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Transportation
Elizabeth Crofton was transported on the Mary Anne, departing 30th Jun 1815 and arriving 19th Jan 1816 with 101 passengers.
Built in France 1772 of 298 Tons first sailed as a British convict ship from Portsmouth 16/02/1791.
Mary Anne (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 216 |
| 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: ELIZABETH CROFTON, Theft > theft from a specified place, 21st June 1815. Reference Number: t18150621-21 Offence: Theft > theft from a specified place Verdict: Guilty > theft under 40s Punishment: Transportation Navigation: < Previous text (trial account) | Next text (trial account) > ELIZABETH CROFTON was indicted for feloniously stealing, various articles of wearing apparel, the property of Francis Herbretcher in his dwelling-house . FRANCIS HERBRETCHER. I live in Thomas-street, Brick lane, Bethnal Green . I am not the house keeper. I rent two appartments. The landlord does not live in the house. I know the prisoner at the bar, she lived servant with me six days; she came on the 2nd of May, and left on the 7th. Nothing was missed until she was gone. My wife is here, That is all I know. MRS. HERBRETCHER. I am wife to the last witness. The prisoner lived with me, we expected her to stay longer with us; but she left. There was no quarrel. She went away on the Saturday to see her friends, and we expected her to return on the Monday, but she never came; and that raised our suspicion. In consequence we searched, and found missing, a silk gown, value four pounds, a cotton gown, value ten shillings, two pair of stockings, value four shillings, three neckcloths, value two shillings, a dimity pocket, value one shilling, and one cotton apron, value one shilling and sixpence. I saw part of these things, on the Sunday before the prisoner came. The next time I saw the prisoner was accidently, last Sunday in Brick-lane. When we went to her lodgings, we did not find her, when we met her, we charged her with stealing the property, she told us, it was deposited at two pawnbrokers; and gave us their names, and places of abode. She told us the duplicates were destroyed. We found the silk gown, the dimity pocket, and one or two other things. Francis Herbretcher. She told us, that the pawnbrokers were Mr. Killingsford and Mr. Sowerby, in Brick-lane. We went there, and found the silk gown the cotton gown, and the dimity pocket. (The articles produced.) Mrs. Herbretcher. These are my property. JOHN KILLINGSWORTH . I am a pawnbroker, in Brick-lane, Spitalfields. The gown is not now worth forty shillings. it is not worth four pounds. GUILTY, aged 19. Of stealing, to the value of 39 s. only Transported for Seven Years.