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Voyage
Transportation
Charles Cox was transported on the Andromeda, departing 16th Oct 1826 and arriving 23rd Feb 1827 with 147 passengers.
Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.
Andromeda (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 105 (54) |
| 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
Place of origin: Somerton, Somerset CON31-1-6 Image 264 No; 775. 1838 - 3 March 1838. Ticket of Leave 1839 - 9 March 1839. Conditional Pardon
Charles Cox was tried with Thomas Dyer. There is a Criminal Petition on behalf of Thomas Dyer. National Archives, Criminal Petitions. HO 17/62/142. Prisoner name: Thomas Dyer. Prisoner occupation: Apprentice mason. Court and date of trial: Somerset Lent Assizes 1826. Crime: Breaking and entering the house of Isaac Green in Compton Dunden and stealing a box containing money and other items on 27 February 1826. Initial sentence: Death commuted to transportation for 14 years. Annotated (Outcome): Refused April 1826. Petitioner(s): Prisoner and 16 inhabitants of Long Sutton, Somerset. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Charles Cox committed the offence; only agreed to change £10 note; previous good character. Other papers: Two certificates as to character from William Dyer and John Parker. Additional Information: In Ilchester Gaol. Charged with Cox. Date: 1826 Apr. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Both were transported on Andromeda.