Jane Clements

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 12th May 2020

53. JANE CLEMENTS was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 15th of November , two 20 l. bank notes, two 10 l. bank notes, and two 1 l. bank notes, the property of the Hon. Alexander Murray , in the dwelling-houses of William Miller . HON. ALEXANDER MURRAY . Q. On Monday the 14th of November, had you paid any bank notes to Mrs. Murray - A, I had; two twenty's and four ten's, it was part of change of a one-hundred pound note; there were marks upon them, which I can swear to; I gave them to her, JANET OLIPHANT MURRAY. Q. On the 14th of November, did you receive from Mr. Murray some notes - A. I did; I put them into my pocket-book, and my pocket-book into my ridicule. At this time I had lodgings at Mr. Miller's, in Charles-street. The prisoner was a servant in Mr. Miller's house. Q. On the evening of the next day, were you employed in putting your clothes away - A. I was. Q. Where was your redicule at that time - A. Upon the bed. The prisoner was in the room assisting me in putting my clothes away; she took them from me and put them upon the bed; she asked me if she could assist me any further; I remarked that she stood along side of the bed where the redicule was; I had suspicion of her. About an hour after she was gone, I looked into my redicule, and the pocketbook was gone. I enquired after the prisoner, she was not in the house; I found she had left the house immediately after she went out of my room. That evening I went to the office in Bow-street, there I heard the prisoner had been taken up on suspicion: I saw the prisoner that evening about eleven o'clock. I know that the notes that I lost were the notes that Mr. Murray gave me. JOHN MORRIS . I am a linen-draper, in Piccadily. On the evening of the 15th of November, the prisoner came to my shop to purchase some articles; she offered in payment a twenty pound note; I gave the note to Mr. Nicolls. In consequence of suspicion I apprehended her. WILLIAM NICOLLS . I am an officer. The prisoner was brought to Bow-street office by Mr. Morris, she opened her hand, and gave me the notes, and I have one Mr. Morris gave me, this twenty pound note. On the prisoner was a twenty-pound note, two ten's, and eight ones, and silver to the amount of twenty-two shillings. I asked her how she came by the notes; she said, she received them of Mr. Morris the linen-draper, in change of a twenty-pound note. I said, that could not be, there was more than twenty pounds; these notes I took from her hand. She said, Mr. Morris gave her them. She sent for me in Bridewell, she wished me to advise her how she was to act; I told her I could not tell her. I asked her what she had done with the pocket-book; she said, she threw it out of the coach-window as she was brought to the office. Prosecutor. This is one of the twenty-pound notes I gave to Mrs. Murray; I am positive to it. These two ten-pound notes I can swear to, having the name of Garland upon them. GUILTY, aged 25, Of stealing, but not in the dwelling-house . Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder. ---------------------------------------------- New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 A Name: Jane Clements. Event Date: 19 Apr 1817 Arrival year: 1816. Vessel: Mary Ann Event Description: Re permission to marry Daniel Jackson - Pris. Ship Somersetshire at Parramatta; listed as Clemans Comments: Per "Mary Ann", 1816 Page: 118-9 -----------------------------------------------Name: Jane Clemens Spouse Name: Daniel Jackson Marriage Date: 1817 Marriage Place: New South Wales Registration Place: Parramatta, New South Wales Registration Year: 1817 Volume Number: V A -------------------------------------------- 1828 - New South Wales Australian census Jackson Daniel Age 32. TL Ship; Somersetshire. 1815. Protestant. Jane Age 37. FS Ship: Mary Ann: 1816. Protestant Hannah Age 12 Elizabeth Age 9 Janet Jnr Age 6 Daniel Jnr Age 6 months Employment; Miller. District: Evans 1 Horse. 4 Cows