________aka Wm Hale__escape__Pland________221118721 Bannister - Wm___________Vict__trial__forgery______________1876 Barrett__________________Fenian_ondon-death sentence_______1868 Bates - Mr_______________fraud/bank/Eng/transported________20101857B Bates - William__________2nd offence__trial__Port Fairy____1870 Baum - Charles___________german__assault__Aust_____________26/04/18811 Bechet - Alphonse________insurance fire__Syd_______________030618811 Behl_____________________native of Hungary_sheepstealin_Vic_1868 Bell - John______________alias Brown_arr Penola__rape charg__1869 Benham - George__________theft__Melb_______________________1870 Benjamin- Fred___________indencent assault__Vict___________1883 Bertram - Billy__________ex Adel Gaol__robbery in NSW______1869 Betts - William__________Trial__Port Fairy_________________1870 Biggs - Charles__________warrant for__absconder__Vict______1876 Bishop - Henry___________Melb__fraud charges_______________1876 Black-John_______________Bigamy_Captn..Scot/W.bool/Vict____1868 Black - John_____________clerk__Vict__embezzlement_________1883 "Black Peter"____________Bushranger__Tasmania______________1858 Bliss - Joseph___________french escapee__New Caledonia_____310518811 Bonetti-Seraphini________murder chargers_Daylesford________1865 Bondetti - Basilio_______murder__Melb______________________1876 Boswell - William________Caramut/Theft_____________________1870 Bourke-Bushranger________surrendered then escaped__NSW_____1865 Boyd-Charles.H___________Melbourne__arrest West Aust_______1883 Brannagan - Fred_________murder/hulk-Success_______________1857B Breen - Patrick__________Havelock/Castlemaine__shooting assault__1858 Brennecke- Richard_______Campaspie__manslaughter___________1869 Brooks - Thos____________ex Castlemain gaol________________120818811 Brown - Edward___________cnvcted Ballarat/natv.of Lond.27yo___1858 Brown-Joseph_____________murder-Melb_alias Besom Jack______1865 Brown - Nicol____________arrested Traralgon_murder charg___1868 Brown - Nichol___________sale__murder trial________________1869 Brown - Robert___________manslaughter__Ararat______________211018811 Brown - Wm_______________murder/hulk-Success_______________1857B Brown - William__________executed Sydney___________________010418811 Bruce-H.A________________arrest Wellington..back to Aust___1868 Bruce - Mr.H_____________in gaol NZ________________________1869 Brusher Bros_____________manslaughter chargers__Melb_______1858 Bryan - James____________former convict to Tas__now in Vic__1870 Bryant - Richard_________murder/hulk-Success_______________1857B Buentzi-J.H______________forgery in Switzl.arr in Melb_____1883 Bull - Knob______________Norwegian/ex London_______________02101857B Burgess - Mr_____________Great Gold Robbery/Eng____________20101857B Burns - Edward___________Sydney__criminal abduction________1858 Burns - James____________murder/hulk-Success_______________1857B Burns- William___________murder on the high seas_ex Adelaide__1883 Butler - Elias___________assault/robbery___________________211018811 Cabble - Joseph__________deserting family__________________1870 Callaghan - Thos .B._____Brighton_-deserting Family________1870 Callaghan________________ex con__throwing comforts to prisoners/Melb_1876 Calvert - Samuel_________illegal pawning__Melb_____________1858 Cameron - Don_____________murder__Smythesdale______________1870 Campbell - Johnny_________arrested Maryborough__bushranging__1858 Cannon - John_____________theft__elderslie station__Vic____1876 Carr - Andrew_____________Dublin, Ire, murder__executed____1870 Carr______________________robbery at Armidale__Vict________1883 Carvery - Michael__________escapee/Tasmania________________07071857B Castlemaine Joe____________arrested Vict___________________1876 Chesley - John_____________murder/hulk-Success_____________1857B Church-Thos_______________embezzlement charges_Melb________1883 Clarke - Mr________________theft__Vic______________________08061860G Cocks - John_______________Sydney__manslaughter____________210618811 Cohen - Judah_____________Tasmania__theft__________________1876 Colley - Geo______________ex Adelaide__murder Vict_________06/05/18811 Collins - Mr______________murder___Pyalong_________________1870 Condor - John_____________Northwood,Vict__arrest__bank robbery__1876 Cooke - James_____________murder__Ballarat_________________1870 Cooke - Wm Edward_________Port Fairy__embezzlement_________1858 Cordanna - Edward_________sailor__convt.Bendigo__murder____1858 Cotton - MaryAnn__________Durham__death sentence___________130518732 Coulton - John_____________escapee/Tasmania________________07071857B Crane-Thos________________arriested for embezzlement-Vict__1868 Crowe - Edmond____________Orford/Vic__unlawfully stabbing__1876 Cuddihy-Danl______________15yrs to Tas..escapt to Gippslnd_1865 Cullimore - Alf___________ex Ballarat.arr NZ_embezzlement__1869 Cunnimgham - Thos_________trial for Burglary__Melb_________1858 Dalton-Thos_______________violent assault_Vict_____________1868 Davies - John_____________bigamy__Bathurst_________________1883 Davis - George____________theft__Melb gaol_________________310518722 De Costa - Henry__________trial__embezzlement______________011118811 Denzy - Henry______________Sandhurst Vic/suspicion of murd_1876 Dibbs - G.R________________Darlinghurst Gaol_______________130518811 Dillon - John______________in Kilmainham Gaol__Dublin______06/05/18811 Dixon - John_______________murder__Melb____________________03/05/18811 Donavan - Danl_____________murder/hulk-Success_____________1857B Donohoe - John_____________arrest for stabbing_Stawell_____1870 Dowling____________________arson/Collingwood_______________260418721 Dowling - Pat______________assault__convicted______Vic_____1883 Doyle-Pat__________________sentenced Kilkenny_a cosher_____1865 Duffus - John______________to be hung-Melb_________________1876 Duigan_____________________arrstd nr Bennalla-formrdrummer_1868 Dunn_______________________member of Ben Hall Gang_________1865 Dyer - George______________murder__Castlemaine__Vic________1870 Ebell - Mr_________________life sentence___________________140618721 Edward - Henry James_______Melbourne__murder_______________1870 Edwards - John_____________murder/hulk-Success_____________1857B Egan - John Pat____________2yrs imprisonment/forgery/Melb__1876 Ellery - Osmond____________2 years forgery__Melb___________1876 Ellis - Alfred John________bigamy__Vict____________________1883 Elton - Mr_________________murdered stepson__Sandridge_____1870 Feely-James________________prisoner Parramatta-escape______1765 Fisher-Marmaduke Wm________obtaining under false pret_Melb_1868 Fisher - Samuel____________trial__Vict__burnt a man________1858 Flannagan - Michael________ex convict..Melb Gaol___________030418692 Flannagan - Michael________willful murder__Hamilton,Vict___1869 Flannigan-Michael__________murder charges/1849 IC_Vic Police_1868 Flannigan-Michael__________murder charges_sister at Emerald_1868 Foley - John_______________publican Melb__manslaughter charge__1876 Foley - Const______________manslaughter charges___Vict______1876 Fox - James________________alias..see William Norton________1883 Fraipont___________________murder__Ballarat_________________1883 Francis - John_____________melb Gaol________________________10111857B Galley - Edmund____________to WA as convict_wrongly charged_120818811 Gibson_____________________sheepstealing-South Aust_________1868 Gilbert - John_____________member of Ben Hall Gang__________1865 Gilbert-John_______________death and inquest/.Hall Gang_____1865 Gilbert____________________robbery- Armidale__Vict__________1883 Gladstone-T.H______________Chairman of I.B Bank..absconded__1865 Godkin-Jas.J_______________embezzlement-W.bool______________1868 Gorman - John______________Hotham__assault__________________131118811 Grall - Alain______________murder of father__France_________010418811 Griffin-Thos John__________murder-served Aust Police________1868 served in RIC_Ireland &Aust Pol__1868 Grinham-Charles____________cattlestealing_Vic_______________1868 Gray - Joseph______________convict West Aust________________1869 Hadden - David_____________Vic__theft case__________________1870 Hall - James_______________murder at Ballarat_______________020818811 Halliday - James___________Vic..assault__reward offered_____1876 Hargraves-John_____________Ballt-life sentence commuted_____1868 Harris - Const_____________12 mos imprisonment______________211018811 Harvey - John______________murder attempt__Sandridge________170518811 Haslem - Mr________________conv.Ballarat..child abduction___1858 Hellar - Maria_____________german__Benalla__insane__________1876 Henderson - Mr_____________horsetheft__Melb_________________08061860G Henry - David______________released from prison__Melb_______310518811 Henry - William____________murder at Ballarat_______________020818811 Hitchcock - Edward_________murdered