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Transportation
James Delaney was transported on the Clorinda, departing 23rd Feb 1835 and arriving 12th May 1835 with 9 passengers.
Barque CLORINDA 184 tons, Capt. Mitchell, arrived VDL on Monday 20 April, 1835 from Mauritius Feb. 23, with a cargo of sugar, coffee, salt, etc. Then arrived Sydney 12/5/1835 with nine prisoners of the Crown. All boarded at Ceylon.
Clorinda (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convicts to NSW by Peter Mayberry at http://members.pcug.org.au/; AND New South Wales, Australia Convict Ship Muster Rolls and Related Records, 1790-1849 |
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Convict Notes
1835, 12 May: James DELANEY, a soldier in the 58th Regiment, was 25 years old and single on arrival in NSW. His native place was Dublin City. 1835, 12 May: James DELANEY per Clorinda was admitted to the Phoenix Hulk and held there until 14 May when he was sent to Hyde Park Barracks (see NSW Convict Records 1810-91; Phoenix Hulk Entrance Records 1833-1837). 1868, 19 October: James DELANEY per Clorinda 1835, stabbing, 7 years, is on a list of so-called "British Lunatics" in the "Parramatta Lunatic Asylum" (see New South Wales, Australia, Convict Records, 1810-1891).
1834, August: Thomas DELANEY was tried in the Kandy Supreme Court, Ceylon, in August 1834, according to a "Return of Convicts to be banished to New South Wales" (see NSW Convict Ship Muster Roll and Related Records 1790-1849; 1835 Clorinda). 1835, 21 April: James DELANEY per Clorinda was admitted to HM’s Gaol, Hobart Town, “while Clorinda remains in port”. On 25 April 1835, he was discharged and re-embarked on the Clorinda for the final leg of her voyage to Sydney from Ceylon (see Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899; Register, HM Gaol Record Book - Alphabetical Register of Prisoners Admitted).
CRIME: The offence it not unknown; rather it's not listed in the options. He was charged with "stabbing with intent to do some grievous bodily harm" (see http://members.pcug.org.au/).