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Michael Dignam was transported on the Kinnear, departing 10th Jul 1842 and arriving 23rd Oct 1842 with 174 passengers.
Built 1834 at Yarmouth. Wood barque of 369 Tons. (Register of persons transported is not yet completed - currently being listed.) 1842 Voyage. OCT. 23. - Arrived the barque Kinnear, Lidderdale master, from Dublin 10th July, with 180 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent - G. J. Fox, Esq. The guard consists of Captain Bull (with Mrs. Bull, 4 children, and 1 female servant), and 30 rank and file of the 99th Regt., - 4 women, and 6 children. Colonial Times (Hobart) 25 Oct 1842.
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Michael Dignam, having on the 13th October last, at Sheffield in England, feloniously stolen a silver watch, from the person of Thomas Tansey. Westmeath Guardian, 24 Feb 1842. -------------------------------------------------- Conduct Record: https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON33-1-28$init=CON33-1-28p51 T.L. 28 April 1846. C.P. Approved, 22 Aug 1848. Free cert, 4.5.52. 31/12/1864. Gaol Launc. Tried S.C. Launceston, 25 April 1865. Forgery. - 18 months imprisonment. --------------------------------------------------- Forgery and Uttering. Michael Dignam was charged for that he on the 29th December forged a warrant or order for the payment of money, and John Power was charged with uttering the said forged order with intent to defraud. The facts for the prosecution are shortly as follows:-The prisoner Power was in the service of Mr. Henry Hills, of Circular Head, and at Christmas time went to a public house at Stanley, kept by Mr. Patrick Brahny, and offered him a cheque on the Union Bank for £4 10s, purporting to be signed by his master Mr. Henry Hills. He told Brahny that he might keep £2 of it for what he owed, and he would spend the rest in drink, as it was Christmas time. The cheque, however, was very roughly written, and Mr. Brahny suspecting it was a forgery, communicated with the police who apprehended Power, who then denied that he over had the cheque. Some little time afterwards the prisoner Dignam went to the police, and asked whether Power would be liberated if he (Dignam) gave up the persons who had committed the forgery. Dignam, who seemed to be slightly under the influence of liquor, then made a statement to the effect that he himself had forged the cheque, and then got Power to utter it. The police at once took him into custody. Whilst they were doing this, he throw away a piece of paper, which on examination was found to correspond with the cheque. The jury after retiring for some time found both prisoners guilty. Launceston Examiner, 27 April 1865.
Kinnear Indent. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-17$init=CON14-1-17P20 and https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON14-1-17$init=CON14-1-17P21 Michael Dignam, tried at Westmeath, 28 Feb 1842, 7 years, age 23, height, 5ft 4 ¾. Catholic, can read and write, single. Offence: Stealing a watch, p. Thomas Tunsey, of Connaught, who said the offence was committed in Yorkshire. Surgeon’s Report: Good. Trade, mason’s Labourer. Native place, Co. Westmeath. Remarks: F, Lachlan, M, Ann, 4S, Mary, Margaret, Hessy, Bridget, at N.P.