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John Clarke was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 4th Jun 1833 and arriving 26th Oct 1833 with 226 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
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Convict Notes
Four men, Kiernan, Farrell, Geraghty and Clarke, were in- dicted for stealing a cow, the property of Patrick Delany, a dairy-man. The Jury returned a verdict, acquitting Kiernan, and convicting the other three prisoners. Baron Pennefather passed sentence of transportation for life upon them. Warder and Dublin Weekly, 13 April 1833.
Dublin Police. On Saturday, John Clarke, Thomas Geraghtv, James Farrell, and Terence Kernal, were charged with having stolen, on Friday evening last, about seven o’clock, a brown milch cow, of the value of 18£. the property of Pat. Delany, dairyman. It appeared from the evidence of Delany, lives by himself, and of William Kearnley, an hostler at the Boot-inn, that Delany had a number of cows in a yard in Cuckoo-lane, and that the keeper having left the premises for a short time, on when he returned found that the cow was missing. A search was immediately made and the prisoners were found in the act of skinning her in the yard of the Boot-inn, Boot-lane. The prisoners were lodged in Newgate for trial at the ensuing commission. Freemans Journal, 19 Mar 1833.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Clarke, alias Clark, age on arrival, 23, per Royal Admiral (2) 1833, Tried 1833, at Dublin, Life for Stealing cow. DOB, 1810, native place, Dublin. Married, 2 children. Catholic. Porter.