Henry_Johnston

Henry Johnston Henry johNSTONE (alias Harry Power)

Henry was born in Waterford, Ireland ,in 1819. He was working as a labourer in a mill at Ashton (near Manchester in England ) He was arrested at Yarrawonga and on the 26th of September he got sentenced to thirteen years of jail. Most of this time was on the prison hulks, and on the 26th of October 1856.But at 21 years of age he was sentenced to seven years of jail for stealing a pair of shoes. that was his first of many times he went to jail.one of the most surprising things about “old harry “was the fact that his mother was transported to Van Diemen’s land. but a report forward to the chief commissioner made in the authorities making the consensus, that the once and now Harry Power was dead. 