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James Callahan was transported on the Thomas Arbuthnot, departing 6th Jan 1847 and arriving 4th May 1847 with 289 passengers.
Built 1841 at Aberdeen, Scotland. Wood ship of 621 Tons. Thomas Arbuthnot, 1847. “The Thomas Arbuthnot convict ship, Captain Thomson, sailed from Spithead this morning for Port Phillip, with a superior class of delinquents, officially called “exiles.” These are the first “exiles” sent to the above settlement, which the inhabitants of that respectable place are very wroth at, and have memorialised the Government on the subject. The most ingenious trades and professions are carried on, on board this ship; in fact, we believe, all trades in vogue have their representatives on board. The most ingenious affair, however, is a newspaper in manuscript, published every Saturday, having its foreign and domestic correspondence, advertisements, and, indeed, all the necessary accessories to an apparently well-conducted journal. The articles are well written and the arrangements well made. The name of this paper is the Citadel, and the conductors dub the captain of the ship ” the governor.” The Citadel having no opponents enjoys a large circulation. The editor is a man who has been of considerable note in the legitimate literary world; but all names and circumstances in connexion with their present position is strictly preserved secret with regard to these “exiles,” the greatest majority of whom are juvenile offenders from Millbank, Pentonville, and Parkhurst (Isle of Wight) prisons.”—Times, January 12. Published in the Launceston Examiner, 2 June 1847. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36252218?searchTerm=Thomas Arbuthnot There was a lot of public criticism of the arrival of these “Exiles” in New South Wales, and of their treatment, by being offered training, etc, to the detriment of honest but poor labourers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 142 |
| 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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Son of William Callaghan, Labourer, Drury Lane (Pentonville record)
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 10 December 2022), March 1845, trial of JAMES CALLAHAN (t18450303-704). JAMES CALLAHAN, Theft > simple larceny, 3rd March 1845. 704. JAMES CALLAHAN was indicted for stealing 3lbs. 10oz. weight of mutton, value 1s. 6d. the goods of James Wheatly, the younger; and that he had been before convicted of felony. JAMES WHEATLY . I live with my son, James Wheatly, a butcher in Crown-street, Bloomsbury. On Saturday, the 8th of Feb., about eleven o'clock, I was in his shop—I saw the prisoner pass outside the window, and take a breast of mutton—he was in company with another person—I ran out, and saw the prisoner—I took him about 100 yards off—he threw down the mutton, struck me violently, knocked one of my teeth out, and loosened four others—it was my son's mutton. Cross-examined by MR. ROBINSON. Q. Have you any interest in the business? A. No—there were not a great many persons passing—this is not in the Rookery—he did not run till I got near him, and called, "Stop thief"—he then set off running, and threw the mutton down—I did not take it up—he struggled and got away—he cut my lip very badly—I lost sight of him—he got into a passage—my son ran round, and ran him into the Rookery—he ran into the arms of a policeman—I swear positively he took the mutton and dropped it. FRANCIS MORRIS (police-constable E 78.) I was in the Rookery—I heard a cry of "Stop, thief"—I saw the prisoner coming through the posts, and when he got through, he ran—I stopped him, and asked what he ran for—he said, "What do you stop me for?"—I said, "Let us hear what these people are crying stop thief for." Cross-examined. Q. Did you see any mutton on him? A. No—at soon as he said, "What do you take me for?" the prosecutor and some other persons came to the posts and said, "That is right, take him." WILLIAM WEST (police-constable F 106.) I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction from Mr. Clark's office—(read—Convicted the 14th of June, 1839, and transported for ten years)—how he got off that I do not know, but he had three months, and he was tried again in the Old Court in May, 1843, and had twelve months. GUILTY. Aged 21.— Transported for Seven Years. ---------------------------------------------------- Convict Exiles Index. James Callahan, age 23, per Thomas Arbuthnot. Date of trial, 3/3/1845, at C.C.C., sentence, 7 years, Charge, Larceny. Remarks: Exiles