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Transportation
John Doherty was transported on the Calcutta, departing 19th Apr 1837 and arriving 5th Aug 1837 with 241 passengers.
HMS Calcutta was the East Indiaman Warley (1795), converted to a Royal Navy ship. This ship of the line served for a time as an armed transport. She also transported convicts to Australia. The French Magnanime captured Calcutta in 1805. In 1809, after she ran aground during the Battle of the Basque Roads and her crew had abandoned her, a British boarding party burned her. In 1803 the Calcutta sailed into Port Phillip bay where at least 4 convicts escaped , in Sydney in April 1804 it was reported that 8 had died on the trip. Of the four known escapees one was shot on escape, 2 turned back after 2 days to reattach to the group at the camp in bay before the boat left , one continued on ...into Australia's history books. At least 13 convicts were transferred on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia.The ship also carried officers, wives and free settlers.
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Convict Notes
Donegal assizes. John Doherty, Ellen Doherty, Neal O'Loughlin, and Sally O’Loughlin, were indicted for feloniously stealing blankets, &c. on the 27th of January, from …. Loagbloa, Neal Doherty, and ….. Loughlin, sister-in-law of John Doherty. had stolen the articles specified, which were found in the house of the house of the said John Doherty. John Doherty and Neal O’ Laughlen were again arraigned on a second charge, for stealing from the kiln of John Kennedy, eight stone of oats, the property of Robert Nelson, on the 8th March last. John Doherty guilty, Neal O’ Loughlin not Sentence. Sally Laughlin and John Doherty to be transported for 7 years. The Chief Justice said that the system of robbery practised by prisoners was only to be ….... The wife of John Doherty confessed her guilt and begged to be allowed to accompany her husband. Ballyshannon Herald, 31 March 1837.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Doherty, alias Dogherty, age on arrival, 25, per Calcutta II, 1837. Tried at Donegal, 1837, 7 years for Stealing oats. DOB, 1812, native place, Donegal Co. Married, 2 male, 1 female child. Catholic. Labourer.