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71318
Surname: Yams
First Name: Private William
Ship: -
Date: 1825 February
Place: Newcastle
Source: CSI
Details: Escaped from H.M. Gaol Newcastle and apprehended by settlers at Wallis Plains. To be sent to Sydney
149556
Surname: Yams
First Name: William
Ship: -
Date: 1829 13 April
Place: Port Macquarie
Source: Sydney Monitor
Details: Found not guilty of stealing various articles at Port Macquarie
71319
Surname: Yams (Yems) (3rd regt) (Buffs)
First Name: Private William
Ship: -
Date: 3 January 1825
Place: Newcastle
Source: Colonial Secretary s Correpsondence. (Reel 6068; 4/1812 p.2)
Details: Private William Yams assisted seven convicts in escaping from Newcastle in govt. boat.
71317
Surname: Yams (Yems) (3rd regt) (Buffs)
First Name: Private William
Ship: -
Date: 1825 3 January
Place: Newcastle
Source: CSI
Details: 3rd Regiment. Assisted seven convicts in escaping from Newcastle in Government boat, accompanied them and captured.
212403
Surname: Yams (Yems) (3rd regt) (Buffs)
First Name: Private Williams
Ship: -
Date: 5th February 1825
Place: Newcastle
Source: Colonial Secretarys Correspondence. Series: NRS 897; Reel or Fiche Numbers: Reels 6041-6064, 6071-6072
Details: Correspondence to the Colonial Secretary from Lieut. Thomas Henry Owen of the Buffs - I have also the honor to inform you that William Yams and the 7 prisoners of the Crown who escaped from the Gaol on the night of Tuesday as mentioned in my Letter to you of the 2nd inst, have been all apprehended by the Settlers at Wallis Plains and are now lodged in H. M. Gaol at this station.
212406
Surname: Yems (Yams)
First Name: Private William
Ship: -
Date: 24 February 1825
Place: Sydney
Source: The Australia
Details: On Monday week a Court Martial was held to try Wm. Yems, a private in the 3d Regiment of Foot or Buffs, for having deserted and joined a party of bushrangers. He was found guilty and condemned to be shot. Last Monday was the day appointed to carry into effect the sentence of the Court. At a very early hour crowds of persons assembled on the Race Course to witness all the preparations for the awful sight. At half past five the prisoner was put into a cart, in which was placed a coffin ; he was then drawn to the place of intended execution about three miles on the South Head road, escorted by a company of the 3rd regiment with drummers playing the dead march. On arriving at the above spot the soldiers were drawn up in file, the sentence of the Court Martial was read, and after the prisoner had been led through the ranks the tidings were communicated to him that his sentence, on account of his former and general conduct, had been commuted to transportation for life, to Port Macquarie. On hearing this he expressed his wish rather to be shot than sent to Port Macquarie. He is about two or three and twenty years of age, and of respectable parentage
212405
Surname: Yems (Yams)
First Name: William
Ship: -
Date: 21 April 1829
Place: Sydney
Source: The Australian
Details: Sentenced to 7 years transportation for burglary