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Transportation
Mary Daley was transported on the Janus, departing 23rd Oct 1819 and arriving 3rd May 1820 with 109 passengers.
Rig Type: S. Built: New York 1810 Size (tons): 308 The Janus was also a whaling ship. 1819/20 voyage: Female convicted women embarked in England and then in Cork, Ireland. One Rebecca Connolly embarked at Cork but due to ill health was returned to Depot. Sailed on 19 Dec 1819. Arrived at Port Jackson, NSW 3 May 1820. On 20th May, 68 of the women was boarded on the Princess Charlotte bound for Van Diemen's Land, to Port Dalrymple and Hobart. A formal enquiry was held as to the treatment of the women by the Captain and his crew. Note: Not all of the women from Ireland have been included yet on this Register. Currently being updated. Two of the Women convicts, Mary Long, and Lydia Elsden claimed to be in a pregnant condition on arrival. Mary Long claimed the Captain, thomas Mowat, was the father of her child, and Lydia Elsden claimed the Chief Officer, John Hedges, was the father of her child, to which they both swore before the Magistrate.
Janus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 242 |
| 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 Online (DoB from here) 856. MARY DALY was indicted for stealing, on the 3d of May , three seals, value 3 l., and one ring, value 1 l., the property of William Harding , from his person . WILLIAM HARDING . I am a jeweller , and live in Upper Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. On the 3d of May, about half-past twelve o'clock at night, I was going down Compton-street with my brother - I left him at the corner of Castle-street , the prisoner came up, put her hand into my waistcoat-pocket, and took three seals and a ring out - I had not spoken to her. She ran off, I stopped her, and she returned them to me. I never saw her before. GEORGE DAVIS . I am a watchman. I heard the cry, and seized the prisoner. She gave the prosecutor the seals, and I took her. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. He gave them to me instead of money. GUILTY . Aged 27. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.