RICHMAN John

Name	John RICHMAN
Country Of Origin	England
Born	1825
Died	1856
Birth/Baptism	Born approx. 1825, Lymington, Hampshire, England
Parents	William and Elizabeth Richman
Apprenticeship	Three years of watchmaking training, England
Skills	Watchmaker, Watch Chain Maker
Work Locations	Hobart, Launceston
Street Address	Liverpool Street, Hobart
Marriage/Spouse
Trial	17 April 1844, Newport, Isle of Wight Quarter Sessions, 5 March 1850, Hobart Town
Sentence	1844: Seven years transportation for stealing watches from his employer, jeweller Mr Harry Shaw. 1850: Transportation for life for uttering and offering a forged order with the intent to defraud.
Arrival	15 November 1844 on the convict ship, Lord Auckland (1)
Police Number	14606
Convict Assignment	Possibly, William Lloyd Jones, watchmaker of Launceston, and Thomas Hamilton, Hobart.
Ticket of Leave	5 December 1848
Conditional Pardon
Other	11 November 1843 Hampshire Independent: ‘At the Borough Court, Thursday last, before A Clarke Eq., John Richman, a very respectable young man, belonging to Lymington, but lately serving as an assistant in the jeweller’s shop of Mr Harry Shaw, late of Lymington, was charged with felony. The Court table covered with watches, spoons, brooches, pins, ornamental china, and other articles of bijouterie, which the the prisoner was charged with stealing from his employer. Remanded until Monday. The prisoner’s brother, William Richman was charged as an accomplice, and also remanded until Monday.’ (Charges against William were acquitted).On arrival in Van Diemen’s Land, John was recorded as a watchmaker with three years of experience, missing four left fingers and part of the left thumb. 1847: Appointed as a Constable for a short period. 1847-1848: Misconduct recorded on conduct record with imprisonment and hard labour as punishments. 1849: Noted on convict record, recommended that John was not to reside in Hobart Town. November 1849: Assigned to Jones, Launceston, likely the watchmaker William Lloyd Jones. 1850: Sentenced to transportation for life and sent briefly to Port Arthur, then Norfolk Island. 1852: At Port Arthur and Impression Bay. 1853: Assigned to Hamilton, Liverpool Street, Hobart, likely the watchmaker Thomas Hamilton. April 1854: New Norfolk Lunatic Asylum
Death	6 February 1856, New Norfolk, recorded as a 30-year-old labourer. Cause of death: Injuries from a stack of sawn timber accidentally falling on him.
References
TAHO: CON33/1/61, CON52/1/3 1849, CON14/1/30, CON18/1/38, RGD35/1/26 no578 Death [John Rickman], SC195/1/38 1856 [John Rickman]. Web: Ancestry: 1841 England Census; Australia Convict Records Index 1844; England & Wales Criminal Register 1844. Hampshire Independent 20 April 1844 [British Newspaper Archive]; Colonial Times 8 March 1850.