GEEVES William

Name	William GEEVES
Country Of Origin	England
Born	1820
Died	unknown
Birth/Baptism	Born 11 June 1820 Bapt. 10 December 1820, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
Parents	Smith and Mary Geeves
Apprenticeship	unknown
Skills	Watchmaker
Work Locations	No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania)
Street Address
Marriage/Spouse	Approx. 1848: Widowed
Trial	14 June 1847, Central Criminal Court, London
Sentence	Ten years transportation for stealing one half-crown, two shillings, and six sixpences
Arrival	3 October 1850 on the convict ship, Nile (2)
Police Number	22702
Convict Assignment
Ticket of Leave	By 1852, revoked 3 October 1854, reissued 28 August 1855.
Conditional Pardon
Other	August 1856: Charged for trying to use a counterfeit banknote with the intent to defraud. Sentence: Three months hard labour and no longer allowed to reside in Hobart. 22 October 1874: Trial, Launceston Supreme Court, found guilty of assault and robbery. Sentence: One-month imprisonment, Launceston Gaol. 5 October 1880: Admitted to the Launceston Invalid Depot as a pauper or invalid. 24 December 1880 discharged from Launceston Invalid Depot at own request, able to work.
Death	unknown
References
TAHO: CON33/1/97, CON14/1/41, AB693/1/1 Court 1874, POL709/1/17 1880. Web: Ancestry: London, England Births & Baptisms 1820; Old Bailey Online, Reference No. t18470614-1487. Tasmanian Daily News 21 August 1856, The Mercury (Hobart) 10 January 1866, Tasmania 31 October 1874.