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The source is a list of the prisoners who were aboard HMS Warrior in December 1849. HMS Warrior was one of the convict hulk ships used to keep prisoners before they were transported. This source is an extract taken from a list that shows the prisoners that were aboard HMS Warrior in December 1849.

(Catalogue ref: HO 8/102)

A RETURN, SPECIFYING the Name, Age, Offence, of which Convicted, Place and Time of Conviction, Sentence,- Bodily Health, and Behaviour of every Convict confined on board the "Warrior" Hulk at "Woolwich" during the quarter ending the thirty-first day of December 1849, as required by the Act of 5 Geo. IV, Cap.8 Sec. 14.
Number on the Ship's Book	Name	Age	Offence	Where	When	Sentence
2398	James Worthington	19	Larceny	Salford	3 July 1843	15 years
2413	George Gardiner	22	Stealing engine brasses/2 indictments	Stafford	27 June 1843	14 years
2443	Job Church	25	Rape	Buckingham	17 July 1843	Life
2545	Joseph Gorsoul	30	Felony and Horse stealing	Oxford	12 July 1843	Life
2552	Giles Tunshill	30	Burglary	Chelmsford	17 July 1843	Life
2558	William Thompson	29	Breaking into a dwelling house and stealing money	Lincoln	15 July 1843	Life
3603	John Guyatt	20	Larceny	C.C.Court	30 March 1846	10 years
3835	James Allen	17	Stealing flannel drawers	Hexham	1 July 1846	10 years
3838	John Barker	20	Stealing a pair of shoes	Buckingham	10 July 1846	10 years
3842	Joseph Bland	32	Desertion	La Prairie, Canada	15 June 1848	14 years
3844	James Bolton	27	Uttering Counterfeit Coin	Guildford	30 June 1846	15 years
3853	John Brown	18	Stealing a carpet bag containing books	Leicester	29 June 1846	14 years
3857	John Buggins	26	House breaking to steal therein	Warwick	19 October 1846	10 years
3864	John Carter	23	House breaking and stealing wear of Apparel	Guildford	30 June 1846	10 years
3868	William Clarke	20	Stealing a handkerchief from the parson	Middlesex	1 July 1846	10 years
3870	Edwin Clifford	17	Stealing a watch	Horsham	2 July 1846	15 years
3875	William Cranfield	23	Stealing a Gelding	Chelmsford	20 October 1848	10 years
3876	Richard Crompton	36	Uttering a forged acquittance receipt for money	Chester	1 August 1846	15 years
3878	James Daley	17	Stealing a Watch	Middlesex	1 July 1846	15 years
3884	John Devereux	40	Stealing a Net	Tewkesbury	6 July 1846	15 years