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Transportation
Maria Allen was transported on the Grenada, departing 1st Sep 1826 and arriving 23rd Jan 1827 with 88 passengers.
Grenada (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 70 |
| 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 Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 28 December 2021), February 1826, trial of MARIA ALLEN (t18260216-135). MARIA ALLEN, Theft > shoplifting, 16th February 1826. 490. MARIA ALLEN was indicted for stealing, on the 24th of January , 54 yards of ribbon, value 25s., the goods of William Davies , privately in his shop . WILLIAM DAVIES. I live in Chiswell-street , and am a linen-draper . I saw the prisoner in my shop between eleven and twelve o'clock on the 24th of January - she bought several small things of my assistant; I watched her for some time, and saw her put her hand into her basket two or three times, very quickly; she had a shawl on her shoulder, which did not quite cover the basket; when she left the shop I followed, and asked if she had not got some of my ribbons in her basket - she said she had not, and I was welcome to look. I found three lengths of ribbon in her basket; I took her back, and gave charge of her. Cross-examined by Mr. CRESWELL. Q. Did you not state at the office that she resembled a person whom you had seen before? A. No. EVAN GAMMON . I am the prosecutor's shopman. I served the prisoner with some little articles - she was about half an hour in the shop. I did not see her take the ribbons. Cross-examined. Q. How were the ribbons laying before her? A. In a basket on the counter - they could not have slipped down. GUILTY . Aged 18. Transported for Seven Years . ------------------------------------------------------- ADM 101/30/6/1 Medical journal of the Grenada, female convict ship, for 4 August 1826 to 1 February 1827 by Alexander Nesbet, Surgeon and Superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed in a voyage to New South Wales. (Described at item level). Folio 1: Maria Allen, aged 18, Convict; sick or hurt, Feverish; put on sick list, 24 August 1826; discharged 29 August to duty.