OLIPHANT Richard

Name	Richard OLIPHANT
Country Of Origin	England
Born	1813
Died	unknown
Birth/Baptism	Born approx. 1813, Cripplegate, London, England
Parents	unknown
Apprenticeship	unknown
Skills	Watchmaker, Watch Finisher
Work Locations	No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania)
Marriage/Spouse	Wife Ellen and one child in England
Trial	22 August 1837, County Sessions, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, London
Sentence	Transportation for life for fraud: Obtaining from his employer Frederick Henry Leah under false representation the sum of 10s 6d. (Convict record: Seven-year sentence)
Arrival	25 August 1838 on the convict ship, Lord William Bentinck (2)
Police Number	242
Convict Assignment
Ticket of Leave
Conditional Pardon
Other	1834 and 1835: Previous convictions: stealing cheese and counterfeiting. August 1837: The Morning Herald (London) reported that Richard ‘behaved with great insolence’ at his trial. Richard’s insolence continued in Van Diemen’s Land with many charges on his convict conduct record. As a result, he was frequently punished with time in solitary confinement, hard labour in chains, lashes, and extensions to his sentence. Offences included being absent without leave, refusing to leave a public house, general misconduct, being drunk, gambling, insubordination, and absconding. His sentence was served at several locations, including Richmond, Cleveland, Westbury, and Impression Bay. 1846: Free Certificate. It is possible, but not certain, that Richard Oliphant may have moved to Victoria.
Death	unknown
References
TAHO: CON31/1/32, CON18/1/14. Web: Ancestry: London, England, Newgate Calendar of Prisoners 1834 & 1835, United Kingdom Prison Hulk Register 1837, England & Wales Criminal Register 1837. Founders & Survivors convict database. Morning Herald (London) 23 August 1837 (British Newspapers Archive); Geelong Advertiser & Intelligencer 30 June 1852.