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Transportation
Hugh Bracken was transported on the Portland, departing 21st Feb 1833 and arriving 26th Jun 1833 with 199 passengers.
The 'Portland' ship was built at Bristol, England in 1822, 385 tons. The 'Portland' transported convicted from Britain to Australia in 1832 & 1833. The 1833 voyage came direct from Cork, Ireland therefore all of the passengers are not yet listed on this web site.
Portland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
MURDER BY A REVENUE POLICEMAN. A fatal occurrence look place Wednesday last, Ahenish near Mr. Pardon’s, of Tinerana, to whom too much praise cannot be given for his anxiety to develop the facts, and to bring the perpetrator to justice, It appears that party of Revenue police, stationed at Killaloe, were on duty in that neighbourhood, and on having made a seizure of the head of a still, they saw a boat push from the shore, in which were two men and two women, having with them the worm of a still. When police party, consisting of five, came up, one them, named Hugh Bracken, ran towards the boat, calling on the people in it to surrender, or he would fire at them, at the same time raising his musket and when within four yards of the boat discharged it, and lodged its contents in the body an interesting woman by the name of Mary Madden, who was with the other persons in the boat going to the fair of Tyrone, in the county Tipperary. The policeman immediately absconded, but was taken but was taken yesterday in Gort, by three Policemen, sent by Mr Pardon. An inquest was held by Thomas White Esq. and after a very long investigation, in which the Revenue Police gave their testimony in the most equivocal and creditable manner to themselves, the Jury, consisting of the most respectable farmers part of the country, found that the deceased came by her death in consequence of gun-shot wound feloniously inflicted on her by Hugh Bracken, of the Revenue Police. Bell’s Weekly Messenger, 12 Aug 1832.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Hugh Bracken, age on arrival, 26, per Portland (2) 1833, Tried at Clare Co., 1832, Life for Manslaughter. DOB, 1807, native place, Clare Co. Married, 1 child. Trade: Policeman labourer. Protestant.