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James Cassiday was transported on the Henry Porcher, departing 5th Aug 1825 and arriving 3rd Dec 1825 with 176 passengers.
1825 Journey. On Saturday morning (3 Dec) arrived from London and Dublin, the ship Henry Porcher, Captain John Thompson, with 175 male prisoners, having lost one man - the rest in good health. She sailed from London the 10th of July, and Dublin the 5th of August. The guard comprises a detachment of the 47th Regiment, under the orders of Captain Donaldson. The Surgeon Superintendent is Dr. CARTER, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 5 Dec 1825.
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ANTRIM ASSIZES, MONDAY, MARCH 28. Cassiday, for stealing a cow, the property of Mr Chinninstham, at Craigs, on October; also stealing a cow, the property of Thomas Burney.— Guilty. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 30 Mar 1825. ------------------------------------------------------------------ The under-named convicts passed through this town yesterday, from the county Antrim gaol, on their route to the hulk Essex, at Dunleary: John Bell, Michael Clarke, James Dogherty, Bernard Curley, or Dowdall, John Selby, Paul George Gibson, James Quinn, Patrick Brady, James Cassidy, Wm. Henny, James Gribbon, Thomas Boyle, William Begley, William McCafferty, Andrew McAllister. Eight of those convicts received sentence of death Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 23 April 1825.
Colonial Secretary Index. CASSIDY, James. Per "Henry Porcher", 1825. 1825 Dec 9 On list of convicts landed from the "Henry Porcher" and forwarded to Minto for distribution (Reel 6016; 4/3516 p.104) 1825 Dec Evidence at the inquest into the death of fellow prisoner Francis Blong (Reel 6063; 4/1784 pp.273a-g)
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. James Cassiday, alias Cassidy, age on arrival, 23, per Henry Porcher (1) 1825, Tried 1825 at Carrickfergus Antrim, 7 years for stealing cow. DOB, 1802, native place, Derry Co. Tanner ploughman butter cheese maker.