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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Emma Capenhurst was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 16th Jul 1839 and arriving 10th Nov 1839 with 146 passengers.
Built in France 1772 of 298 Tons first sailed as a British convict ship from Portsmouth 16/02/1791.
Mary Anne (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 66 |
| 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
Petty Sessions. DISORDERLY CONDOCT. Emma Capenhurst, aged 15, charged with being drunk and disorderly, on Wednesday night was reprimanded and discharged. Leicestershire Mercury, 18 Nov 1837. Emma Capenhurst, a juvenile prostitute, was charged with stealing a shawl, the property of Mrs. Mary Follows, of Coltonstreet ; another shawl, the property of Miss Sarah Warden, of Humberstone-road ; and a handkerchief, belonging to Miss Harriet Brown, of Dover Street. The prisoner, it appeared, was in the habit of begging, and thus gained admittance to the houses of the parties whom she robbed.—Committed for trial. Leicester Herald, 2 Dec 1837. Borough Epiphany Sessions.  EMMA CAPENHURST, 16, charged with stealing shawl, the property of Mary Fallows, and another the property of Sarah Warden. Two months' imprisonment to hard labor for each offence. Leicestershire Mercury, 6 Jan 1838. Leicestershire Summer Assizes.  Emma Capenhurst, 17, pleaded guilty to an indictment, charging her with feloniously stealing a pair of stockings and a brush, the property  of Joseph Barker.—Ten years’ transportation. Leicester Journal, 3 Aug 1838.