Mary Brown

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Tony Beale on 23rd January 2021

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 1/3/1844 Mary Brown 34 ToL (7yrs) per ship Sarah and Elizabeth to marry William Randall 28 Bond (7yrs) per ship Bengal Merchant Rev W Westsimpson Macdonald New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 27/5/1844 cert no 44/807. 5' 3 1/2" ruddy and freckled complexion Black hair and bright brown and speckled eyes. at Wollombi. Wife of William Randall per ship Bengal Merchant. Could read and write

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Tony Beale on 23rd January 2021

Old bailey Online 101. MARY BROWN was indicted for stealing on the 16th of November, 4 napkins, value 1s.; 1 sheet, value 2s.; 1 shift, value 1s.; 3 bed-curtains, value 4s.; 1 table-cloth, value 2s.; 1 pillow-case, value 1s.; 1 apron, value 6d.; 1 smelling-bottle, value 1s.; 1 pair of gloves, value 4d.; 1 pair of scissors, value 3d.; 1 handkerchief, value 6d.; and 1 night-gown, value 1s.; the goods of Beaumont Cole, her master. ANN COLE . I am the wife of Beaumont Cole, who keeps the Blue Boar, Long-acre. The prisoner entered his service on the 7th of September—we did not miss these articles—on the 18th of November she complained that she had lost a shawl, and asked me to allow her to go and seek for it.—she went in the morning before I got up—we found these duplicates on her table before she came back, and the officer apprehended her at her sister's—these were all pawned at one place. BEAUMONT COLE . On Friday, the 18th of November, the prisoner made an application on the subject of some supposed shawl that had been lost—I went in her absence, to her bed-room—I broke open the door, and found on the table of her bed-room nine or ten duplicates—we could not find the key of the room there—it was found on her person at the police-station—her box was opened in the officer's presence—it was not locked at all—there was a handkerchief, and napkins, and smelling-bottle found in her presence. Cross-examined by MR. DOANE. Q. Was this in the box? A. It was in the band-box—I got some of these things out of pawn—I did not pawn them again in her name. FREDERICK JOHN JOHNSON (police-constable F 50.) On the 18th of November I took the prisoner into custody, in a house in White Horse-yard, Drury-lane—I found on her this handkerchief, and the key of her door, and 2s. 4 1/2d.—I searched a band-box and a wooden box, pointed out by Cole—I found in them a smelling-bottle, a pair of silk gloves, a pair of scissors, a night-gown, a handkerchief, and napkin—I produce a number of other articles that had been pledged, and taken out, they were given me by Mr. Cole. BEAUMONT COLE re-examined. These other things were taken out of pledge by a char-woman—I went to the pawnbroker's with the tickets myself—I did not authorize the prisoner to pawn either of them. ROBERT BASKIN . I am shopman to Mr. Page, a pawnbroker, of Long-acre. See originalClick to see original Here are some curtains and a table-cloth, which were pledged on the 28th of September by the prisoner—they were afterwards redeemed by a char-woman—Mr. Cole came and looked at them first. ANN COLE re-examined. All these things are mine—she would have no occasion to have them in her room—they were removed from a drawer in my bed-room. Cross-examined. Q. Was it not part of her duty to give the linen out to wash? A. We have a woman calls every day, and it is put into a basket for her by the prisoner, who brings it down—I had not given her the bed-gown to be repaired—all that she would have to do would be to put it in the clothes-bag—I sent her twice to order shoes—I cannot say what money I might send—I might send a half-sovereign—when I send my servants for a pair of shoes, they in general bring three or four pairs, and leave a deposit, and then the money is brought back—I do not recollect ever giving the prisoner the smelling-bottle to take to my room—I laid it in the bar—I think I can swear I never gave it her to take to my room, because such a thing as that I should take up myself. NOT GUILTY . Old Bailey online (DOB from here) Born in Dublin Ireland Catholic 102. MARY BROWN was again indicted for stealing, on the 8th of March, 3 handkerchiefs, value 3s.; 1 pillow-case. value 1s.; and 1 napkin, value, 4d.; the goods of John Moscrop, her master. ROBERT BIRD . I live in Long Acre, and am a pawnbroker. I took in two handkerchiefs for 4s., on the 24th of October, 1836—here is another pledge, on the 11th of December, 1835, but not taken in by me—I am not certain it was the prisoner that I took them of. JOHN MOSCROP . The prisoner was in my service from December to March—she left on the 9th of March. FREDERICK JOHN JOHNSON . I produce two duplicates, which I found in the drawer in the prisoner's room—there was one bed in the room—the drawer had a white covering over it—there were seven duplicates there, and two of them were on the left-hand side of the table. Prisoner. My tickets laid on the table, but there was no cloth on it. BEAUMONT COLE . I was present when they were found in the second-floor front room—on the left-hand—that was occupied by the prisoner exclusively, and the key of it was found in her bosom—I think she slept there a month, and nobody else—she slept in one of the top rooms, and objected to that because there was no lock on the door, and then she came down to that room. Prisoner. It is a lodging-house—the room was occupied by other lodgers as well as me—I slept there a few nights. ELIZABETH MOSCROP . I am the wife of John Moscrop. These two silk handkerchiefs are mine—the prisoner was in my employ a from September, 1835, till last March—she left on the 9th—I missed a quantity of silk handkerchiefs—they were taken gradually—sometimes one, sometimes two—I can swear to these—they are marked with my name. Prisoner's Defence.. It is all spite—she wanted me to go back to her service again, and I would not—I have got witnesses to prove that I wore them in her service, and had them since the July before I went there—one of them has my mark on it—there is no mark on the other. MRS. MOSCROP re-examined. This has my mark on, which I can swear to—the other has the letter M. CATHERINE BARRY . I have seen these handkerchiefs with the prisoner before she went to the Green Man to live—I saw them last summer twelve-months—I saw her wear them in another situation—I have often had them in my hand—there was M in the corner of one—the other was not marked in full—the letter was not finished—here it is. COURT to ELIZABETH MOSCROP. Q. Will you tell the Jury why, having made a perfect mark in the ordinary way on this handkerchief, you afterwards made an M ill-done? A. No, not on the same handkerchief—I did this because I lost so many things—I put the mark on just after I bought it—some time after September—I had a dozen with the letter M, and lost ten—and I bought some more, and put an imperfect M on—I thought I should know it again. DENNIS BARRY . These two handkerchiefs belong to the prisoner—I saw them in her possession last May twelvemonth—I saw her wear them before she went to the Green Man—I have seen her with this when I used to go to the Green Man to my breakfast, and before she went there—I think the prisoner went there last September twelvemonth—I saw her wear a handkerchief like this other, but of course I cannot swear to the marks—she is my sister-in-law. GUILTY . Aged 28.— Transported for Seven Years. Sixth Jury, before Mr. Recorder.