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Michael Carney was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 1st Jul 1830 and arriving 8th Nov 1830 with 194 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 433 (219) |
| 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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NSW Convict Index. Michael Carney, per Royal Admiral, 1830, Ticket of Leave, No 42/2869. district, Carcoar; Tried Bermuda Isl. as. Michael Carney, per Royal Admiral, 1830, Conditional Pardon, 1 Feb 1849, No 49/360.
Michael Carney was originally tried at the Old Bailey in 1827, and sentenced to be transported for 7 years. Tried at The Old Bailey, 13 Sept 1827. 1657. MICHAEL CARNEY was indicted for stealing, on the 4th of August, 3 sixpences, the monies of Nathaniel Clarke . NATHANIEL CLARKE . I keep a ham and beef-shop , in St. John's-lane . On the 4th of August, I left my shop about twenty minutes before eleven o'clock, and within a minute I heard a scuffle; I returned instantly, and saw the officer with the prisoner, behind my counter. I had looked into the till just before I went out; there were three sixpences in the front part of it, and two shillings in the back; I said I had lost four sixpences, I believed, but I was in an error; I had had five sixpences in the till, but had sent my servant out with two, and therefore there were but three. GEORGE WADDINGTON . I am an officer. I saw the prisoner about ten o'clock on the 4th of August, in Peter's-lane, watching a butcher's shop window; there was another lad with him; they went up St. John's-lane, and the other stood outside while the prisoner went into this shop, and round the counter - he took out the till, and put something into his pocket, but I could not see what; I ran in, and took three sixpences out of his waistcoat pocket, into which I had seen him put something. Mr. Clarke had gone out of the shop just as the prisoner went in. Prisoner's Defence. The money was my own - I went in to buy some pudding. JOHN ROBINSON . I am an officer. I saw the prisoner in custody in the shop, and saw Waddington take some money from him. GUILTY. Aged 15. Transported for Seven Years. ------------------------------------------------------ He was transferred to the hulk on 29 October 1827. Hulk Record HO-9-9_3 page 34/55. Received from Newgate, 29 Oct 1827. Michl. Carney, age 17, Stg. 3 sixpences, Tried Newgate 13 Sept 1827, 7 years. 7 Nov, to Bermuda. Michael was sent to Bermuda, as a convict, to labour on the public works there, the main work being the construction of the dockyard at the harbour. Around 9000 convicts were sent there to work, between 1823 and 1863. They were not allowed to settle in Bermuda after the termination of their sentence, but were returned to Britain, and often sent on the Australia. The death toll in Bermuda was very high, and the work very hard and physical, quarrying the limestone and building the dockyard and public building, while living on board convict hulk ships in the harbour. Michael Carney, John Simons, and William Carr were all tried on the same date, 4 May 1828, in Bermuda, for what appears to be similar or the same offences. All three were returned from Bermuda, put on the Hulk Leviathan, and transported to NSW per Royal Admiral. HO-9-8_6 page 14/54. Received from Bermuda, 25 May 1830. Michael Carney, age 17, For Striking…? with intent to kill ..??, ??? 4 May 1828, Bermuda, Life, To NSW 26 June 1830, R. Admiral.