James Budge

James Budge was transported along with his brother John Budge, William Ellingham and William Beck all aboard the Hoogley, there was also a Joseph Kitchen, the younger, but he does not seem to have arrived. James was 18 years old, illiterate, protestant, 5’9 ¾” tall, ruddy complexion, grey eyes, brown hair, no former convictions. His occupation was a Brickmaker/Farmer. 23/3/1828: Assigned to John Brown, Bathurst – worked as a stockman. Then assigned to Peter McIntyre. April 1840: Permission to marry Ann Gregg aka Mary Ann Gregg (Lucy Davidson 1829) James was listed as James Bridge aged 30 per ‘Hoogley’, Ann was aged 34. 20/7/1843: Married at Holy Trinity Church of England, Kelso. They had 6 children, William b1835, Sarah Anne b1837, Elizabeth b1839, Catherine b1841, John b 1844, Henry b1846 – 4 children were born before they married. 11/7/1839: TOL September 1845: CP. 5/7/1883: James died and was buried in the Budge Family Family Vault at All Saints Church of England, Kelso, NSW as was Mary Ann who died on 19/5/1887.

From the report of the trial: Ely Assizes. John Budge, James Budge, and William Ellingham, were capitally indicted for having, on Monday night, the 21st, or early in Tuesday morning, the 22nd day of August, committed a rape on the body of Ann Stamford, at March; and Joseph Kitchen, the younger, and Wm. Beck, were indicted for feloniously assisting the said John Budge, James Budge, and William Ellingham, in committing the said rape. — The accomplice Kitchen having an indictment against him for committing the capital offence, nothing on this trial was gone into respecting the rape by him, he being separately tried for the offence. — Ann Stamford, the prosecutrix, stated she was the wife of Jas. Stamford, of Wood Walton, in the county of Huntingdon; she was 59 years of age and had been the mother of eight children. She left home on the day named in the indictment, to go to March; she arrived there about nine or ten o’clock in the evening; went into the White Hart lnn to to get some refreshment; on coming out she met Kitchen; asked him the way to a Mrs. Sturman; he led her the wrong way. [What he did to her was disclosed on his trial.] Came back into the town, and made an alarm; saw a tall man (John Budge) with James Budge, Ellingham, and Beck ; they whispered together. Kitchen having charged her with stealing his watch, she agreed to go to the field to search for it; when she had got inside the gale, in a Close called Goodman’s Close, John Budge got hold of her and threw her down. [Here the witness completely proved the commission of the capital offence, first by John Budge, then by James Budge, and Wm. Ellingham ; some held her legs while the others perpetrated the deed.] Prosecutrix made all the resistance in her power, and cried out murder. When they had done she got up, put her hands together (witness here described the manner) and prayed to Beck not to meddle with her; he laughed, and then threw her down.— From the fall she became insensible, and did not know what occurred for some time. When she came to herself they were standing around her — they then ran away. Prosecutrix got up, but found she could not walk; she then sat down a little while, got up again, and walked to Mrs, Sturman’s. Prosecutrix called her up, and told her what had happened: she then went to bed; Mrs. Sturman examined her ; -the next day she went before the Magistrates. ... Bury and Norwich Post, 18 April 1827. ————————————————————————— This day, Joseph Kitchen, for ravishing Ann Stamford, was executed at Ely; the other four men, (accomplices) convicted with him, were reprieved the preceding Sunday. Norfolk Chronicle, 28 April 1827.