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Voyage
Transportation
Samuel Alford was transported on the Hilsborough, departing 30th Sep 1798 and arriving 26th Jul 1799 with 300 passengers.
Hilsborough (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 249 (125) |
| 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
Trial. Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 13 January 2023), April 1797, trial of SAMUEL ALFORD RICHARD BAILEY (t17970426-5). SAMUEL ALFORD, RICHARD BAILEY, Theft > shoplifting, 26th April 1797. 284. SAMUEL ALFORD and RICHARD BAILEY were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 22d of February last, two cloth jackets, value 6s. two pair of trowsers, value 4s, and one pair of drawers, value 6d. the goods of Nathan Cohan , privily in his shop . NATHAN COHAN sworn. - I keep a clothes shop in Rosemary-lane ; On the 22d of February, I lost the things mentioned, in the indictment, in the evening about nine o'clock; I had seen them about five minutes before, safe, I recovered them about a quarter of an hour after; my son gave the alarm, and I ran to his assistance; I went a good step, I saw the watchman with one of the prisoners, and my son with the other; I never saw either of the prisoners in my shop. AARON COHAN sworn. - I am the son of the last witness; I was at home about nine o'clock, I saw nobody in the shop; my father seeing the door open, asked me if I had put away the things, I said, no; then says he, we are robbed; I ran down the lane we live in, and saw the prisoner going into a house; I caught hold of Alford, and he had a jacket under his arm when I caught hold of him; I saw Bailey come out of the house, not three minutes after; I gave charge of them to the watchman; Alford said, he found the bundle in the street. NEALE MACKEW sworn. - I am a taylor; I produce two jackets, this is one of the jackets that were found; I was going down Rosemary-lane about my business, and Aaron Cohan called me to give him assistance, and he delivered those things to me. (The things produced). Aaron Cohan . This is the jacket I took from Alford, this is my own mark upon it, I marked it some time before. Alford's defence. I picked the jacket up in the street. Bailey's defence. I had called at my master's, to tell him I could not come to work the next day, and these persons came up to me, and charged me with robbing the shop; I know nothing of the master. Samuel Alford , GUILTY, Of stealing, value 4s. but not privily . Transported for seven years . Richard Bailey, Not GUILTY . Tried by the first Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Baron HOTHAM . https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t17970426-5