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Transportation
Margaret Brown was transported on the Kains, departing 5th Jul 1830 and arriving 11th Mar 1831 with 121 passengers.
353 tons. 1831 voyage from Britain to Australia: Capt William Lushington GOODWIN. Surgeon: Thrasycles CLARKE. Several children of the female convicts accompanied them. One of the seamen, Charles Picknell, kept a diary of the voyage and excerpts have been published.
Kains (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 439 (222) |
| 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 Online MARGARET BROWN. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 27th May 1830 Text type Trial account Defendants MARGARET BROWN Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 27th May 1830 Reference Number t18300527-147 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 1178. MARGARET BROWN was indicted for stealing, on the 22nd of May , 1 fender, value 8s. , the goods of James Humphries . JAMES HUMPHRIES. I am an ironmonger , and live in Gee's-court, Oxford-street . On the 22nd of May I saw the prisoner looking at a fender outside my house - I was engaged, and could not go out then; when I had served my customer, and went to the door, the prisoner was going away, with it under her arm - she had gone ten or twenty yards; I asked what she was going to do with it - she said she had bought it, and was going to take it home; I said, "You have taken it from my house;" she denied it, and would not let it go. Prisoner. I took it in my hand with no intention of stealing it; I had got very much intoxicated, and took the fender - the prosecutor came and took me, and so did the Police-man: I lost a half-sovereign out of my hand between them. WILLIAM GREEN . I am a Police-man, and took the prisoner - she was not sober, but knew what she was about- it was about two o'clock. JAMES HUMPHRIES re-examined. I suppose she had got at least ten yards; she had the fender under her arm- she walked pretty well, but from her language I think she was more tipsy than any thing else, as I told the Police-man. GUILTY. The indictment further charged that the prisoner had before been convicted of felony. - LINNEY. I was present at her trial on the 9th of July, 1828; she was found guilty of stealing two decanters, the goods of Benjamin Brooks, and was confined one month in the House of Correction - I am certain she is the person: I produce a certificate of her conviction. Prisoner. He is a false-swearing enemy to me - turn him out of Court. GUILTY . Aged 26. - Transported for Life .
Description Born 1804. Place of birth Cork. Ireland Gender female. Height 4' 11.25". Religion Catholic. Has tattoo no. First recorded 1830.