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Transportation
James Brandon was transported on the Mariner, departing 19th Jan 1827 and arriving 23rd May 1827 with 161 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
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Convict Notes
NSW Convict Index. James Brandon, per Mariner, 1827, Ticket of Leave, No 38/1085. District, Goulburn, Tried, Galway Town. James Brandon, per Mariner, 1827, Second Class Conditional Pardon, 2 Mar 1846, No 46/009.
John Brandon and Owen Cronin, transmitted from our City to Galway, have been found guilty at the Assizes there, of a burglary and robbery to a large extent in the town of Galway. Their apprehension and conviction are exclusively attributable to the exertions of Acting Chief Constable Lowry of the Police of this City, who followed up the prosecution in the most praiseworthy manner They were men of very indifferent characters. Limerick Chronicle, 5 Aug 1826.
Yesterday, a woman named Bridget FitzGerald was transmitted from our County Gaol, to prosecute Owen Cronin, James Brandon, and John FitzGerald, at the Galway Assizes, for the robbery of a Mr Carr, of that town.—lt was with this woman £52 of the money was found, some time ago. She is wife to one of the prisoners. Limerick Chronicle, 26 July 1826.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. James Brandon, age on arrival, 21, per Mariner (3) 1827, Tried Galway, 1826, Life for Stealing money. DOB, 1806, Native place, Limerick. Single. Butcher. Religion, Catholic.