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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Patrick Cullen was transported on the Merchantman, departing 10th Oct 1862 and arriving 14th Feb 1863 with 192 passengers.
1018 ton ship built in Sunderland 1852/53. Two (2) voyages to Australia with convict transportee's - both to Western Australia. On these voyages, she also carried 'Pensioner Guards' and their families, a few free passengers and soldiers. The 1862 voyage went via Bermuda and picked up British and local prisoners.
Merchantman (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 93, Class and Piece Number HO11/18, Page Number 510 |
| 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
The Queen v. Patrick Cullen. In this case the prisoner having been convicted of burglary, on inquiry it appeared that he bad been in prison previously six times, and that had been released from Mountjoy Prison, where he had been confined, on the condition his joining the army. In proceeding to pass sentence his lordship remarked that this case showed that great caution was necessary in using the prerogative of the crown and releasing prisoners, that due to mistaken clemency the prisoner had been let loose on society. His lordship accordingly sentenced the prisoner to be transported for life. Immediately after receiving sentence, about being removed, the prisoner made a most ferocious attack on one of the constables, striking and cutting him in the face, after making a grasp for bayonet which fortunately the constable was not wearing. Having been overpowered by numbers, alter a desperate struggle, he was removed out of court. Weekly Freeman’s Journal, 21 July 1855. Patrick Cullen was sent to Bermuda as a convict. members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/con-wa32.html Patrick Cullen, age 27, No 6853. Tried at Meath, 17 July 1855, for burglary, sentence, Life.