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Transportation
William Connery was transported on the Isabella, departing 4th Nov 1821 and arriving 9th Mar 1822 with 203 passengers.
The Isabella was built in London in 1818. She was owned by William Wiseman, Patrick Chalmers and James Wallace. The Isabella transported convicts to Australia in 1818 (NSW), 1822 (NSW), 1823 (NSW), 1832 (NSW), 1833 (VDL) and 1842 (VDL).
Isabella (generic)References
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Convict Notes
The previous report appeared in Saunders News-Letter, 3 April 1821.
COUNTY COURT. At two o'clock on Saturday, Jeremiah Houragan and William Connery were brought up for judgment, having been found guilty of forgery, the particulars of which we have already detailed ; also Patrick Hanly and Patrick Adams, were placed at the bar at the same time for judgment, having been found guilty of taking fire arms. Houragan and Connery were foremost; the latter seemed extremely dejected, and appeared scarcely sufficient to support himself during the awful moment the Judge was addressing them. Houragan, on the contrary, displayed a nerve and vigour that astonished the Court. His countenance and manner underwent no alteration. The Court was crowded, as the prisoners were beyond the lower orders, which gave some importance to the awful sentence about to be pronounced upon them. After being asked in the usual way, Why sentence of death and execution should not passed upon them?” Houragan said, Lord, I ask for long day to prepare myself for death, and to settle my family affairs; and I declare in open Court, that I never put my hand to the pen which signed Magrath’s name.” His Lordship returned no reply, but addressed the prisoners Jeremiah Houragan and William Connery, you have been guilty of forgery, a crime, the commission and frequency of which, in this country, makes property insecure, and all dealings between man and man unsafe. The Law has annexed to that crime the awful of death I sorry to say it has appeared on trial, that you are experienced delinquents. You, Connery had escaped in one instance, but was found guilty on the second; and you, Houragan, also was found guilty of a subsequent forgery. It is impossible for me to hold out the slightest hope of mercy. Prepare, therefore, for death! Such time will be allowed you as I trust in God you will make good use of—therefore, prepare yourselves for the awful punishment you are to undergo. ... You, Jeremiah Houragan, William Connery, Patrick Hanly, and Patrick Adams, be now taken from the dock in which you stand, to the jail from whence you came, and each of you be taken to the common place of execution, and there, each of you be hanged until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your souls.”
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. William Connery, alias Camery, age on arrival, 45, per Isabella I (2) 1822, tried 1821, at Limerick Co, Life, DOB 1777, native place, Limerick. Trade, Tax collector.