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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Henry Curry was transported on the Manlius, departing 16th Jul 1828 and arriving 9th Nov 1828 with 176 passengers.
Manlius (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 449 (226) |
| 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
1848, 23 June: He was convicted for stealing a gold watch and sentenced to 18 months’ hard labour in chains. 1849, 19 June: The remainder of his sentence was remitted. 1850, 28 August: Henry Curry was granted a Free Certificate (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON34-1-2$init=CON34-1-2P238).
1828: On arrival in VDL, Henry Curry was 17 years old and single. He was an errand boy from Chichester and said his father was a pianoforte maker in Marchmont Street (see http://search.archives.tas.gov.au/ImageViewer/image_viewer.htm?CON18-1-15,296). 1836: After several acquittals for charges of stealing various items including hats, he was sentenced to 14 years – with three years to be served at Port Arthur – for stealing rope. 1843, 27 October: He received a Ticket of Leave.
1828, 10 April: Henry CURRY, born 1812, was tried at the Old Bailey: “909. HENRY CURRY was indicted for stealing, on the 29th of March, 1 pair of shoes, value 2s. 6d., the goods of Francis Sullivan. WILLIAM WHITTINGHAM. I am a Bow-street officer. On the 29th of March, about half-past ten o'clock, I saw the prisoner at the upper end of Crown-street, near Oxford-street, he had something rolled up in his apron. I went and asked him what it was; he said, a pair of shoes, which he had bought of a boy in the street. I looked at them, and said, "They are too large for you;" he said he gave 1s. 3d. for them, and he might get 2s. for them. I took him to several shops in Monmouth-street, and at last took him to Sullivan's, who said, he had lost a pair, and they were his property. FRANCIS SULLIVAN. I keep a cellar in Monmouth-street; these are my shoes. I went out on the 28th of March, leaving them at my door; and the next morning the officer brought them to me. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I would have shown him the person I bought them of, if he would have gone with me, but he would not. GUILTY. Aged 16. Transported for Seven Years.” (see https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/) 1828, 19 May: Henry Curry, 16, was received aboard the Justitia hulk at Woolwich. He was sent from the hulk for transportation on 7 July (see UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849).