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Transportation
Ann Courtney was transported on the George Hibbert, departing 22nd Jul 1834 and arriving 1st Dec 1834 with 145 passengers.
George Hibbert (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 403 (203) |
| 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
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/119/143. Date. 1834 Mar 27. Prisoner name: Ann Courtney. Prisoner age: 22 years. Prisoner occupation: Servant. Court and date of trial: Old Bailey, February 1834. Crime: Stealing in a dwelling house, of Mrs Williams of High Street, Wapping [London]. Initial sentence: Transportation for life. Gaoler's report: 'Not known before, decent connexions'. Annotated (Outcome): 'A bad case - no reason' [to mitigate sentence]. Petitioner(s): Ann Courtney undersigned by nine inhabitants of the Parish of St George's in the East including William Stodgell of East Smithfield [London] (former employer). Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Sincere contrition; has disgraced her parents; previous good character; first offence; not a hardened offender. Additional Information: George Courtney (father) lives in the Parish of Myross, County Cork, Eire.
Old Bailey online Before Mr. Baron Gurney. 363. ANN COURTNEY was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of February , at St. George, 2 watches, value 5l.; 9 silver spoons, value 3l.; 1 pair of silver sugar-tongs, value 10s.; 2 silver ladles, value 15s.; 1 scarf, value 2l.; 1 shawl, value 15s.; and 1 shift, value 2s., the goods of Catherine Williamson , in her dwelling house . MR. BODKIN conducted the Prosecution. CATHERINE WILLIAMSON. I am a widow , and live at No. 26, High-street, Wapping, in the parish of St. George - the prisoner lodged in my house for four months, and left exactly a fortnight before Christmas - on the evening of the 2nd of February, the articles stated in the indictment were all safe in my bed-room where I slept - the drawer was locked - I heard a noise in the night exactly at one o'clock - the watchman was calling the hour - I heard something like a rustling and an unusual noise at the drawer - it was a noise in my room - I imagined it was the cat - I started up in bed, and coughed; and heard the rustling of a silk dress- and the moment I coughed the person ran down stairs, opened, my street-door, which was fastened with two locks (a spring-lock and a latch); and not one person in twenty could open it who did not know the state of it - I got up immediately, and struck a light - examined the drawers, and saw everything ransacked out of my drawers - the things stated in the indictment were gone - I found a key in the lock of the drawer the property was kept in - that key did not belong to the drawer - it opened the drawer - I had seen that key before in the possession of the prisoner when she lived in my house - she was taken into custody and discharged. Cross-examined by MR. DOANE. Q. Is the property yours? A. Part of it - I have to make good one of the watches - I am a widow - the prisoner first lived with me four months before Christmas - that was the first time - her trunks were in the house in August - she went to service after a little but she only came now and then, and slept a night, at first she was out of a situation - after going to service she came again. JOHN PEARCE. I am shopman to Mr. Austin, pawnbroker, High-street, Shadwell - on the morning of the 3d of February I received a scarf and shawl in pledge from the prisoner - I lent her ten shillings on them, in the name of Margaret Collins. Cross-examined. Q. Are you sure she was he person? A. Yes. HUGH HENRY CAMPION . I am shopman to Mr. Austin - I produce a watch, a pair of sugar-tongs, a pair of toddy-ladles, and a salt-spoon, which I took in pledge from the prisoner, I believe, on the 3d of February, in the afternoon, in the name of Ann Tucker - Mr. Austin has two shops - it is not the shop Pearce lives at. MRS. WILLIAMSON. These things belong to me, and the shawl and scarf - they were all in the same drawer, and missed that night - the things all together are worth about £10 - I had not seen the prisoner in the house that night. Q. When you went to bed was your house secure? - A. It was - it was not broken into at all - I distinctly heard the door opened - I had gone out on a message next door, for a minute, about ten o'clock, and left the door unguarded for a moment - I was not out of the house two minutes - I left the door open until I returned; and when I went to bed the house was quite secure - my daughter fastened it. CATHERINE WILLIAMSON . I am the prosecutrix's daughter - on the night of the robbery I fastened the house up - I fastened the front door, and every thing as usual, about half-past eleven o'clock - the front door had a springlock, and a latch underneath. Prisoner's Defence. I lodged with the woman for two months - I never entered her door since Christmas-day. GUILTY . Aged 22. - Transported for Life .
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Annotated Printed Indentures 1834 From Co Cork Ireland single catholic who could not read or write. Has 1 male child on board 2 months old. 5' 4 1/2" fair ruddy and a little freckled complexion brown hair and grey eyes. 44/1061. Note on indent: 12 months factory 20/8/1840 for stealing from a person. received CP 58/61 dated 7/6/1858?
New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave 25/3/1844 44/1061 cancelled for pilfering and sent to 6 months 3rd class at the factory New South Wales, Australia, Tickets of Leave, 1810-1869 for Ann Courtney 47/946 dated 23/12/1847. Allowed to stay in the Bathurst district.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Annotated Printed Indentures 1834 From Co Cork Ireland single catholic who could not read or write. Has 1 male child on board 2 months old. 5' 4 1/2" fair ruddy and a little freckled complexion brown hair and grey eyes. 44/1061. Note on indent: 12 months factory 20/8/1840 for stealing from a person. received CP 58/61 dated 7/6/1858?