Henry Cornish

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D Wong on 6th January 2021

Lancaster Gazette Lancashire, England 1 Apr 1815 LANCASTER ASSIZES Henry Cornish (22) a black, for a burglary, in the house of Henry Sanders, at Liverpool.— Guilty of stealing to the value of 39s. _______________ Henry Cornish was listed as 22 years old on arrival. Native Place: America - Henry was black. Henry was 5'4" tall, black complexion, hair and eyes. Colonial Secretary Index: CORNISH, Henry. Per "Ocean", 1816 1816 Feb 5: On list of convicts disembarked from the "Ocean" and forwarded to Liverpool for distribution (Reel 6004; 4/3494 p.338) 1823 Apr 14-May 8: To be transported for seven years. In reports of prisoners tried at Court of Criminal Jurisdiction (Reel 6023; X820 pp.93, 95) 1823 May 14: On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Sally" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.45, 406-7) 1/5/1823 Sydney Gazette: CRIMINAL COURT.—TUESDAY, April 22. —Henry Cornish was indicted for stealing in the dwelling-house of Mr. William Ikin, of Liverpool, on the 7th of November last, one saddle ; and William Rushton was also indicted for receiving the same, knowing it to have been stolen. Cornish, Guilty—7 years. Rushton, Acquitted._ Henry Cornish was again indicted for stealing a saddle, the property of Wm. Cordeaux, Esq. at Liverpool ; and Isaac Howarth for felonionsly receiving the same. Cornish, Guilty—7 years. Howarth, Acquitted. 21/4/1831 Sydney Gazette: FATAL ACCIDENT.--(From a Correspondent.)- A melancholy accident occurred at Port Macquarie on the 1st instant. William Coburne, per ship Lord Melville, the assigned servant of Mr. R. Smith, of Blackman's Point ; John Bowling, per ship Cambridge, the assigned servant or Mr. Guilding ; and Henry Cornish, per ship Ocean, in the service of the Crown, were taking the punt across the river at Blackman's Point, and had reached more than half way over, when they were heard to cry for assistance, and almost instantly the punt was seen to go down ; the poor fellows continued to struggle some minutes, but before assistance could reach them they sunk in death. The body of William Coburne was found by dragging the following day near where he was seen to sink ; on the 4th, the body of Bowling was found on the Bank, about three miles down the river; the body of the third of these men, so suddenly summoned from this life was discovered on the 8th instant, left by the falling tide on the bank, a short distance from where the punt upset, much mutilated ; (all having perished. Nothing certain has been elicited, but the accident is supposed to have taken place from a want of due caution on the part of themselves, who, propelling the punt with their backs towards the calves, did not observe them crowding to the one end of the punt until past remedy, when it went down end foremost. The whole three have been interred in the usual burying-ground by the Rev. Mr. Cross. Convict Death Register - died 9/4/1831.