ROBERTSON John
| Name | John ROBERTSON |
| Country Of Origin | England |
| Born | 1813 |
| Died | unknown |
| Birth/Baptism | Born approx. 1813, Southampton, Hampshire, England |
| Parents | unknown |
| Apprenticeship | unknown |
| Skills | Watchmaker, Watch Case Maker |
| Work Locations | No record found working in his trade in Van Diemen’s Land (Tasmania) |
| Marriage/Spouse | |
| Trial | 4 January 1839, Bath City Sessions, Somerset |
| Sentence | Fifteen years transportation for stealing a jewel case and jewellery worth approximately £2,000 from Colonel Kaye’s residence, Bath, Somerset. |
| Arrival | 18 July 1839 on the convict ship, Marquis of Hastings (1) |
| Police Number | 1379 |
| Convict Assignment | |
| Ticket of Leave | |
| Conditional Pardon | November 1846 |
| Other | 1839: John Robertson and accomplice William Gregory were captured in Bristol after the robbery. The stolen property was found in the pocket of a Mackintosh cape and retrieved. |
| Death | unknown |
| References | |
| TAHO: CON31/1/36, CON18/1/16. Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette 10 January 1839 (British Newspapers Archive); Hobart Town Courier 12 April 1839; Colonial Times 31 October 1843, 28 November 1846. |
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