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Crime
Transportation
Elizabeth Connell was transported on the Canada, departing 28th Feb 1810 and arriving 8th Sep 1810 with 122 passengers.
Canada (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 7 (5) |
| 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
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 13 May 2022), November 1808, trial of ELIZABETH CONNELL (t18081126-52). ELIZABETH CONNELL, Theft > grand larceny, 26th November 1808. 725. ELIZABETH CONNELL was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 21st of September , a leather boot, value 15 s. the property of John Furrs . JOHN FURRS . I am a boot maker , I live at 58, Carey street, Lincoln's inn fields . JANE HICKMAN CLAYTON. My husband is a glover, I live next door to Mr. Furrs in Carey street. On the 21st of September, between two and three in the afternoon, I was standing in my room adjoining the shop, I saw a woman with a bed gown, dirtily dressed, looking at a boot at Mr. Furrs'; I saw her take it down and go away; I immediately went over to Mr. Furrs, I told him that the woman had taken a boot from his door; he went after her, laid hold of her, took the boot from out of her lap, and brought her back to the shop; Mr. Blundell was sent for, and she was taken in custody. Furrs. Mrs. Clayton informed me of the fact, that the prisoner had taken a boot from my door; I followed her, I overtook her between twenty and thirty yards distance from my door; she was going up Carey street, I took hold of her by the arm and turned her cloak from off the basket, which she had on her arm, and took the boot from her; I took her back to my shop. Q. Where was the boot - A. On her arm, covered with her cloak; I gave her and the boot into the custody of Mr. Blundell. JOHN BLUNDELL . I am a constable of the Liberty of the Rolls. The prisoner was delivered into my custody; she acknowledged that she had stole the boot, went down upon her knees and begged forgiveness, and said she would make any amends for what she had done. The property produced and identified. Prisoner's Defence. I had no cloak on me, I had a bed gown on; I had a basket on my arm; there was a barrow woman in the street, I went up to her to buy ahalfpenny worth of apples, there was a mob of people ran very hard; I picked up this boot, and the barrow woman knows it; the barrow woman saw me pick it up. GUILTY , aged 35. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Recorder.