Lydia Casemere

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 12th February 2022

1827 - Source; CON40-1-1 Image 297 Indent No; 126 Trial; 10 April 1828 Transported for "Larceny from a Person" [Stealing a watch from the person] States; "I committed this offence to join my husband, is at Sydney under the name of Geo Hammerton. Went to Sydney in the Champion. He is a boot closer. Sentence; Life. I was last employed as a washer woman. Married. Noted across the record; DIED in Hobart Town. 21 April 1855 1827 - Description List. CON19-1-13 Image 11. Trade; Housemaid. Height; 5 ft 1 1/4 in Age; 26. Hair; Reddish Brown. Eyes; Dark Blue. Complexion; Make; Stout maid. ** George Hamerton or Casemere. Age; 26. Arrived in the Colony per Ship; Marquis of Huntly. 1826. **

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Ron Garbutt on 20th March 2020

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 20 March 2020), April 1828, trial of LYDIA CASEMERE (t18280410-109). LYDIA CASEMERE, Theft > pocketpicking, 10th April 1828. Fourth Middlesex Jury - before Mr. Sergeant Arabin. 901. LYDIA CASEMERE was indicted for stealing, on the 11th of March , 1 watch, value 50s.; 1 chain, value 1s., and 1 seal, value 10s. the goods of Richard Osborn , from his person . RICHARD OSBORNE. I am a carpenter , and live at No. 9, Dean-street, Holborn; between half-past ten and eleven o'clock at night, on the 11th of March, I met the prisoner with another person; I was quite sober; and had twenty numbers of a large book under my arm - they began to pull them away. I desired them not to do so, and put up my right hand to secure the numbers - I had not gone far before the prisoner took my watch, and gave it to the other, who ran across Holborn to the corner of Feathers-court; I pursued her, and cried, Stop thief! - the prisoner kept coming in contact with me to stop me; when I got to the corner of the court, the woman with the watch had got down the court - I met a watchman, and told him to take the prisoner, but he rather hesitated, and would rather take me; another watchman came up, and took her. JOHN MURPHY . I am a watchman. I took the prisoner to the watch-house; the prosecutor charged her with robbing him of his watch - she said she did not take it, and she wanted me to take the prosecutor in charge, and said he had struck her. Prisoner's Defence. I was coming down Holborn; when I passed Dean-street I heard this gentleman call Stop thief! - I saw no female there, but several gentlemen; he rushed by me and knocked me down - I asked what he knocked me down for; he turned back again and said he believed I was one of the women who took his watch; it was full a quarter of an hour before the watchman came up. RICHARD OSBORNE . I never said I only believed she was the woman; I said she was, and gave charge of her. GUILTY . Aged 26. Transported for Life . https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18280410-109