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Daniel Cartwright was transported on the Mary, departing 15th Dec 1829 and arriving 10th Apr 1830 with 168 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 263 (134) CON18-1-15 Image 91 |
| 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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NO; 1057 Trade; Hammerman Age; 23 years
SURREY SESSIONS. KINGSTON, October 28. Danl. Cartwright, James Cartwright, and James Farrant were put to the bar on five indictments, charging them with committing various robberies in the neighbourhood of Tooting and Streatham, during the night of the 12th inst It appeared that the above neighbourhoods have, for a long time, been infested with whole gangs of robbers, who never let a night pass without committing depredations of some kind or other. Between six and seven o’clock in the morning of the 13th of October, Wm. Brewer, a constable of Lambeth, met the three prisoners nest Brixton Washway, each of them carrying something, and suspecting they were returning to town with their night’s plunder, he took all three into custody, and on examining what they had got he found a basket of tools, which afterwards proved to belong to Mark Mercer, carpenter, who had left them tn house at Tooting in which he was working; two muslin dresses, and other articles, belonging to Joseph Kaye, Esq., of Streatham, in whose garden they had been left to dry; a coal and apron which were ascertained to belong to Mr. King George, of Tooting, from whose back premises they had been stolen; coat and cloak belonging to Mr. John Vann, of Upper Tooting, who had left them hanging at his back door the preceding night seven rabbits, the property of Mr. Thomas Hodgekiss, of Streatham ; and some ducks and china, which had not yet been owned. stated themselves to be carpenters, and had come from Brighton. The jury found the prisoners Guilty upon four indictments. The prisoner Farrant was sentenced to be transported for life; and the two Cartwrights for 21 years. Globe, 29 Oct 1829. ———————————————————————————————————- Note. The constable who arrested them was William Brewer. A criminal petition was made by a William Brewer, on behalf of his son, Thomas Brewer, who was transported. The petition mentions the arrest of the three men for burglary.: National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/38/143. Date. 1838 Sept 14 – 1838 Nov 12. Prisoner name: Thomas Brewer. Prisoner age: 23 years. Prisoner occupation: Shoemaker and former private in the Queen’s Rifles. Court and date of trial: Surrey Quarter Sessions, Newington, 11 September 1838. Crime: Stealing a cloak or mackintosh coat in the Walworth Road [Newington] on 20 August 1838. Initial sentence: Seven years transportation. Gaoler’s report: ‘Character bad, convicted before’. Annotated (Outcome): ‘Nil’. Petitioner(s): William Brewer (father), of Lambeth [Surrey] undersigned by 46 inhabitants of Brixton [Surrey] and its environs. Second application by William Brewer. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Good character given by employer; petitioner’s good character and service as night constable. Additional Information: Ordered to Leviathan [convict hulk]. Details of the convict’s army service are given. Petitioner gives details of his arrest of Daniel Cartwright, James Cartwright and James Farrant for burglary, and their conviction.
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. Year; 1835 No; 1057 Name; Dan'l Cartwright Ship; Mary Noted against name; ACCIDENTLY KILLED; 26 Jan 1833