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Transportation
Mary Bell was transported on the Northampton, departing 30th Nov 1814 and arriving 18th Jun 1815 with 112 passengers.
Northampton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 192; Records of eth Old bailey online |
| 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
Mary Bell aged 19 was transported for 7 years on "Northampton' for stealing some fabric and a dress from her employer. Tried at Th e Old Bailey on 20th April 1814. OLD BAILEY TRIA:L: "386. MARY BELL was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 28th of February , two gowns, value 4 s. and seven yards and a half of cambric, value 19 s. 6 d. the property of Joseph Bloodgood Hough . "ISABELLA HOUGH. My husband's name is Joseph Bloodgood Hough ; he is a captain . I live in Wellclose-square. The prisoner was my servant. I did not miss the articles until the prisoner was gone a week. The prisoner left me on the 10th of February; she went away before I was up in the morning, and took her box away. Some few days after she left me I missed the cambric. I did not miss any thing else until after she was taken in custody; I opened her box; I found in it a gown belonging to my daughter. "JOHN GRIFFITHS : On the 13th of April, I, in company with Hall, a fellow officer, and the prosecutrix, went to the prisoner's lodgings, No. 5, Anthony-street, St. George's; my fellow officer saw her in the yard and brought her up stairs; she had then a gown of Mrs. Hough's on her back; Hall took it off. I unlocked her box, and found this gown in it, and the duplicate of the cambric pledged at Mr. Castle's, Shadwell. "JOHN AYRETON. I live with Mr. Castle, pawnbroker. I produce a piece of cambric; the prisoner pawned it on the 28th of February; I lent her ten shillings on it. JOHN HALL. I found the prisoner in the yard, and on her back was this gown. When I brought her up stairs, the prosecutrix owned it to be her property. Prosecutrix. One gown and the cambric is my property, and the other gown is my daughter's. "Prisoner's Defence. The key was in my box; whether it was put in by mistake I do not know. GUILTY, aged 19. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder."