On the 29th of August 1836 in Manchester, John Price was convicted at the Salford Quarter Session Court on a charge of stealing committed onthe 29th of August. He was found guilty and sentenced to 14 years transportation. It was his second offence.
Court Record:
The Jurors for our Lord the King, upon their Oath present, that JohnPrice late of the Township of Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Labourer. On the thirteenth Day of August in the seventh Year of theReign of our Sovereign Lord William the Fourth, by the Grace of God,of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender ofthe Faith, at Manchester aforesaid, in the County aforesaid, fivepieces of the current silver coin of the Realm called Half Crowns ofthe value of Two Shillings and sixpence each of the monies of AbrahamCollinge then and there found and being, by Force and Arms feloniouslydid steal, take and carry away, against the Peace of our said Lord andKing, his Crown and Dignity. And the Jurors aforesaid, upon their Oathaforesaid, do further present, that at the General Quarter Sessions ofthe Peace holden by Adjournment at Salford in and for the said County the sixth Day of July in the sixth Year of the Reign aforesaid andbefore the committing of the said Felony, for which he is last aboveindicted, the said John Price was convicted of Felony, and that the said Felony, for which the said John Price is now last above indicted,was committed by him after such previous convictions of him the saidJohn Price for Felony, as last aforesaid, against the Form of theStatute in such case made and provided, and against the Peace of oursaid Lord the King, his Crown and Dignity.
Milner Solicitor
Pleaded Guilty
Transported for fourteen years.
One of the local newspapers for Manchester, 'MANCHESTER COURIER' forthe 3rd of September 1836 reported his trial as:
TRANSPORTED FOURTEEN YEARS
John Price, 17 for stealing at Manchester, viz half-crown ... themoney of Abraham Collinge .
John was transferred from the gaol to the 'Euraylus', which had beenlaunched in 1803 and was decommissioned from the Royal Navy in 1825.She was reclassified later that year as a prison hulk, and was moored in the Thames, off Chatham. She was a prison specifically for boysfrom 1825 until about 1843. John was imprisoned on the 'Euraylus'before being transferred to the convict transport ship 'Frances Charlotte'.
This was 16 years after John's original sentence date in August 1836.John's original sentence of 14 years was extended over time by a totalof two years due to his misbehaviour and refusal to obey orders. He rebelled against authority, but from January 1847 onwards it appears that, whilst still under sentence, he did not offend again and gained his freedom in September 1852. No mention is made on his conductrecord of the details of his gaining his Ticket of Leave or his Freedom Certificate.
When John, as a free man, married Jane Keely in May 1853, he gave hisoccupation as being a splitter and Jane was described as a servant. When John registered the births of each of his children in 1855, 1856,1858, 1860 and 1864, he described himself as a labourer.
Above information supplied, Not verified