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Transportation
Magnus Bakie was transported on the Lady Castlereagh, departing 30th Nov 1817 and arriving 11th Jun 1818 with 303 passengers.
Lady Castlereagh (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 409 (206) |
| 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
11 Jan 1826 - murdered: shot in the head while working as a Convict Constable on the hunt for bushrangers in the north of VDL. Memorial in the National Police Memorial, Canberra https://npm.org.au/honor-roll/magnus-baker/ Constable Baker was part of a posse of constables sent in pursuit of Thomas Jeffries a bushranger who was wanted for many criminal offences. About 12 miles from George Town Constable Baker was shot through the head by Jeffries who was later captured, convicted and hanged.
Tasmanian Conduct Record https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-1$init=CON31-1-1P125 No 106. Magus Bakie, tried Edinburgh July 1817, 14 years. See record for details. --------------------------------------------------- Description Record https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON23-1-1$init=CON23-1-1-P014 Magnus Bakie, age 19, servant, Native place, Edinburgh. F.C. 1831/226, 1 July 1831. See record for full details.
Monday July 21. Magnus Bakie, and Catherine Ferrier, alias Stewart, wife of Robert Stewart, lately keeper of the Russian tap-room, Canongate, were accused of theft and reset of theft. Bakie was charged with six different acts of housebreaking and theft, to four of which he pleaded guilty; and was sentenced to 14 years transportation. The woman pleaded not guilty, and the diet against her was deserted, pro loco et tempore, and she was committed on a new warrant. The Scots Magazine, 1 July 1817.