Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Caton was transported on the Majestic, departing 1st Oct 1838 and arriving 22nd Jan 1839 with 123 passengers.
Majestic (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/11, Page Number 335 (169) |
| 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 |
Claims
"First wife of James Gleave. (Brother of my 4th Great Grandmother.)"
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Convict Notes
MANSLAUGHTER. Mary Caton, otherwise Keating, 28, was charged with having caused the death of John Kingsbury, in this town, on the 3d of August last. The verdict of the coroner's jury was wilful murder. The Grand Jury ignored the bill for murder, and returned and returned one for manslaughter. The circumstances of this case were published immediately after the inquest. The Jury returned a verdict of Guilty Manslaughter. The Court passed sentence of transportation for ten years. Liverpool Albion, 2 Apr 1838. A SAILOR MURDERED BY A WOMAN.—On Saturday week an inquest was held before P. F. Curry, Esq., on John Kingsbury, a mariner. Several witnesses were called, from whose evidence it appeared that the deceased had a room in Miles'-court, Orange-street, which he occupied while ashore. On Tuesday, the 1st inst., at twelve o'clock, the deceased was passing up the court to his lodgings. A woman named Mary Caton, who keeps a disorderly house in the same court, was standing on her own steps quarrelling with a neighbour. The deceased, as he passed, said, Now, Mary, what is the use of quarrelling? can't you be good tempered and go in? In reply, she uttered a great oath, and asked the deceased if he was going to bully her. Be replied, No, Mary, poor Jack never falls out with any one. The deceased was without his hat and jacket, and the virago struck him violently upon the head three times with a tin can which she had in her hand. On receiving the third blow, he fell backwards against the wall, and was helped by his neighbours into his own room. His head was very much cut. A woman named Kirkham, cut the hair from around the principal wound, and put on a plaster. Next day he went to his ship, but in the course of a few days his head began to swell, and he was confined to his room. He was sent to the Northern Hospital on Tuesday, the 8th. Mr. Blower, the house-surgeon, stated that in his opinion the cause of death was exhaustion of the vital powers, by the great nervous excitement caused by the extensive erysipelous inflammation, and that this inflammation was caused by the cut wound in the head. The jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder against Mary Caton, who was committed for trial at the next Spring assizes.
Married former convict James Gleave. Buried at Campbell Town cemetery.