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Transportation
John Briant 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.
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| 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
Tried at the Old Bailey, 5 Apr 1815. 545. JOHN BRIANT was indicted for that he, on the 13th of March , eighteen pounds weight of lead, value 3 s. belonging to Thomas Duggin , and affixed to a building of his, feloniously did cut, with intent to steal it . THOMAS DUGGIN . The house where this lead was cut is No. 21, Short's-gardens, Drury-lane ; I rent that house by the year, it is in the parish of St. Giles's. Q. Was the house robbed of any lead affixed to it - A. Yes; I did not see it cut; the watchman called upon me. WILLIAM POTTER . I am a watchman, in Short's-gardens, Drury-lane. I know the house rented by Duggin. A woman called to me, on the 13th of March, about a quarter past one in the morning; I opened my lanthorn, and crept into the passage; I saw the prisoner pulling the pipe up, it was cut at both ends, he was in the yard with the pavement up; when he saw me, he left the pipe, and attempted to get over the wall; I pulled him down, and secured him; he had not doubled the pipe up; I doubled it up to bring it here; the pipe came out of the dwelling-house, and ran along a wall to a water butt. I took the prisoner to the watchhouse. When I saw the prisoner in the yard pulling the pipe up, he was the only person in the yard. Prosecutor. The pipe was affixed to the dwelling-house. GUILTY , aged 20. Transported for Seven Years . Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant.