Henry HUGHES

Abt 1827 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Henry HUGHES  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1827  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Conviction	Apr 1845  [1]
  	Unknown Crime, Sentenced to 6 Months Confinement and Whipped
  Conviction	7 May 1849	Old Bailey, Central Criminal Court, London, England, United Kingdom   [1]
  	Theft (Pocket Picking), Sentenced to 7 Years Transportation
  	Court Transcript: HENRY HUGHES , stealing 1 purse, value 3s.; and 2 sovereigns; the property of Richard Simmons, from the person of Elizabeth Simmons; having been before convicted. ELIZABETH SIMMONS I am the wife of Richard Simmons. On the 14th April, about five in the afternoon, I was in the Waterloo-road with Ann Simmons—I heard a halfpenny fall—I turned round to look, and felt a man pull his hand out of my pocket—I missed my purse containing two sovereigns—to the best of my belief it was the prisoner. ANN SIMMONS I was with my cousin, and saw the prisoner at her pocket—he ran down Grove-lane—a halfpenny fell, I picked it up. Prisoner Q. Did you see my hand in her pocket? A. No, but I saw you at her side, and nobody else was there, and I bad noticed you before, it happened standing at the corner of St. Andrew's-terrace—I am sure of you, I picked you out from others—I only saw your side face. JOHN SMITH I saw the prisoner run down a lane—I knew him before—it was about five o'clock. WILLIAM ROMAINE (policeman, L 38). I took the prisoner. Prisoner Q. Were not you talking to the waiter at a public-house the evening before you took me? A. Yes; if I had seen you then I should have taken you. JAMES BURTON (policeman, M 272). I produce a certificate of the prisoner's conviction—(read—Convicted April, 1845, confined six months. and whipped)—he is the person. GUILTY .** Aged 22.— Transported for Seven Years , Before Edward Bullock, Esq
  Convict Numer/Ship	21 Jul 1851	The Minden
  	963
  Departure	21 Jul 1851	Plymouth, Devonshire, England, United Kingdom
  	The Minden
  Arrival	14 Oct 1851	Fremantle, Western Australia, Australian Colonies
  	The Minden
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I1845	Australian Convict Ship Project
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2024

  
  

• Sources

  [S429] Web: London, England, Proceedings of the Old Bailey and Ordinary's Accounts Index, 1674-1913. Trial of Henry Hughes 1849 - RIN1845.jpg