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Transportation
Mary Atkins was transported on the Speedy, departing 30th Sep 1799 and arriving 15th Apr 1800 with 54 passengers.
Speedy (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 257 (128) Old Bailey online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t17980704-18 Digital panopticon https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpt17980704-18-defend164 |
| 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, 18 August 2022), July 1798, trial of MARY ATKINS (t17980704-18). MARY ATKINS, Theft > grand larceny, 4th July 1798. 424. MARY ATKINS was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 1st of June , a cotton gown, value 10s. the property of Thomas Davis . JOHN CARROOD sworn. - I am servant to Mr. Thomas Davis , a pawnbroker : On Friday, the 1st of June, between seven and eight in the evening, the prisoner at the bar came in, and said she had lost the duplicate of two handkerchiefs; when she went away, I went to the door, and missed a cotton gown that was hanging up at the door; I saw her cross the road not a dozen yards from the house, she had a bundle in her apron; she went through a public-house, which is a throughfare into Bishopsgate-street, I immediately pursued her, and took the gown from her, it has a private mark upon it in my own hand-writing. (Produces it). I have kept it ever since. Prisoner's defence. I was very much in liquor, a young fellow gave it me to pawn for him, and as I was going to pawn it for him, this young man came up and took it from me. GUILTY (Aged 26.) Transported for seven years . Tried by the London Jury, before Mr. RECORDER.