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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Cunningham was transported on the Marion, departing 27th Sep 1847 and arriving 9th Jan 1848 with 301 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 219 (111) |
| 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
London Evening Standard - Thursday 21 November 1844 17 year old sentenced to transportation for stealing handkerchief (not first offence) to Tasmania 10 years 16 feb 1858 2 years on roads for burglary Melbourne supreme court 17 March 1858 5 years on roads accumulative for burglary Melbourne supreme court, served sentences in Pentridge on roads. Wife and three children residing in chinaman’s flat (cant find marriage wife was Mary) 1 march 1864 robbery under arms dunstan (Otago NZ) HIGHWAY ROBBERY UNDER ARMS.OTAGO POLICE GAZETTE, VOLUME II, ISSUE 1, 4 JANUARY 1864 6 YEARS PENAL SERVITUDE OTAGO POLICE GAZETTE, VOLUME VIII, ISSUE 4, 15 FEBRUARY 1877 POSSIBLY SLY GROG SELLING IN PORT CHALMERS (NEAR DUNEDIN) PORT CHALMERS. "WEDNESDAY, 16th MARCH.OTAGO DAILY TIMES, ISSUE 2531, 17 MARCH 1870, GAVE EVIDENCE IN POLICE ASSAULT CASE PORT CHALMERS RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT,EVENING STAR, VOLUME VIII, ISSUE 2181, 4 MAY 1870, CIVIL CASE RE POOR WORKMANSHIP SHOES CITY POLICE COURT.EVENING STAR, ISSUE 4017, 11 JANUARY 1876, Gambling in public place RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT, PORT CHALMERS.EVENING STAR, ISSUE 4148, 13 JUNE 1876 SLY GROG SELLING AND RESIDENT MAGISTRATE’S COURT, PORT CHALMERS.EVENING STAR, ISSUE 4334, 18 JANUARY 1877 AT HIS BOARDING HOUSE, DEBORAH BAY (NEAR DUNEDIN) OTAGO DAILY TIMES, ISSUE 4681, 17 FEBRUARY 1877, assault THE LATE FIRE AT DEBORAH BAY.EVENING STAR, ISSUE 4559, 9 OCTOBER 1877, SUSPECTED ARSON PORT CHALMERS.OTAGO DAILY TIMES, ISSUE 4939, 15 DECEMBER 1877, SUING RE NON PAYMENT FOR BOOTS Part ownership of elephant seal, which he and another sold tickets to view otago witness 19 july 1879 case to decide ownership EVENING STAR, ISSUE 5109, 21 JULY 1879 Bankrupt EVENING STAR, ISSUE 5149, 5 SEPTEMBER 1879, RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.OTAGO DAILY TIMES, ISSUE 6142, 17 OCTOBER 1881 ABUSIVE LANGUAGE AND ASSAULT By 1890 back in Australia (Daughter Mary Ellen died in family home 78 abbotsford st North Melbourne) Dies in Melbourne