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Transportation
Cornelius Desmond was transported on the Eliza, departing 19th Jul 1827 and arriving 8th Nov 1827 with 194 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Cork Assizes. County Crown Court. Cornelius Desmond, was indicted for stealing a quantity of wheat, the property of B. Popfaam, at Guiliane, on the August. The wheat was stolen from a corn stock in a field of the prosecutor’s, and found in the prisoner’s house —on being accused, he confessed that he had stolen it. Guilty —Seven years transportation. Cork Constitution, 7 April 1827.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Cornelius Desmond, age 52, per Eliza II (1) 1827, Tried at Cork, 1827, crime, stealing coin. sentence 7 years, Native of Cork Co., trade – Farm man, Catholic, Married 3 children. DOB 1775.