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Crime
Transportation
Elizabeth Brown was transported on the Speedy, departing 30th Sep 1799 and arriving 15th Apr 1800 with 54 passengers.
Speedy (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 258 |
| 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
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 18 August 2022), April 1799, trial of ELIZABETH, otherwise SARAH BROWN (t17990403-52). ELIZABETH BROWN, Theft > pocketpicking, 3rd April 1799. 253. ELIZABETH, otherwise SARAH BROWN , was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 22d of March , four guineas, the property of Edward Levi , privily from his person . EDWARD LEVI sworn. - On the 22d of March, between ten and eleven o'clock at night, I was going into Bow-street to buy some eggs; the prisoner laid hold of me in Bow-street , and put her hands round me, and in quitting of me again, I observed her rather busy with her hands, which led me to suspect she had taken something from me; I put my hand in my pocket, and missed four guineas; Ithen laid hold of her, and demanded my money; I told her if she gave it me by fair means, she should go about her business, and if not, I would take her to a proper place, and have her searched; she refused, and I confined both her hands, and took her across the street to Carpmeal's, and gave her into his custody; and upon his searching her, she dropped the money on the floor. Q. How long was she with you? - A. Not three minutes. Q. Had you any conversation? - A. None at all. Q. She did not speak? - A. Yes; she said something to me, but I did not know what; she seemed to be rather in liquor. Q. Were you perfectly sober? - A. Yes; I was as sober as I am this minute. Q. Had you four guineas in your pocket before you met her? - A. Yes. CARPMEAL sworn. - The last witness brought the prisoner into my house, on the 22d, between ten and eleven o'clock; I went to search her, and I observed her putting her hands towards her pocket, and the four guineas dropped upon the floor. (Produces them). Prisoner's defence. I met this man in Bow-street; he asked me if he could go home with me; I asked him what he would make me a present of; he said, four guineas; but whether he gave me the four guineas, or whether I took it, I cannot say, for I was very much intoxicated. GUILTY (Aged 27.) Of stealing, but not privately . Transported for seven years . Tried by the first Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Baron HOTHAM.