JOHNSON Edward

Name	Edward JOHNSON
Country Of Origin	England
Born	1809
Died	unknown
Birth/Baptism	Born approx. 1809, London, England
Parents	unknown
Apprenticeship	unknown
Skills	Watchmaker
Work Locations	Hobart
Street Address	Elizabeth Street, Hobart
Marriage/Spouse
Trial	17 October 1833, Central Criminal Court, London
Sentence	Seven years transportation for stealing 22 watches worth 50 pounds from his employer Phineas Nathan.
Arrival	13 February 1835 on the convict ship, Lady Kennaway (1)
Police Number	816
Convict Assignment	Alexander Morrison, watchmaker, Hobart William Cole, watchmaker, Hobart
Ticket of Leave	19 July 1844, cancelled 17 November 1846
Conditional Pardon
Other	Assigned to Hobart watchmaker Alexander Morrison. The Tasmanian 26 June 1835: ‘Edward Johnson, assigned to Mr Morrison, the watchmaker, was charged with being found working for another person in his master’s shop, and neglecting his duty, and being out after hours. It appears that Mr Duterreau, who is a neighbouring watchmaker of the complainant, had given the man a job. He had also admitted to Mr Morrison that the man had been at his house after nine o’clock at night. As nothing of a very flagrant nature appeared against the poor fellow, whose sin was, having done a job for a neighbouring tradesman, he was admonished and discharged.’ 9 February 1838: Death of employer Alexander Morrison. Edward carried on working for Alexander’s widow, Sarah Morrison. July 1838: Embezzled 22 shillings from Sarah Morrison, sentenced to two years on the Spring Hill Road Party. March 1842: Larceny charge, existing sentence extended two years. October 1846: Employed by William Cole, Hobart watchmaker. Edward illegally pawned watches assigned to him for repair and obtained watches from local watchmakers under false pretences. Existing sentence extended 18 months; half on probation, nine months at Port Arthur, and ticket of leave cancelled. 19 January 1849: Certificate of Freedom 28 November 1850: Sailed to Melbourne from Launceston on the ship Shamrock.
Death	unknown
References
TAHO: CON31/1/26, CON18/1/10, CON23/1/2, AD960/1/1 Will 1838 Alexander Morrison, POL220/1/1 Departure 1850. Web: Old Bailey Online, Reference No. t18331017-65, 17 October 1833. The Tasmanian 3 July 1838, 24 July 1844; Colonial Times 3 July 1838; The Courier Hobart 8 March 1845, 31 October 1846; Cornwall Chronicle 21 November 1846, 27 January 1849.