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Transportation
John Callaghan was transported on the Eliza, departing 2nd Mar 1829 and arriving 20th Jun 1829 with 45 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Ship; Eliza 5. Male Irish Convicts. |
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EXECUTION. This day the unfortunate men, Timothy Cremin, convicted at the late Assizes for the abduction of Catherine Owens, near Ballyhooly, and, … were executed, pursuant to sentence. Southern Reporter, 19 April 1828.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Callaghan, age on arrival, 25, per Eliza II (2) 1829, Tried Cork 1828, Life, for Abduction, DOB 1804, native place, Cork Co. Single. Catholic. Ploughman shearer. Died 1838, at Port Macquarie Hospital. --------------------------------------------------------------- ABDUCTION. Timothy Crimeen, John Callaghan, Denis Stackpole, Jeremiah Callaghan, Timothy Callaghan, William Connors, Honor, Mary and Judith Crimreen, for the forcible Abduction of Catherine Owens, at Kilmoney. Catherine Owens —Timothy Crimeen assisted by John Callaghan, and Denis Stackpole, came to the house of her father, and forcibly took her out of her bed. where she was with her mother. They placed her John Callaghan’s horse, and they next conveyed her to Ballyhooly, to the house of one Bat. Mahony; witness staid there one night, and then was removed to the house of one Penners; staid there one night, next went to Connor’s house and was kept there two nights, and was discovered there by her friends. At every place Crimeen forced her to sleep with him, and committed repeated acts of violence her person. On the cross-examination of this witness it came out that she took but little notice of this ill conduct to any of those present, and it was established the witnesses for defendant, that when in Mahony’s house, there being spare bed, a bed was made up the barn, the prosecutrix did not attempt to resist going there for the night with Crimeen, neither did she evince any apparent reluctance at the time. also appeared that when the pursuit was hottest against Crimeen, she willingly accompanied him to a wood where he hid, and where both continued upwards of an hour. The character of the prisoner Crimeen was good, and the owner of public house at Ballyhooly, where they stopped to drink, did not see any reluctance displayed by the prosecutrix, when with Crimeen on Callaghan’s horse. The Jury retired for a short time, and returned a verdict of Guilty, for the three first prisoners, acquitting the others. Southern Reporter, 3 April 1828. Timothy Cremin, Denis Stackpole, and John Callaghan, for the forcible abduction of Catherine Owens, from her father’s house, near Ballyhooly, after which the first prisoner frequently violated her person. The three to be executed on Saturday, the l9th April instant. Roscommon and Leitrim Gazette, 12 April 1828.
1838 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Death Register Name: John Callaghan. Ship; Eliza 5/29 Date of Death: 6 Jul 1838 District: Port Macquarie Hospital
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Ship; Eliza 5. Male Irish Convicts. Name; 5 Name; Jno Callaghan Age; 25 years, Single Native Place; Co. Cork Trade or calling; Ploughman & Shears. Offence; Abduction Sentence; Cork - March 1828 - Life Height; 5 ft. 3 1/2 in Remarks; DIED; in General Hospital. Port Macquarie - 6th July 1838