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Transportation
Marcus Berrenhard was transported on the Edwin Fox, departing 24th Aug 1858 and arriving 20th Nov 1858 with 284 passengers.
892 ton ship, built in Calcutta, India in 1853. Transported convicts, pensioner guard, soldiers and their families - from Plymouth, England to Western Australia - 1858. (Had been to Australia previously, in 1856, as a passenger ship.) (Later went on to service in the Crimean War.) Converted to be a passenger ship and carried immigrants to New Zealand. In 1880 converted, again, as a cool storage facility in Picton, New Zealand. Ship was in use until 1950 when abandoned. In 1965 she was bought by the 'Edwin Fox Society' and towed to Shakespeare Bay for restoration and then towed to Picton Harbour, New Zealand for display and is on the National Trust Registry, NZ. She is the second oldest surviving merchant ship.
Edwin FoxReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 301 (152) |
| 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
In June 1857 the High Court of Justiciary heard the case of HMA -V- Mahler & Marcus Berrenhard charged with breaking into a jewellers shop in Glasgow and stealing watches and jewellery valued £2,000. The Legal Report focused on the irregular Police practice by Glasgow Assistant Superintendent Mackay following the arrest of Mahler and the Judicial malpractice by a Sheriff Substitute who was not present during his Judicial Examination. The case against Mahler was 'Not Proven', but Berrenhard was found guilty of reset and sentenced to 6 years penal servitude. - see The Scottish Jurist (1857) Volume 29 pp 562-564 for 15 June 1857 case. See also McGowan, John (2022) Policing the Metropolis of Scotland, 1833-1861 (Edinburgh City Archives) Volume 1, p 1341.