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Frances Crawley was transported on the Fanny, departing 14th Jul 1832 and arriving 2nd Feb 1833 with 106 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 367 (184. Queanbeyan Church of England Marriage Registers. Ancestry NSW Convict Indents 1788 -1842 NSW Settler and Convict List 1833-1834 etc. |
| 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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Moreton Bay Convict Register. Frances Crawley, per Fanny 2, tried Middx GD, 5 Apr 1832, Man Robbery, 14 years, Housemaid. Colonial Conviction: S. Court, Sydney, 2 Aug 1833 Larceny from the person, 7 years. No date listed for her return to Sydney. Description Register: Francis Crawley, native place, Connaught, age 23, 5 ft sallow freckled comp, Dk brown hair, hazle eyes, Catholic. Supreme Court. Criminal Side. Friday. Francis Crawley, was indicted for stealing two £10, five £5, and five £1 notes, and twenty half crowns, and twenty shillings, the property of William Hall ; and James Lennard was indicted for inciting, aiding and abetting the committal of the felony aforesaid, at Sydney, on the 20th June. Both Guilty. - Each to be transported for seven years. Sydney Herald, 5 Aug 1833.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Frances Crawley, alias Cawley, Cauley, Crowley, age on arrival, 22, per Fanny II (1833). Tried 1832, at London England, 14 years, for Robbery man. Former conviction, 14 days. Former conviction, 1 year. DOB, 1811, Native place, Cork Co. Single. Catholic. House maid under cook. Not assignable Moreton Bay.
Frances was tried at the Old Bailey on 5 April 1832. 1045. FRANCES CRAWLEY was indicted for stealing, on the 17th of March , 3 sovereigns, the monies of William Alison , from his person, and that she had been before convicted of felony . WILLIAM ALISON. I am a tailor . I was at the bottom of Tottenham-court-road, near the brewery, with Mr. Maclaren - it was after twelve o'clock at night, on the 17th of March; I had called on my friend, and he was going home with me; we met the prisoner with a plate in her hand, and she said if we would go home with her, she would find us a house to get some drink - we went with her to a house in St. Giles' ; I do not know the street; there was another girl in the room, laying on the bed - the prisoner then asked me for money to get something to drink; I took out my money, and gave her a sixpence from among three sovereigns, which was all I had; I returned the three sovereigns to my pocket - my friend then went out with the other girl to get some porter, and the prisoner put her hand into my pocket; I heard my money rattle - I told her to hold off; she then said they were coming, and went to the door, as I thought, to let them in, but instead of that, she ran away - I went after her, but could not see which way she took; I gave notice to the officer, and she was taken the next night - no one else could have taken it. PETER MACLAREN . The prosecutor called on me that afternoon, and as we were going home, the prisoner came up to us, and took us to Church-lane ; we found one girl on the bed - that girl and I went out for some porter; we returned in three or four minutes, and the prisoner was gone - I went to the watch-house, and gave the alarm, and when I came back, the other woman had gone off, and locked the door with a padlock. EDMUND DAVIS . I am an officer. On the morning of the 17th of March the prosecutor said he had been robbed, and described the prisoner; I knew her - I found her the same night - she had a new cap, and some new lace on, and a had shilling and eleven good ones -I took her about half-past nine o'clock on the Saturday evening, and the robbery had happened about one in the morning. MAURICE NICHOLAS . I am an officer. I have a certificate of the former conviction of the prisoner, which I got from Mr. Clark's office; I was the officer who took her, and know she is the person - (read). Prisoner's Defence. I never saw the prosecutor till I was at the station-house; I had been out washing that day, and the money I had I had worked hard for - I was here before, but was as innocent as I am now. GUILTY . Aged 22. - Transported for Fourteen Years .
Married George Mole on 25 August 1840 at Jerrabomberra, near Queanbeyan. George Mole transported on the John in 1827. Indicted for stealing three sovereigns from Mr William Alison on 17 March 1832. Committed another offence in 1833. Colonial Papers transported to Morton Bay via Port Macquarie on the Isabella.