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Mary Clark was transported on the Britannia Iii, departing 31st Dec 1797 and arriving 18th Jul 1798 with 102 passengers.
Third voyage to Australia. Arrived in Sydney Cove on 18 July 1798 1814 voyage departed from Bengal with 10 male convicts. All tried in India.
Britannia Iii (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 238 |
| 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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Old Bailey Online MARY CLARKE. Theft; theft from a specified place. 25th October 1797. Text type Trial account Defendants MARY CLARKE Offences Theft > Theft from place Session Date 25th October 1797 Reference Number t17971025-48 Verdicts Guilty > Theft under 40s Punishments Transportation 629. MARY CLARKE was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 17th of October , a piece of printed calico, containing twenty-one yards, value 3l. 10s. the property of Jonathan Peele , Lawrence Peele , Joseph Peele , John Peele , Edmund Peele , and Richard Yates , in the dwelling-house of Edmund Peele . HENRY SAUNDERS sworn. - I am porter to the prosecutors; Three women came into the warehouse under pretence of begging charity, the prisoner was one of them; I suspected them, and followed them; the prisoner ran, and I overtook her in Blackwell-Hall-court, I never lost fight of her; I told her she had got a piece of print, but she said she had not; I felt, and found it under her petticoat. Q.Has the warehouse any communication with the dwelling-house? - A.There is a private staircase leads from the warehouse into Mr. Peele's house; I had seen the print about two hours before.(Mr. Jonathan Peele proved the firm). Q. Does the warehouse belong to all the partners? - A. Yes; but they have nothing to do with the house except Edmund Peele. I saw the prisoner brought into the warehouse, and she dropped the calico. - DIXON sworn. - I am a constable, (produces the calico); I received this from Mr. Saunders. Saunders. This is the calico, I know it by the pattern; I missed it upon her going away. Prisoner's defence. I met with two women, who asked me if I knew of an overseer; I told them I did not, I should be glad to get something if I could myself; and I went with them into this place, and was ashamed to ask, and so I turned out again; I do not know any thing of the calico. GUILTY (Aged 25.) Of stealing goods, value 39s. Transported for seven years . Tried by the first London Jury, before Mr. Baron HOTHAM.
Description 25. 4f10 fair complex. brown hair. grey eyes. Old St. London Married
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey Tried; 25th October 1797. Age 25. Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of theft from a specified place (feloniously stealing, on the 17th of October, a piece of printed calico, containing twenty-one yards, value 3l. 10s. the property of Jonathan Peele , Lawrence Peele , Joseph Peele , John Peele , Edmund Peele , and Richard Yates , in the dwelling-house of Edmund Peele). Found guilty (theft under 40s)
UK Criminal Registers - Criminal Entry Records. No; 41. Name; Mary Clarke Trial; 25 October 1797 Age; 25 years old [born abt. 1772]