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Gold dust robbery
The Gold dust robbery took place in 1839 in Falmouth, Cornwall. According to the ''New Newgate Calendar'', pp. 480ff, "The extraordinary robbery to which these persons were parties involved circumstances probably more singular than any other which ever came before a court of justice".
==Events==
Lewin Casper, a clerk in a firm of shipping agents, found out that 4,600 pounds sterling worth of gold dust had been landed at Falmouth from Brazil and was being sent on to London. Together with his father, Ellis Casper (born c.1784 in London), he carefully planned a robbery. Its failure resulted in the deportation of the Caspers and their associates.
Ellis and Lewin Casper were sentenced at the Old Bailey in London on 17 June 1839 for 15 years for "feloniously receiving stolen goods". They spent some time in the infamous Newgate Prison in London and were then transported to Van Diemen's Land on the convict ship "Lord Lyndoch" from Plymouth, arriving in 1841. It appears that it was the ship's fifth voyage to Australia. "Lord Lyndoch" was built in Calcutta in 1815 and was of AE1 class. It weighed 638 tons. The Master of the ship was John Humble and the Surgeon was Thomas W. McDonald. "Lord Lyndoch" left Plymouth for Australia on 11 September 1840 and arrived in Hobart Town on 5 February 1841, taking 147 days.
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