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Transportation
Mary Allen was transported on the Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough And Alexander, departing 31st Dec 1786 and arriving 22nd Jan 1788 with 356 passengers.
Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough And AlexanderReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 11 (7) |
| 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
This person is probably the same as the other Mary (Allen) shown on this ship.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 12 July 2020), January 1787, trial of MARY ALLEN, alias CONNER (t17870110-26). MARY ALLEN, Theft > shoplifting, 10th January 1787. 185. MARY ALLEN, alias CONNER , was indicted for stealing, on the second of January , one man's hat, value 12 s. the property of George Jones , privily in his shop . WILLIAM DORRINGTON sworn. I live No. 4, Broad-street, Bloomsbury ; I am shopman to Mr. George Jones , a hatter ; about six in the evening, of the 2d of January, a woman came in and asked for one Mrs. Smith, a washerwoman; she said she was directed there; while I was speaking to her in the shop, I heard a rustling of some people; I called Mr. Jones's son, who worked backwards, to know how many cocked hats there were in the shop window, he told me four, I saw but three; I immediately went out, it was dark; I did not see the prisoner in the shop; I went half-way up the street, and returning I heard a noise just by Crown-court, Broad-street; there I saw the prisoner in custody of Mr. Jones's son, I assisted him in taking her to the shop; he found the property on her. GEORGE JONES sworn. I was at work in the back shop, and Dorrington asked me how many cocked hats there were in the window, I told him four; in the mean time he told me to stop in the shop, and he ran out to see if he could find the woman, a woman that was in the shop said she would go to the pork-shop; I followed her, and she came up to the prisoner, and then I saw the prisoner have the hat under her cloak, I laid hold of her, and said she had stolen the hat; she dropped the hat, and clapped me round the waist, and said my dear how do you do; then I caught hold of them both, and the prisoner hit me with a half sieve, which she had on her head, and the other woman kicked me; I could not hold them both, and the other ran up Crown-court, I was afraid to follow her. Could any person have taken this hat without being in the shop? - She might stand in the passage and take it; I did not see the prisoner in the shop. GEORGE MECHAN sworn. I took charge of the prisoner and the hat. Dorrington. The value of the hat is eight shillings and sixpence. PRISONER's DEFENCE. A woman was shewing me the hat who wanted to sell it. GUILTY Of stealing, but not privily . Transported for seven years . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice ASHURST.