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Voyage
Transportation
Philip Clarke was transported on the Sir Godfrey Webster, departing 4th Aug 1823 and arriving 30th Dec 1823 with 181 passengers.
Sir Godfrey Webster (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 102 |
| 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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Convict Notes
HIGHWAY ROBBERY. PHILIP CLARKE, (20) JAMES LOWRY, (22) charged with robbing Mr. George Franklin, on the 10th of Jan. last, at Stanage. of a pocket book, containing several bank notes, and some gold coin. The facts of the case were these. The prosecutor on the of January, was proceeding to Manchester. reached Stanage Moor, 9 miles from Manchester, about 5 o'clock ; when 3 men met him, one of whom took hold of the horse's head, and another jumped up into the gig, and one got up behind, and began unbuttoning his coat. He saw a great stick close to his head, and told them not abuse him, and he hat 1 money, which they should have. They took from him a pocket book- containing a bank-post bill for a promissory note for £?s, two bank of England notes £?s each, ten sovereigns, 3 guineas, a draft for £'l7. other notes, making property in all to the amount £30. He gave information to Mr. Lavender, police officer, of Manchester, and he saw the bank-post note afterwards in his possession. thought the prisoners were two of the men.—A person of the name of Bradbury. swore positively to having met the prisoners and another man near the place, and about the time the prosecutor was robbed; and Mr. Brook, banker, of Manchester, deposed that the prisoner Clarke, paid into his bank, on Saturday, the 11th. January, a bank-post hill for £l5. which Mr. Franklin thought was the one he had lost; but there was nothing the face the note which he could identify it; and the attempt trace it from the bank into his hands failed. The prisoners denied that they were out Manchester on that day; Clarke also said, he was not Brook's bank on the morning of the 11 th; they called witnesses to prove an alibi. One Morgan, a barber, and John Clarke, brother the prisoner, (P. Clarke) swore that he was Morgan's. shop,, the 20th of January at halfpast four, and that he went home with his brother. Thomas Clarke, his father, accounted for him on the morning of the day he was said to have got the note discounted at the bank; and the same story was told by one Thomas Kelly. Mary Holding and Lowry's father were called to prove that he had not been out of Manchester on the 10th January. These witnesses told a very consistent story, in their examination in chief; but at their cross-examination they contradicted each other most grossly. The jury retired about 5 before three, and remained absent for 40 minutes when they returned a verdict of GUILTY both the prisoners. Yorkshire Gazette, 29 March 1823.
Married Sarah Hurst 26 Dec 1831 Catholic Church. Donated 5 pounds 18/4/1843 for building of St Mary's Cathedral Hobart. Occupation listed as Overseer of Mines on births of children. Possible death in Victoria. Mortgagee sale of his land 27 Feb 1858 Hobart, land along High St.