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Transportation
John Butler Bell was transported on the Mariner, departing 30th Apr 1816 and arriving 11th Oct 1816 with 147 passengers.
The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 255 (129) |
| 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
Tried at the Old Bailey, 26 Oct 1814. 954. JOHN BUTLERÂ BELLÂ was indicted, for that he, at the hour of four in the night of the 23d of October , being in the dwelling house of John Hook , feloniously did steal three waistcoats, value 7 s. a pair of breeches. value 3 s a pair of pantaloons, value 12 s. three shirts, value 7 s. two fans, value 1 s. eight handkerchiefs, value 3 s. four pair of stockings. value 7 s. the property of John Hook . JOHN HOOK . I a housekeeper , No. 2, Sutton-street, Soho . On Sunday night, the 23d of October, I and my wife were the last up in the house. I saw before I went to bed, that the house was all perfectly safe, and security fastened. I fastened up my house, and my cellar flap as usual. I am a licensed victualler. About four o'clock in the morning the watchman said. I had thieves in my house. I came down to the watchman; he told me a drayman had been past, and had told him he saw a man coming out of my cellar flap. I went to the cellar door and found it secure as I had left it the over night; and on my examining the cellar. I saw a box that was left in my care, and the contents of the box scattered about in the cellar, and I saw the prisoner in the corner of the cellar, hid behind a butt. The contents of the box, the greatest part of them, are in the indictment. I had been in the cellar in the afternoon; there were none of the things in that box scattered about then; the prisoner I have seen come in and out of the house, I knew his person. Q. Did you find any part of the house broken - A. No, I found some of the property about him, which had been in the box; I and the watchman found the prisoner in the cellar, and the box broken open. JAMES ALEXANDER . I am a constable; I searched the prisoner, and found some pocket handkerchiefs and several articles; the gentleman that belongs to them is here. Prosecutor. They are all mine. I left them in the care of Mr. Hook. GUILTY , aged 18. Transported for seven years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant.