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John Bronger was transported on the Prince Regent, departing 17th Sep 1819 and arriving 27th Jan 1820 with 162 passengers.
Prince Regent, 1820-21. On Tuesday arrived from Ireland, the ship Prince Regent, Captain Clifford. She left the Cove of Cork the 19th of September last, and brings, in excellent health, 144 male prisoners. Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Taylor, R. N. The guard comprises 30 men of the 1st Foot (Royals), under orders of Lieut. Lewis. Sydney Gazette, 13 Jan 1821.
Prince Regent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 232. NSW State Records, Gaol Description and Entrance Book, Sydney 1825-1832, Roll: 851. Queensland, Aust., Prison and Reformatory Indexes, Filename: Register of Prisoners Part 1, Item ID: 869689, Page: 3, QSA Ref: SRS5653/1/1, M/film No: Z7857. NSW, Aust, Convict Indents, Series: NRS 12188, Item:[4/4007], Microfiche: 643. |
| 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
Colonial Secretary's Correspondence: Letter to Colonial Secretary from Henry Cowper, Assistant Surgeon at Moreton Bay and depositions dated 18 and 20 October 1828 Information of Mr Henry Cowper Asst Surgeon re murder of William Perfoot by John Brungar [also spelt Brunger] “Taken & sworn before me the day & year before mentioned at Moreton Bay aforesaid Signed P Logan JP” Information of Thomas Daly labourer re John Brungar murdering William Perfoot “Taken and sworn before me the day & year before mentioned at Moreton Bay aforesaid Signed P Logan JP” Information of Thomas Crout, labourer re John Brungar murdering William Perfoot Mentions Thomas Daly & Anthony Boylen, overseer “Taken and sworn before me the day & year before mentioned at Moreton Bay aforesaid Signed P Logan JP” Information of Anthony Boylan, overseer of Gaol Gang, re John Brungar murdering William Perfoot Mentions Crout & Thomas Daly, also Acting Engineer Mr Craig, Commissariat Clerk W P Daniels & Charles Smith “Taken and sworn before me the day & year before mentioned at Moreton Bay aforesaid Signed P Logan JP”
Absconded prisoners Brongar James, Prince Regent, Hustler, 29, London, 5 feet 7, hazle eyes, grey hair, from Mr. G. B. White, Surveyor, charged with Robbery. Sydney Gazette, 30 May 1827. Parramatta, Saturday June 2. John Bronger, assigned servant to Mr. White, assistant surveyor, charged with robbing his master of a bottle of brandy, and a bundle containing wearing apparel, and various other articles, and absconding. Sentenced 3 years to a penal settlement. Sydney Gazette, June 8 1827. EXECUTIONS. — On the morning of Saturday last, Thos. Mathews, Thos. Allen, and John Brunger, who were severally convicted of Murder, at Moreton Bay, underwent the awful punishment which the laws both divine and humane have attached to the foulest crime, winch can be committed by man. The case of each of those unhappy men was marked by circumstances of peculiar atrocity. The cool deliberate manner in which they deprived their unfortunate victims of life; the total want of adequate provocation ; the motive by which they were actuated—that of removing themselves from a penal settlement, to the hardships of which they had been justly subjected, by an unrestrained perseverance in crime — all combined lo allay every portion of sympathy which the fate, even of a murderer, has been sometimes known to excite. Neither of the culprits denied their guilt, but Mathews addressed something to the assembled crowd, as to the tyranny that existed at Moreton Bay, owing to which, men were driven to the extremities to which he and his unfortunate companions in guilt, were compelled to have resort, to free themselves from a state of suffering worse than death. The tyranny complained of as existing at penal settlements, will hardly be considered, particularly on the mere assertion of twice and thrice convicted felons, as any thing more than that restraint to which the situation and conduct of such individuals necessarily subjects them. As regards the commandant at Moreton Bay (Captain Logan) unprejudiced report, speaks highly of his conduct in the responsible office to which he has been appointed, and we should be loath to admit, as conclusive testimony against him, the declaration of a man whose own acts had proved hint to be swayed by " neither pity, love, nor fear." The unfortunate men were attended in their last moments, by the Rev. Mr. Cowper and the Rev. Mr. Therry. Yesterday morning James Sullivan, convicted of the wilful murder of Patrick McConderan at Moreton Bay, also under went the sentence of the law at the place of execution. Sydney Gazette, 21 April 1829
NSW Gaol charged with Wilful Murder, found guilty 14 April. Prisoner No. 748 Tried: 2 August 1819 - named John Brungar on HO11/3 Aged 22 on arrival, Birth year: abt 1797 Occupation: stable boy on Convict Indents
Hanged at Moreton Bay 29/Apr 1829 for murder