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Transportation
Lackey Commons was transported on the Lord Sidmouth, departing 9th Nov 1820 and arriving 19th Feb 1821 with 162 passengers.
A Barque built in Jersey (Briton) 1815. Tonnage 194. Built by Matthew le Boeuf. Three (3) voyages to Australia transporting convicted persons. (The 1821 does not yet have complete details on this web site.)
Lord Sidmouth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
MAYO ASSIZES. CASTLEBAR, MARCH 20. On Saturday, Lackey Commins, W. Hynes, T. Rafferty, and George Boyle, were put upon trial for several offences connected with the Ribbon system. Lackey Commins was indicted capitally, under the White Boy Act, for delivering a message, on the of February last, at Kuane, in this county, tending to excite a tumultuous assemblage or confederacy of persons, under the name of Ribbonmen; and, under the same Act, he and the other prisoners stood charged with several transportable felonies, for taking illegal oaths, appearing armed, &c. The prisoner, Commins, challenged sixteen Jurors peremptorily, and three were set aside by the Crown, one of whom was afterwards sworn, when the panel was exhausted. Commins was found guilty of the capital charge, and received sentence, to be executed on the 21st of April. Hynes and Raftery were convicted of taking illegal oaths, and are to be imprisoned twelve months. .. Saunders News-Letter, 25 March 1820. The Lord Lieutenant has been pleased to respite, until further orders, the execution of Lackey Commins, who was, at the last Assizes of the County of Mayo, sentenced to be hanged on the 21st instant, for delivering a message, with intent to procure an unlawful assembly of Ribbonmen. Saunders News-Letter, 10 April 1820.
Colonial Secretary Index. COMMONS, Lackey. Per "Lord Sidmouth", 1821 1824 Jan On return of convicts received at the Establishment, Emu Plains; from Dr Harris. Listed as Lackie Commins (Reel 6028; 2/8283 p.209) 1824 Feb 19 On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.112, 464-5)
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Lackey Commons, alias Cummons, Cummins, Commans, Comans, age on arrival, 42, per Lord Sidmouth (2) 1821, tried 1820, at Mayo, Life. DOB 1779, native place, Mayo Co. Trade, Labourer.