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Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Mary Constable was transported on the Amphitrite, departing 21st Aug 1833 and arriving 30th Nov 1832 with 99 passengers.
Master: R Hogg. Owners: Hogg & Co. Wrecked off the coast of France 31 August 1833, with the loss of 108 female convicts and 12 children. Only 3 crew members survived.
Amphitrite (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 217 (110) |
| 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 Mary Constable,Theft from a specified place 16th May 1833. Old Court.Saturday,May 18th First Middlesex jury,before Mr.Sergeant Arabin 972.Mary Constable was indicted for stealing,on the 16th of February,at Marylebone,two 51 Bank notes,the monies of Charlotte Augusta Ackers,in the dwelling house of Thomas Britten. Thomas Britten.The prisoner was my housemaid,and had been so about a year and a half - my house is in the Globe end road,St Johns wood-Miss Ackers was on a visit at our house,and mentioned her loss to me;enquiry was made about them;suspicion did not fall on the prisoner till some time afterwards;I then spoke to her about it,I said I understood she had got some bank notes;she said she had received notes to the value of 101,from a country the day before-this was on the last day of Appreciate-I waited to see the postman ,and found no letter had been delivered-I then asked her to show me the notes,she refused -I called in a policeman,and in the first box opened was a reticule containing two 51 notes-I knew it to be her box,she went with myself and the officer ,and unlocked her box herself. James Ackers.Last February I.had an order from Dennis and Co,on Barnett,Hoare and Co., For 1501.,which I received,and gave my daughter two of the 51.notes I received from them. Charlotte Augusta Ackers.I am the daughter of the last witness ,in February last I received two 51.notes from my father while I was visiting at Mr Britten's-I put the notes into my glove ,and when I got home I missed them-I had left my glove on my dressing table in the bedroom;I had gone out early in the morning and returned in the evening;it was about the 16th of February-I should not know the notes again;I did not mark them. Cross-examined by Mr Walesby.Q.Where did you receive the notes from your father?.A.In Spode and Copeland's shop -I don't remember whether I saw them after I get into the house;I was in one or two hackney carriages before got home,and cannot say whether I lost them before I got home -it was a short glove ;I put them into my glove at Spode and Copeland's,and did not take the glove of at all while I was out. Prisoners Defence Respecting the notes,it is very painful to me to say I received them from a gentleman I am in the habit of receiving from. Charlotte Augusta Ackers I Did not lose my glove GUILTY,Aged 26-Transported for life There were two more indictments against the prisoner.
On the 31st of August 1833 the Amphitrite ran aground on a sandbank in sight of Boulogne and it was apparent to locals that the ship was in grave danger as it was low tide and the locals knew that it would soon be swamped by the massive tide. Attempts were made by the French to save the passengers and crew but assistance was refused by Captain Hunter. 108 female convicts, 12 children and a crew of 16 were on board and only 3 of the crew survived.