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Transportation
Sarah Acton was transported on the Lady Juliana, departing 31st May 1789 and arriving 3rd Jun 1790 with 247 passengers.
Launched 1777, 401 ton barque, built at Whitby, England. Departed Portsmouth, England on 29 July 1789, via Cape of Good Hope for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 3 June 1790. 1790 voyage carried 226 female passengers (convicts)- 5 of whom died on the trip. 6 children also on board. Significant because it was the first ship to bring all female women to the Colony.
Lady JulianaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 21 (12) http://www.australian-english-genealogy.com/Lady Juliana.html |
| 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
Old Bailey Online SARAH ACTON. Theft; animal theft. 14th January 1789. Text type Trial account Defendants SARAH ACTON Offences Theft > Animal theft Session Date 14th January 1789 Reference Number t17890114-9 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 106. SARAH ACTON was indicted for stealing, on the 31st of December last, ten live sucking pigs, price 20 s. the property of Simon Shearman . The pigs were found by Samuel Harper , the officer, under the prisoner's bed, very soon after the robbery. Prisoner. It is not my room; a woman brought them while I was out. GUILTY . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. ROSE.
Sarah was tried at the Old Bailey in London on 14/01/1789 (Ref:t17890114-9)for stealing 10 live suckling pigs valued 20 shillings, the property of Simon Shearman on 31/12/1788. The pigs were found under her bed. Sarah denied the charge but was found guilty. She died on 25/12/1795 in Norfolk Island & is buried there.
Stealing ten pigs