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Transportation
Mary Baggs was transported on the Indefatigable And Minstrel, departing 9th May 1812 and arriving 19th Oct 1812 with 331 passengers.
The Indefatigable was built at Whitby, England. She was square-rigged three masted ship of 549 tons and had three decks; a length of 127 ft. and a beam of 31ft. 8ins. The Indefatigable sailed from England on 4th June 1812 in company with the Minstrel. The Indefatigable came direct to Hobart, VDL arriving there on 19 October 1812. One prisoner died on the voyage out. Having disembarked the prisoners in Hobart, the Indefatigable arrived in Port Jackson on 6 December 1812, departing there bound for England in January 1813. The Indefatigable returned to Australia with convicts in 1815 (see separate listing).
Indefatigable And Minstrel (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 67 (35) |
| 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 JANE BROWN. MARY BAGGS. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 15th January 1812. Text type Trial account Defendants JANE BROWN, MARY BAGGS Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 15th January 1812 Reference Number t18120115-65 Verdicts Guilty, Guilty Punishments Transportation 138. JANE BROWN and MARY BAGGS were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 9th of January , nineteen handkerchiefs, value 9 s. the property of William Jeremy . JAMES WILSON . I am shopman to William Jeremy , 273, High Holborn . On the 9th of January, between four and five in the evening, a person came in the shop and waved his hand, and said, come to the door immediately. I went to the door; he said these two women have taken some of your property. I immediately missed a piece of handkerchiefs, they were taken from the side of the door; I pursued them; they ran up Leicester fields; I called out stop thief, and at the narrow part of Featherstone buildings several gentlemen met them, they seemed to stop them. I overtook them and laid hold of Jane Brown , and told her that she had taken a piece of handkerchiefs, she moved about two or three yards, and said, how dare you stop me: I said, certainly you must have been doing something not right, or else you would not run so. As I said that I saw a person stoop and pick up the handkerchiefs where they first stopped, he handed them to me. I took hold of one of the prisoner's and said she must come back. Q. You do not know which of them dropped it - A. No, I do not. I took them back to the shop, sent for an officer, and gave them into custody. Q. These handkerchiefs were hanging at your door - A. Yes, part in and part out. ELIJAH DENHAM . I am a taylor. On my going up Holborn on the 9th of this month, I met Mr. Wilson and another man running, I followed them into Featherstone-buildings, and there Mr. Wilson was searching Brown; she said she had not the property, and wondered at his stopping of her; the other said she was innocent; and in about two or three yards from them a gentleman picked up the handkerchief and gave it to Mr. Wilson. JAMES HANCOCK . I am an officer. I took the prisoner into custody; I produce the property, with a label attached to the handkerchiefs. Wilson. It is Mr. Jeremy's property. Brown's Defence. I am innocent of having them. Bagg's Defence. I am perfectly innocent of it. As to this woman I know nothing of her. BROWN - GUILTY , aged 50. BAGGS - GUILTY , aged 27. Transported for Seven Years . Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder.