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Transportation
Sarah Clifford was transported on the Surprize, departing 31st Jan 1794 and arriving 17th Oct 1794 with 95 passengers.
Surprize (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 195 (98) |
| 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 SARAH CLIFFORD. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 30th October 1793 Text type Trial account Defendants SARAH CLIFFORD Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 30th October 1793 Reference Number t17931030-24 Verdicts Guilty > With recommendation Punishments Transportation 696. SARAH CLIFFORD was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of September , a pewter pint pot, value 1 s. the goods of John Steward JOHN STEWARD sworn. The property was taken out of the prisoner's pocket by the watchman. ROBERT LEMAIRE sworn. I am a constable. On the 27th of September the prisoner was brought to the watch-house on a charge by Robert Stewart , the watchman; the property had been taken out of the prisoner's pocket before she was brought into the watch-house; it was the watchman that, I believe, took it out of her pocket; I think I received the pot of the watchman and have kept them in my possession ever since. ROBERT STEWART sworn. I am the watchman. The prisoner past me on Friday night, or early on Saturday morning, between twelve and one, and she happened to have her apron full of bread; I asked her where she got it? She said over the way; I rather reflected on myself for letting her pass; so I followed her to the Queen's Head, the watering house, Bishopsgate-street, where she was talking to the waterman, and turning herself about I spies a pint pot stick out of her pocket; I said to the waterman, this woman is a pot stealer, for here is a pint pot sticking out of her pocket, and I took her to the watch-house strait, without ever letting her go away. Steward. I keep the sign of the Paul Pinder ; the pots are marked G. E. the cypher of the gentleman's name that kept the house before I came to it; I can swear to the pot. Prisoner. I had the pint pot out of his house full of beer, and I met a poor woman that was ill and wanted a coach, and had this bread to carry; I went to the coachman to speak to him, and this man, the watchman, came up, and he spoke something that I did not like; I spoke rough to him, I had the pint-pot by my side, intending to return it as soon as I got the poor woman into the coach; then he took me back to this man's house and he said he would have me transported if it cost him the bed from under him; I had been but one month up from Cambridge. The gentleman said, at my first hearing, that the pint pot was worth half a crown. Court to Steward. Do you remember that woman being at your house? - No. Q. Do you let people carry away pots? - No, nobody but my constant customers. Prisoner. I have no relations nor friends; I have been five weeks in prison all but two days. Prosecutor. They were pots that I never send out to any body, they cost me three shillings a pint. GUILTY . (Aged 29.) Recommended by the Jury. Transported for seven years . Tried by the London Jury before Mr. Justice HEATH.