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Transportation
Elizabeth Clarke was transported on the Sydney Cove, departing 31st Dec 1806 and arriving 18th Jun 1807 with 115 passengers.
Sydney Cove (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 386 |
| 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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WRONG ELIZABETH CLARKE ABOVE! NEW ENTRY CREATED FOR THE CORRECT PERSON. PLEASE DO NOT ADD TO THIS ONE. The Elizabeth Clarke tried with Ann Simons for stealing printed cotton is NOT the Elizabeth Clarke transported on "Sydney Cove". The printed cotton thief was tried at the Old Bailey on 1 July 1807, after "Sydney Cove" had already arrived in NSW!! Ann Simons and Elizabeth Clarke whose crime is described above were transported on "Speke" arriving in NSW in November 1808. See the SPEKE entries to add any further details. Because the above trial report is for an incorrect person, the whole entry is now very confusing. A NEW RECORD FOR THE CORRECT ELIZABETH CLARKE, tried Middlesex, and transported on "SYDNEY COVE" HAS BEEN MADE. PLEASE USE THE NEW RECORD FOR HER.
487. ANN SIMONS , and ELIZABETH CLARKE , were indicted for feloniously stealing on the 2nd of June, fourteen yards of printed cotton, value 14/-. the property of Richard Samuel , privately in his shop . RICHARD SAMUEL . I live at No. 49, New Compton street, St. Giles', I am a linen draper. I was not in the shop at the time. SARAH SAMUEL . I am the wife of the last witness. On the 2nd of June, between three and four o'clock in the afternoon, the two prisoners came to buy an apron; I shewed them several and none would suit them; I pulled down a piece of print to shew them, and while I was shewing them the print, one of them said they did not see a print they should like; they did not stop long after that; soon after they were gone, I missed a piece of print that I had shewed them. Q. Who was in the shop at the time. - A. No one but myself. When my husband came home, I told him; that might be an hour and a half after. The printed cotton was found at the pawnbroker's. SAMUEL MORRIS . I am a pawnbroker, I live at Long-acre. On the 2nd of June last, seven yards of cotton was pledged by a woman of the name of Ann Simons . I cannot swear to either of the prisoners. . I live with Mr. Lane, pawnbroker, Holborn. On the 7th of June, seven yards of cotton was pledged in the name of Mary Clark . Q. Who did you take it of. A. I do not know. I have seen the prisoners, I cannot say when. WILLIAM CLEMENTS . I searched the prisoner's apartments. In taking up the boards of the flooring, I found the duplicate of the property. (The property produced and identified.) Simon's Defence. I own to that piece of cotton, and no more. Clark's Defence. I was never inside of the shop, I never saw the cotton. SIMONS, GUILTY, aged 17. CLARK, GUILTY, aged 17. Of stealing only . Transported for Seven Years . Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder. © Mike Harvey 2012