wife__Vic_______________1858 Hodgson - Francis James____teller-Nelson__larceny___________1883 Hogan-Timothy______________murder-Bullock Creek b Waterford_1868 Hogan-Wm__________________arrested Birmingham..Fenian_______1868 Hogarth - James.B__________barristers clerk/embezzlement/Melb__1858 Hood - Charles_____________theft__Penshurst__Vic____________1876 Hopkins - Mr_______________trial__Sydney____________________1870 Horne - George_____________trial/Burglary__Melb_____________1858 Hoyton - Mrs______________Hobarttown_______________________1031872-1 Hurley - Samuel*___________escapee/Tasmania_________________07071857B Hutton- George_____________murder charges__Lauriston________1883 Jackson - James____________Melbourne________________________310518721 Jemmy______________________native Austn-rape charge-Adel____1865 Johnson - James____________murder attempt__Sandridge________170518811 Johnson - Robert___________murder aattempt__Sandridge_______170518811 Johnston-__________________Sofala__bank manager_Embez_______1868 Johnston - Stephen_________trial__burglary__Vict____________1876 Jonston - William__________ex con Adelaide_re treatment of pris__1869 Johnston - William_________c50yo__ex Melb Gaol__to Port_____1870 Jones - John_______________NSW__murder______________________230318601 Jones - Richard____________murder/hulk-Success______________1857B Jones - Tom________________ex Tasm Convict__in Vict_________1869 Jones - Wm_________________murder/hulk-Success______________1857B Jones - William____________natv.of Towersley_Convt Ballart__1858 Kelly - James______________murder/hulk-Success_______________1857 Kelly - Jim________________[neds brother]____________________181018811 Kelly - Robert_____________Eng.murder__penal sentence________120418721 Kemmis-John Hy_____________Vict__2 yrs sentence______________1868 Kenny - Rosa_______________alias Edwards__wilful murder__Vic_1876 Kent-Constance_____________Wiltshire_murder Roadhill.London__1865 Kerr - John________________att to hang wife__W.bool__________290318811 Keys_______________________European__murdered at Apia________1876 King -Thos________________Vict_criminal assault_____________1868 King - Thos________________murder__Vic_______________________141018811 Koher - John_______________assault - Vic_____________________211018811 L'Archer- Walter___________bigamy__Vict______________________1883 Lathoubert - Francois______Belgian__murder in France_________1870 Lee - James & George_______arrived Port Adel_ex London_______1883 Logan-Wm Hy________________alias Jas Hy Kemmis_______________1868 Lord - John________________manslaughter__Vic_________________211018811 Loveday - Thos_____________escapee/Tasmania__________________07071857B Low Ah Wung________________arrested at Mudgee River__________1868 Luxford - Wm_______________murder__Rope Creek__Aust__________1876 Lynch-Michael______________Ireland.24yo.Cork.killd father____1865 Lyon - Luke________________stabbing charge__Pat Sexton_______1858 McBride-James______________Ballarat Elect Riots-shoot charges-1868 McCarthy - Pat_____________theft__Hamilton__Vic______________1876 McCluskey - Peter__________bigamy__Ballarat__________________290318811 McGrath - John_____________burglary__Melb____________________310518721 McKean - Cath______________murder__Sandridge_________________091118811 McLennon - Const___________robbery charges__NZ_______________1870 McMahon____________________part aboriginal__10 years conv_Melb_1876 McQueany - Mr______________murder__Meredith__________________1858 McQueen-Hugh_______________murder attempt__Sandhurst_Vict____1883 Mackie-William_____________prisoner Paramatta_escape attmp___1865 Madame Rachael_____________convtd of falsly obt money________1868 Malone-Mary________________death sentence_Melb_______________1865 Manifold - James___________arson at Laurenny Station_________290318811 Marshall___________________sheepstealing_South Aust__________1868 May - George_______________9yo__1month hard labour/Aldershot_1876 Mason - John*______________alias Docker_Melb_________________30101857B Mason - John*______________15th person hung 1857_____________13111857B Massey- Mr_________________town clerk of Dunedin_arr.Melb____1883 Melville-Mr________________Dimboola__embezzlement____________1883 Mentha-Lewis_______________Ballarat__forgery_________________1883 Millet - John______________convicted Melb_-criminal offence__1876 Milroy-John________________Melb-forgery______________________1865 Morant - Fred______________att murder________________________300818811 Morris - Ann_______________theft__Melb_______________________181018811 Morris - Henry_____________25 lashes/Melb____________________160818811 Morris - Ellen_____________Melb _____________________________310518721 Muller-Franz_______________executed..Melb____________________1865 Mullowney-Thos_____________murder/hulk-Success_______________1857B Nangin - John______________aka Wexford Jack__PLand Gaol______190418721 Niall - Rev______________Brighton,Vic_-felonius assault______1869 Nolan - Pat______________Geelong__gaoled/being Tipperary Boy--1858 Norton- William____________absconder_England_arr Melb________1883 Norton-William_____________absonder_Eng__alias James Fox_____1883 Nott-Mella_________________murder sentence__Sydney___________1883 Oakley - James_____________manslaughter_ex Adelaide__________1883 O'Brien - John_____________manslaughter__Vic_________________211018811 O'Brien - John_____________Tenowee__NSW__imprisonment________1883 O'Donnell - George_________theft____in Melb__________________310318721 O'Farrell-Henry Jas________intent to Kill_Sydney_____________1868 Ogden - James______________murder__Tasmania__________________1883 "Old Man Billy"____________native Austn.murder_______________1858 O'Malley - Charles_________bushranging__NSW__________________1883 Oliver - Mr________________Hung England______________________120818811 Paul - John Dean___________exported from Eng_________________20101857B Paul- Lewis________________burglary__Vict____________________1883 Peck-Hugh__________________sell illegal tickets-Melb_________1868 Perrett - Mr_______________rape conviction__Vict_____________180318811 Peters - Henry_____________9yo__theft________________________17/05/18811 Peters - John______________14yo__theft_______________________170518811 Peterson - Louis___________smuggling__Vict___________________1883 Power - Henry______________bushranger-Vict___________________1869 Pritchard-DR_______________Glasgow_commit for murder_________1865 Quilty - Daniel___________Caramut Court______________________1870< Raven - Mr________________Melb trial__bankclerk______________1858 Raymond - James___________fraud__Melb________________________1870 Raynor - Edward___________arrested Melb__coining_____________1876 Redhead - Wm______________murder of StepMother_______________1870 Redpath - Mr______________forgery/Northn Railway/Eng/Trans___20101857B Reidelious-Rod____________alias Stephen Steinecker_to Melb courts_1868 Rennie - Mr_______________arrest NZ__Robbery_________________1870 Rice - Cath_______________theft__melb________________________181018811 Ritson - Mr_______________in Pentridge Gaol__murders Minister__1869 Ryan - Martin_____________bushranging__Ballt_-1855___________1858 Roach - Patrick___________trial/burglary__Melb_______________1858 Roberts - W.H_____________traveller__Talbot brewery__warrant for __1876 Robson - Mr_______________forgery/Crystal Place__transp______20101857B Rodgers-Mr________________Portland Gaol..ex Casterton.min off_1865 Rolling - Wm______________sheep rustling_____________________181018811 Roose - Jonathan__________Torquay__attpt murder______________1858 Rule - Shemorack__________Footscray death____________________310318721 Samuel - Asher____________shooting charge__Hotham____________220318811 Saward - Barrister________Jem the Penman/trans to Oz_________20101857B Sawell - J.G______________arrested Adelaide__ex Vict_________1876 Seery - Brian______________c 1856 commt murder in Ireland____1870 Seery - Mr_________________Geelong__murder_-executed_________1870 Sheley? Thos_______________arrd-Woodville nr BonnieDoon______1868 Simmerman- Gustuve_________murder___Hamilton_________________1870 Smith-Arthur Forester______lvd Oldford-Eng_arrestd murder____1868 Smith-Hector Augustus______livd Oldford-Eng_arrestd murder___1868 Smith - Henry_________[2]__murder/hulk-Success_______________1857B Smith - James______________Ararat-murdered wife______________1858 Smith - Patrick____________murder__Melb______________________1870 Smith - Samuel*____________escapee/Tasmania__________________07071857B Soiron - Desire____________Ararat__murder____________________1858 Stacey-John________________murder/Emerald Hill-executed_Melb_1865 Steffani - Jacob___________Campaspie__manslaughter___________1869 Steinecker-Stephen_________alias Rod Redielious______________1868 Strachan - Mr______________fraud/bank/Eng/exported___________20101858B Strathellen - Wm___________imprisonment__forgery__Melb_______1876 Studman - Thos_____________Mt Glasgow__murder________________1870 Suffolk-Owen_______________ex con_Eng,New York,Aust__________1868 Sullivan - John Thos_______ex con Melb & NZ__account of release__1876 Supple - Gerald____________murder charge_____________________1870 Sutherland - James_________murder__Tasmania__________________1883 Sweeney-James______________murder at W.bool__________________1865 Sweeny_____________________old convict__arrested Sydney______1883 Symons - Abey______________vic_______________________________011118811 Taylor - Mr________________baptist minister_Sandhurst_fraud__1870 Testo - James______________Pleasant Creek__vagrancy/bushranging__1858 Thames - Mr________________Sydney__trial_____________________1870 Thistlewood - Arthur_______1820__Eng__executed for treason___1876 Thomas - Fred.H____________2 years hard labour_______________31518722 Thomas - Gasper____________Vict__forgery charges_____________1876 Thomas - James_____________assault/robbery___________________211018811 Thomas - William___________attempted murder__Melb____________1883 Thompson - George__________Ballarat__murder__________________1858 Thompson - Henry___________ex Castlemaine gaol_______________120818811 Thorpe - Charles___________Vic_______________________________011118811 Thunderbolt_Capt___________theft__Vict_______________________1869 Tiggum - William___________hung/Melb_________________________2031857B Tom Tumble_________________Pleasant Creek__Bushranging_______1858 Townsend - Const___________manslaugher charges__Vict_________1876 Train-Thos Fran____________arrest aboard the SCotia off Queenstown_1868 Trevarrow - James__________Sandhurst/Vic__10 years_assault___1876 Turnbull - Mary____________Vict__manslaughter________________1876 Turner - Nathaniel_________20 lashes/Melb____________________02081881 Tweed - Wm.M_______________14 years Blackwell Island_-escaped__1876 Vere - Andrew______________Adelaide_____Melb_________________1870 Vernon - Miss______________Geelong__support payment for child__1876 Von Breda _ A.J____________CapeTown__theft___________________1876 Von See - Christan_________German__murder__Snobs Gully_Vict__1858 Walker - Mr________________trial__Sydney____________________1870 Wall - John Egan___________manslaughter__Sandhurst__________011118811 Wall - Thos________________prisoner_Ararat_-suicide_________310518721 Walloby - William__________native Aust__assault charge______1858 Warburton - Mary___________stolen property____Melb__________310518721 Ward-Capt__________________fraud__Portland__Vict____________1883 Wardrop-Mr_________________fraud charges..Melb______________1868 Warren-Capt________________fenian__in gaol__________________1868 Webb - Thos________________Melb__forgery____________________1870 Weiberg- Martin____________ex prison Vict__assault__________1883 Whealer [see Wheeler] Wheeler - James____________Portland gaol____________________250318692 Wheilen____________________US_murder of Darcy McGee_________1868 Wells-John_________________ex policemen--arrest-Richmond_V__1868 Wilkie_____________________murder/Daylesford/DS_____________260418721 Wilks - Fred_______________embezzlement__Melb_______________310518721 Williams - Henry___________and Mgt Williams__wilful murder__Melb__1858 Williams - James___________fraud__Melb______________________187 Williams - John____________murder/hulk-Success______________1857B Williams-John______________ex convict/riot at Ballt_________1868 Williams - John____________Geelong/Vic__3 mos imprisonment___1876 Williams - Margaret________and Henry__wilful murder__Melb___1858 Williams - Mr______________murder__Pyalong__________________1870 Williams - Thos____________murder/hulk-Success______________1857B Willis - Thos______________surrendered himself__ex con__Vict__1876 Wilson - James.C___________rape__68yo_______________________13111857B Windsor - Mr_______________wrongfully convicted__Vic________11051860G Wingfield-Charlotte________Brighton[Eng] illtreat nephew[Tugwood]_1868 "Wingy"____________________bushranger__Tasmania_____________1858 Wright - Wild______________cattle stealing__________________181018811 Wright-Thomas______________sent to AUst c 1798..futher charges_LA06/01/40 Woodock - Mr_______________hung/Melbourne___________________05061857B Young - John_______________murder/hulk-Success______________1857B "Young Man Billy"__________native Austn.murder______________1858