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Transportation
James Baker was transported on the Mariner, departing 30th Apr 1816 and arriving 11th Oct 1816 with 147 passengers.
The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 256 |
| 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
Tried at the Old Bailey, 10 May 1815. 628. JAMESÂ BAKERÂ was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 26th of April , four pounds weight of coffee, value 5 s. the goods of the West India Dock Company , or of a person, or persons, unknown . JOHN GOTTY . I am a Thames Police officer. On Wednesday, the 26th of April, I went with Mitchell to the West India Docks , for the purpose of searching the prisoner; we stopped the prisoner, and searched him, and found a considerable quantity of coffee about him; Mitchell took coffee from his coat pockets, his waistcoat pockets, and breeches pockets; the coffee is here. He said, he hoped we would be as easy as we could. - MITCHELL. I went with Gotty; I can only state the same as Gotty; his account is correct. ROBERT GIBSON . I am the principal of a company at the Docks. Q. Was it usual for a foreman to be searched - A. The labourers are searched every day; the foreman only now and then. The prisoner was foreman at No. 6, warehouse of the coffee department; the prisoner had a very good character; he has been at the Docks about seven or eight years. He was at work that day in the coffee warehouse. The coffee is worth about five shillings. - SINCLAIR. I am the captain of that warehouse. All the property in it is under my care. We had such coffee as that found on the prisoner in the warehouse. Prisoner's Defence. I am very sorry; I picked the property up. Sinclair. The prisoner had one pound fourteen shillings a week. GUILTY , aged 43. Transported for Seven Years . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.