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Transportation
Margaret Allen was transported on the William Bryan, departing 13th Jun 1833 and arriving 23rd Oct 1833 with 131 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 142 Trade; CON19-1-14 Image 162 |
| 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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Old Bailey Online WILLIAM GIBBS. HENRY JOHNSON. MARY GASKINS. MARGARET ALLEN. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827), Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 11th April 1833 Text type Trial account Defendants WILLIAM GIBBS, HENRY JOHNSON, MARY GASKINS, MARGARET ALLEN Offences Theft > Simple larceny, Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 11th April 1833 Reference Number t18330411-172 Verdicts Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Guilty, Guilty Punishments Transportation, Imprisonment, Transportation 842. WILLIAM GIBBS , HENRY JOHNSON , MARY GASKINS , and MARGARET ALLEN , were indicted for stealing, on the 19th of February , 28 china plates, value 28s. , the goods of Ann Wetton . ANN WETTON. I live near Brentford, in the parish of Ealing . I had two boxes containing some china. I saw them safe at the beginning of February; and on the 19th of February my man servant fetched me to the lodge where they had been kept, and said the boxes had been opened - he had found the door a-jar; I went and found the boxes open, and missed twenty-one plates, worth 28s. - they are Dresden china. Johnson. She first said twenty-eight. Witness. I lost more than twenty-eight in all - these are part of what I lost. JOHN BURFORD. I live at Old Brentford. Allen came to my shop on the evening of the 15th of February - she wanted to pawn about half a dozen of these plates - I asked her how she came by them - she said her father brought them with him from Ireland; I told her I would have nothing to do with them - these are the plates she brought. Allen. I was at Richmond that Friday with a few oranges; I never came by his shop at all. Witness. I distinctly swear that she did, because two or three days before she had bought an article at my shop, and I had seen her repeatedly JOSEPH DICKENSON. I live in Old Brentford. On Saturday night, the 16th of February, I turned up a little alley, and saw Gibbs and Gaskins; Gaskins gave Gibbs some plates or dishes, and said "Bill, it is all right, do not say any thing" - he said, with an oath, "No, I will not," and he put them under his coat - she then said "It is of no use to go to Mr. Tollens', you had better go to Isleworth" - I came out of the alley, and saw Gaskins go into a shop, and Gibbs went further on - I had seen all the four prisoners together the same night - I went on, intending to go to the bridge and stop them, but they did not come there - I then came down the town, and saw three of the prisoners against the Drum public-house - I waited and saw Gibbs come out of the Drum, and they went up the town together; I saw' no plates or dishes then- I heard that Gibbs was taken on the Monday. and I gave information that Gaskins had been in company with him on the Saturday night. ANN WARD. I live at Brentford. Johnson came to my shop on Saturday, the 16th of February, late in the evening, and asked for my husband - he said his father had sent him with some plates; I looked at them, and asked what he wanted for them - he said 4s., that they were his father's, who was out of work, and he had sent him to sell them to buy some bread; I asked where he lived - he said in Drum-street; I said "You cannot have been there long, or you would know the difference between Drum-street and Drum-lane" - he said he had not been there long; I then gave him 2s. for twenty-one of them - I did not know their value; I could not see what colour they were; I had to take ashes from under the grate to clean them - I saw the prisoners in custody in a day or two, and my husband went and told of it - they were brought about eight o'clock at night. HENRY CREED (Police-serjeant T 15). I got these plates from Mr. Ward. ANN WETTON . My trunks were in the lodge, close by the gate, in an inner room; the lodge had not been broken; there were a great many more ready to be carried off - it was on Tuesday, the 19th of February, I missed them, but they must have been taken some days before. Gibbs' Defence. I never saw Gaskins that night. JOSEPH DICKENSON. I positively swear I saw her give him some plates or dishes. Johnson's Defence. I met a man with a bundle - he asked if I knew where he could sell some plates; I said I did not - he asked me to go to Ward's, and I went and asked 4s. - he said I was not to turn any money away. Gaskin's Defence. I went with Allen to sell some things; I went to a lady's house, and when I came back I saw Allen with half a dozen plates in her hand against the lodge - I said, "Don't take them:" I put them back, and said I would have nothing to do with them - she then took and wiped them, and took them into a shop, but the people would not have them - she then gave them to me to hold, and as she did not come, I gave them to Gibbs to hold - I am quite innocent. Allen. I am quite innocent. GIBBS - GUILTY . Aged 18. ALLEN - GUILTY . Aged 15. Transported for Seven Years . JOHNSON - GUILTY . Aged 19. GASKINS - GUILTY . Aged 16.
Description Born 1818. Place of birth Cork. Gender female. Hair brown. Eyes grey. Distinguishing marks scar (scar centre of forehead). Has tattoo no. First recorded 1833
Tasmanian Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON40-1-1$init=CON40-1-1p40 No 76. Margaret Allen. Tried at Middlesex G.D. 11 April 1833.