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Transportation
John Byrne was transported on the Neptune, departing 30th Nov 1817 and arriving 5th May 1818 with 169 passengers.
NeptuneReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 415 (209) |
| 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, 08 September 2021), July 1817, trial of JOHN BYRNE (t18170702-51). JOHN BYRNE, Theft > shoplifting, 2nd July 1817. 980. JOHN BYRNE was indicted for stealing, on the 30th of June , 20 pieces of stained paper, each piece containing 12 yards in length, value 3l., the goods of Richard Wood , privately in his shop . RICHARD WOOD. I am a paper-hanger , and live in Hart-street, Bloomsbury . On the morning of the 30th of June I missed twenty pieces of stained paper from my shop - I had seen them the evening before at four o'clock-they were in the farthest part of my shop from the door. I was at home at eight o'clock in the evening before; I had been out before that. The same afternoon, at three o'clock, I saw the prisoner at Mr. Davies's, in High Holborn; I knew nothing of him. EVAN DAVIES . I am a paper-hanger. On the 30th of June, about four o'clock in the afternoon, I bought the paper of the prisoner for 2l. - he has worked for me. He told me his father (who is a paper-stainer) wanted to sell them for some money to pay a bill. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I met a man in Bloomsbury-square, who asked me to sell it for him. Davies gave me 1l., and told me to call for the other to-morrow. Davies sent for me, and the officer secured me. The man was to give me 5s. for selling it. GUILTY . - DEATH . Aged 19. First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Abbott.