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Transportation
James Barry was transported on the Eliza, departing 19th Jul 1827 and arriving 8th Nov 1827 with 194 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
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Convict Notes
James Barry was charged with stealing 4£. the properly of Wm. Quirk, at Midleton on the 14ih February. The prisoner was detected in the act of picking the prosecutor’s pocket of the money at a fair—Guilty, 7 years transportation. Cork Constitution, 5 April 1827.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 1 October, 1832. THE following Prisoners of the Crown have obtained Tickets of Leave since the last day of Publication, viz. Parramatta. Barry, James, Eliza (3) NSW Govt. Gazette, 3 Oct 1832.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. James Barry, alias Berry, age 37, per Eliza II (1) 1827, Tried at Cork, 1827, crime, Stealing money, sentence 7 years, Native of Kerry Co., trade – Painter glazier, Protestant, Widower 1 child. DOB 1790. ---------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 3d June, 1834 CERTIFICATES OF FREEDOM. THE undermentioned persons have obtained Certificates of Freedom since last publication :— Eliza 3, James Barry Sydney Herald, 16 June 1834.