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Transportation
Michael Bedford was transported on the Bussorah Merchant, departing 16th Aug 1831 and arriving 14th Dec 1831 with 100 passengers.
The Bussorah Merchant was built at Calcutta in 1818, 531 tons. The ship transported convicts from England in 1828 to New South Wales, from Ireland in 1829/30 to Hobart, Van Diemen's Land and in 1831 another voyage to Sydney, New South Wales. (The ship also made voyages to Australia, in 1837, 1839 & 1845 with free immigrants.)
Bussorah Merchant (generic)References
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Convict Notes
MONDAY. Highway Robbery.— Michael Bedford and Patrick Coffey were indicted for feloniously assaulting Joseph Malone, oy the 18th of November, and forcibly taking from .his person & coat and other property. Te prisoners ran after the prosecutor, a servant about four o'clock on the morning of the day stated in the indictment, when on the road from Clonmuskey to Dublin, and presenting a pistol to him, threatened to blow his brains about the road if be did not deliver his money. They then knocked him down and and stripped him to his shirt, searched his clothes for money, and not finding any, they took his outside coat and some other articles, with which they ran off. The prosecutor having given information of the robbery to the police and a description of the prisoners, they were shortly afterwards apprehended. The prisoners were fully identified by the prosecutor. Guilty. Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail, 5 Jan 1831. … Michael Bedford and Patrick Coffee, highway robbery, judgment of death recorded ; ... Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail, 8 Jan 1831.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Michael Bedford, age on arrival, 25, per Bussorah Merchant (3) 1831, Tried 1831, at Dublin, Life, Offence: Highway robbery. DOB 1806, native place, Meath. Married, Baker. Catholic. Remarks: Iron gang.