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Transportation
Samuel Benear was transported on the Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough And Alexander, departing 31st Dec 1786 and arriving 22nd Jan 1788 with 356 passengers.
Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough And AlexanderReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 6 |
| 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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Old Bailey Online SAMUEL BENNERE. Violent Theft; highway robbery. 26th May 1784. Text type Trial account Defendants SAMUEL BENNERE Offences Violent Theft > Highway robbery Session Date 26th May 1784 Reference Number t17840526-88 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 608. SAMUEL BENNERE was indicted for feloniously assaulting Mary, the wife of William Lewis , on the 22d day of April last, in a certain field and open place near the King's highway, and then and there in a forcible and violent manner, unlawfully, maliciously, and feloniously demanding the money of the said William, from the said Mary, with a felonious intent the money of the said William, from the person of the said Mary, then and there feloniously to steal . MARY LEWIS sworn. On the 22d of April, at twelve in the day, I was in a lane called Bow-fair Field, behind the boarding-school, and the prisoner passed me, I went after him, and when he came to the middle of the lane, he stopped and said, give me your money; I said I had none; he had a knife which he took out of his pocket, an oldish knife, he said if I did not give it to him, he would cut my throat; I stepped back, and I trod on my gown till I fell down; I said if you do not go away, my man is on the other side of the gardens, and I cried out, John, and murder! and he ran away, and they came out and followed him. Court. He did not take any thing from you? - No, he did not offer to take any, whether he wanted me to give it him or no, I cannot say. JAMES DORREN sworn. I heard the prosecutrix cry murder! and I ran to her assistance and took him; I did not see him till I came into the main road, she had described him to me, and I asked William Ray whether such a person was gone by, and he said yes; when I took him he said he did not touch her at all, or offer to meddle with her, only that she cried murder, and he ran away; when I brought him to my master's garden he admitted he was the person. WILLIAM RAY sworn. I was coming from Mile-end, and I saw the prisoner come over Bow-fair Field, and a few minutes after, James Dorren came and asked me, and I directed him. Court to Prosecutrix. Are you quite sure this is the same man? - Yes. PRISONER's DEFENCE. I never saw the woman before with my eyes. GUILTY . Transported for seven years .