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Transportation
Michael Byrne was transported on the Sir Godfrey Webster, departing 11th Jul 1825 and arriving 3rd Jan 1826 with 196 passengers.
Sir Godfrey Webster (generic)References
| Primary Source | State Records of New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, "Sir Godfrey Webster" 1825 / |
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Convict Notes
_____________________________________ Michael Byrne, aged 35, was convicted at Wexford of stealing a horse and was given a life sentence of transportation, arriving as a convict on the ‘Sir Godfrey Webster’ in January 1826. Sadly, he stole the horse just so that he would get shelter and food in gaol because he couldn’t find employment, but he got far worse than that with transportation to NSW for the remainder of his life. Freemans Journal, 18 March 1825, p. 4 At the Wexford Assizes, Michael Byrne was tried for horse stealing and received sentence of death. The prisoner acknowledged that he took the horse for the purpose of passing the winter in gaol, as he could get no employment to support himself. Convict Indent: Michael Byrne, Aged: 35 years Born at Carlow; can read & write; Employment: Shoemaker; Single, Crime: Horse stealing, Tried: 11 Mar 1825 at Wexford, Sentence: Life; arrived Sir Godfrey Webster 3 Jan 1826; Volume entry number: 6 Assigned to Abner Brown. He lived at Dawes Point in Sydney, then called the Dawes Battery. Abner Brown had arrived in 1823 with two overseers, including himself, and eight sub-overseers of convicts, with their respective families; in charge of the Ordnance Department, or as the Ordnance Storekeeper. Michael Byrne was no longer listed with Brown at the time of the November 1828 Census.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Michael Byrne, alias Burn, age on arrival, 35, Sir Godfrey Webster (2) 1826. Tried Wexford, 1825, Life, DOB 1791.