Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
John Barry was transported on the Governor Ready, departing 21st Sep 1828 and arriving 17th Jan 1829 with 201 passengers.
Governor Ready (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australia Convict Indentures (hand written) |
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Convict Notes
John Barry and Jeremiah Maher, were indicted for stealing a trunk, the property of Timothy Collins—and Margaret M‘Carthy and Sarah Kelly, were indicted for receiving clothes knowing them to be stolen. The prosecutor’s wife was returning from Bristol in the Severn steam packet, and her trunk was on board, and she gave it to Barry, whom she had known before, to take home for her— After some time while she looked about, he went off with it, and the other men were in waiting, and all took it into the fields at the Western , and there they broke it open and took away the articles, of they gave to the female prisoner, M* wo, The two men Barry, and Maher were found Guilty, and ordered to be transported for seven years. The Cork Constitution, 1 April 1828.
The Convict Indentures states that John Barry is 25 years old. He could neither read or write; religion Catholic; status single and a native of Cork City. He was a carman. He was convicted of stealing clothes at Cork on 31 March 1828 and sentenced to 7 years. He had no prior convictions. Physical attributes - Height 5 feet 3 inches; complexion dark ruddy and freckled; hair black and eyes hazel. Transport number 73. Assigned to Woolloomooloo Road Party.