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Transportation
Peter Bemi 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.
Mariner (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 256 |
| 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
Sainty & Johnson; 1828 Census of New South Wales: Page 47... [Ref B0957] Bemi, Peter Louis, ticket of leave, Protestant, Draftsman, Surveyor Gen. Office, Princes Street Sydney. [Ref B0958] Bemi, Jane, 31, born in the colony. [Ref B0959] Bemi, Emma J.R., 3, born in the colony.
Jane was the daughter of James Wright (First Fleet Convict, Scarborough, 1788) and Ann Guest (Third Fleet Convict, Mary Ann, 1791). Jane and Peter had a son Alfred Naploeon, born 1829. Jane had previously been in a relationship with the mariner, Thomas Raine and already ad three children when she married Peter.
In the colony, Peter married Jane Wright at Parramatta, February 23rd 1827.
There appears some confusion regarding the conviction of Peter Bemi. Morning Post Wed 15 Feb 1815 p.2 HATTON-GARDEN. Peter Bemi, charged with feloniously stealing an eight day dial out of the dwelling house of Mr. George Skillicorn, of the Adam and Eve near St. Pancras, was brought up, and fully committed for trial. Then in the Old Bailey Transcripts (t18150215-980.... February 1815, trial of PETER BENIER (t18150215-98). PETER BENIER, Theft > theft from a specified place, 15th February 1815. PETER BENIER was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 24th of December, a dial, value 2 l. the property of George Skullicord, in his dwelling house. The prosecutor was called, and not appearing in Court, the prisoner was.... ACQUITTED. First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Justice Heath. It would seem that Mr Justice Heath was alittle upset at the non-appearance of the prosecutor and therefore he AQUITTED the accused. How then was Peter convicted? No further entries appear in the Old Bailey records.