Joseph Gray was convicted 13 Sep 1820 Middlesex Gaol Delivery, aged 18 yrs.
Crime - larceny of the person (on 2 Sep 1820), trial Transcript #1025.
#1025 - JOSEPH GRAY was indicted for feloniously assaulting James Everitt on the King's highway, onthe 2nd September, putting him in fear, & taking from his person, & against his will, one watch, value 5P; one chain, value 2P; two seals, value2P; & one key, value 8s, his property. ( 8.8s)
JAMES EVERITT - I am a back-maker, & live in Compton St, Clerkenwell. On 2nd Sept., about 3 o"clock in the afternoon, I was told the Queen was passing, & went to the end of the street into Goswell St. A number of people were collected, & as I got to the end of the street, the prisoner struck me in the lower part of my belly, & pulled my watch out in an instant as he struck me. I saw him hand it over to his companions, & secured him immediately. I am sure he is the man. I have not recovered it.
ALLEN SPRAGG - I am a servant of Mr. Everitt. I saw the Queen coming up Goswell St, & fetched my master to the corner of Compton St, & saw the prisoner snatch the watch from his pocket, I immediately laid hold of him, & saw him pass it to another. GUILTY Aged 18 years.
Sentenced - Old Bailey - Newgate Gaol Commitment #228, (PRO Reel 2737) Transportation Life. Sailed 22 Dec 1820 per Speke 1 (2), (1st Speke,2nd voyage) 473ton, built Calcutta, voyage 147 days, 156 men embarked, 2 died.
Master Peter McPherson, Surgeon-Supt Edward Coates (no journal)
Arrived - 18 May 1821 Sydney (indent - AONSW c.o.d. 149. Ticket of Exemption 32/80, 2 Jan 1832 (AONSW reel 589)
Ticket of Leave - 33/592, 10 Sep 1833 (AONSW reel 919)
Personal Details - height 5ft3 3/4ins, complection pale, hair light brown, eyes blue/grey; allowed to remain in the District of Parramatta.
Conditional Pardon Granted 37/897, 27 Apr 1837 (AONSW reels 776 & 797)
DIED - 28 Oct 1880 #9437 - Parramatta, aged 78 years.(I have his death Cert) Buried
9Oct 1880 Parramatta, St Johns CofE Cemetery, tall marble monument, Section 1, row N, no.1 (ref VWE Goodin)
Occupations - errand boy - 1821 Indent
Govt Engineers Dept, Parramatta (1825 Muster, PRO reel 66, 1828 Census)
Shoemaker - 1833 Ticket Leave; 1833/35/36/37/39 NSW Post Office Directories;
Census of 1841, Parramatta, Parish of St John #200.
1867/68 Walter Samson; 1875/77 Greville, all shoemaker.
WILL - NSW Probate Records Office #6034 Series 3; written 11 Sep 1878, goods 4090pounds, residence in Parramatta. Executors William Goodwin & Joseph Whitworth, shopkeepers.
Brother John Gray mentioned - Widegate St, Bishop Gate, London
Residence & Shop - Church St, Parramatta, just south of Lennox Bridge.
Marriage application granted - #417, 21 Nov 1827 AONSW c.o.d. 11; with banns.
MARRIAGE - 7 Jan 1828 #4206-3 & 1828/#605-12 St Johns CofE Parramatta (Rev S.Marsden)
