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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Martin Collins was transported on the Katherine Stewart Forbes, departing 21st Feb 1832 and arriving 16th Jul 1832 with 223 passengers.
Katherine Stewart Forbes (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 269 (135) |
| 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
Correction: Typos above - each should read Martin Collins not Michael.
DEATH OF MICHAEL COLLINS: A Michael Collins, 67 and a yeoman, died on 23 August 1853 of "decay of nature". His death was recorded in the Hobart District and reported by his friend, Henry Wheeler, of Montpelier Street [called Mount Peliar on the record], Cottage Green. It's likely this was "our" Michael Collins as the age tallies with his date of birth from early records (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD35-1-4p38j2k).
1832: On arrival in VDL, he was 45, a widower with four children and was assigned as a labourer to Mr H Casserly (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON27-1-5$init=CON27-1-5). 1835, 23 February: He was now a Constable. He was docked 6 days' pay and sent to the treadwheel for that period for allowing two prisoners to be in a public house on his beat (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-7$init=CON31-1-7p154). 1837, 30 September: He was commended for detecting a robbery (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-7$init=CON31-1-7p154). 1841-42: Martin Collins was granted a PARDON "having held a Conditional Pardon for 4 years with good conduct" (NSW and Tasmania, Australia, Convict Pardons and Tickets of Leave, 1834-1859; Tasmania Pardons, 1841-1842).
1831, March: Convicted at the Lent Assizes for "counselling and abetting the uttering of a forged provincial bank note"; sentenced to death, commuted to transportation for life (see England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892; England, Lancashire 1831). --00-- 1831, 26 August: Martin Collins petitioned for clemency. The following is a summary record of that petition: "HO 17/27/30 ... Prisoner name: Martin Collins. Court and date of trial: Lancaster Lent Assizes [Lancashire], March 1831. Crime: Procuring another to utter a forged instrument. Initial sentence: Death, day of execution set for 3 September 1831. Annotated (Outcome): 'Pardon conditional prepared 21 September 1831'. Petitioner(s): Martin Collins (the convict). 37 inhabitants of Manchester (known to the convict). Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): He has four small motherless children, currently in the Manchester Workhouse who will be unprotected; he was indicted as an 'accessory before the fact' and selected to die whilst two others convicted as principals were not; the known disinclination of the Crown to take a life except for the most atrocious crime. Additional Information: Held in Lancaster Castle gaol. Addresses and occupations of the many petitioners are given." (see https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C15107969) --00-- 1831, 29 October: He was sent from Lancaster Castle Jail and received aboard the Justitia prison hulk at Woolwich, but is incorrectly listed as having been tried on 8 August 1831. He was 45. Also transferred at the same time was one of the "principals" referred to in the above petition - James Collyer. 1832, 10 February: Both men were sent from the Justitia for transportation on the KS Forbes (see UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849).