David Poultney
Summary
Transportation

References
Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 136 |
Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Birth: Uncertain - possible baptism 17 JUL 1813 Saint Lawrence, Foleshill, Warwick, England, age 6, parents Thomas and Sarah. Marriage: Annie Watt 19-Jan-1837, Hobart, Tasmania. Death Hobart, 06/08/1884 (Tasmania Archives Office document: RGD 35 No 1795/1884). Children: Sarah, William Bent, George, David, John (James), Ann Amelia, Thomas James Alexander, Margaret Mary Ann, Henry Edmund, Selina. (all Tasmania Archives Office) Worked as a Field policeman whilst serving time, later Constable, then milkman
Poultney's crime involved a poaching incident committed on 20 Dec 1828 at the Earl of Denbigh's residence, Newnham Paddox, near Coventry. A group of 28 poachers set out from Foleshill (just adjacent to Bell Green, and a short distance outside Coventry). They encountered the gamekeeper and his men at the Earl of Denbigh's residence, where one of the poachers shot and wounded the gamekeeper, John Slinn, who was left for dead. Seventeen of the poachers were found guilty of "shooting with intent to kill" and with aiding and abetting. Two turned crown witness (See article from Warwick Advertiser, 1829). His original sentence of death was commuted to 14 years.
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Revisions
Contributor | Date | Changes |
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27th Mar 2023 | date of birth 1807, date of death 6th August, 1884, gender, occupation, crime | |
Anonymous | 12th May 2011 | none |