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Voyage
Transportation
Jesse Bell was transported on the Sir Charles Forbes, departing 31st Aug 1826 and arriving 3rd Jan 1827 with 72 passengers.
Sir Charles Forbes (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 59 (31) |
| 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
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 28 December 2021), May 1826, trial of JESSE BELL CATHERINE VALLANCE (t18260511-172). JESSE BELL, CATHERINE VALLANCE, Theft > shoplifting, 11th May 1826. 1071. JESSE BELL and CATHERINE VALLANCE were indicted for stealing, on the 18th of April , 5 1/2 yards of printed cotton, value 14s., the goods of William Brown , privately in his shop . HENRY BROWN . I am shopman to William Brown, a linen-draper , of the Minories . On the 18th of April the two prisoners came to the shop together, between seven and eight o'clock in the morning, and asked to look at some Irish linen - they looked at some, and I turned to get some more - my back was not turned more than a minute. Vallance then bought two yards of linen; they left the shop, and I missed a piece of printed cotton from the counter; I knew it had been there an hour before, but I thought it might have been removed. I went out, and brought them back - they had got about twenty yards. I brought them into the shop, and Bell dropped this piece of print from her, which I had seen on the counter. Prisoner BELL. Q. Was there not a shopman at the door, hanging up prints, and some were on the floor? A. No; he was on the steps, hanging up prints, but they were not on the floor. COURT. Q. What size shop is it? A. It is a large shop - and the print was taken from the further end. - There were only two articles near the print, which made me remark it.(Property produced and sworn to.) BELL's Defence. I met my fellow prisoner in the street - she asked me to go with her to buy some linen. I never saw any cotton - the man came and tapped us on the shoulder, and said he had lost something - he laughed. We went back, and some cotton was on the floor. VALLANCE's Defence. I asked her to show me a linen-draper's-shop - we went to the further end of the shop; there were several pieces of linen. HENRY BROWN re-examined. Q. How near were they together when they returned? A. About two yards from each other, but I know it fell from Bell; a neighbour said"Look out," and I saw it fall from her - I had hold of her arm. BELL - GUILTY . Aged 24. VALLANCE - GUILTY . Aged 30. Transported for Seven Years .
Australian Convict Transportation Registers - Other Fleets & Ships, Sir Charles Forbes; Jesse Bell. Date of Trial. 11th May 1826. Noted against her name; DIED on voyage 20 Sept 1826 -------------- UK, Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1817-1856 Name: Jesse Bell Age: 24 . Birth Year: abt 1802 Treatment Year: 1826 Treatment Place: United Kingdom Ship: Sir Charles Forbes Nature of the Disease; Cephiagia (A pain in the Head, Headache) Date taken ill: 14th Sept 1826 Notes; Was discharged 4 days ago for an affliction of the stomach and head, and now complains now of the same symptoms Discharged; DIED 20th September 1826