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Transportation
John Donovan was transported on the Borodino, departing 11th Feb 1828 and arriving 12th Jul 1828 with 206 passengers.
Tons: 615, built at Thames, England 1810.
Borodino (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Supreme Court. Friday June 3. John Donovan was indicted for stealing one live sheep, the property of Hannibal Hawkins M' Arthur, Esq. at Goulburn Plains, on the 29th of March last. Guilty. Death recorded. Sydney Gazette, 4 Jun 1831. ------------------------------------------------------------ Moreton Bay Convict Records. John Donovan, per Borodino, tried City Cork, 24 Aug 1827, 7 years. Perjury. Labourer. Colonial conviction: Supreme Court Sydney, 3 June 1831, for Sheep Stealing. Sentence: seven years, commuted from Death recorded. Returned to Sydney, 22 June 1838.
John Donovan was indicted for wilful and corrupt perjury. The prisoner had lodged informations for robbery against a person named John Fitzgerald, before Alderman Bagnell, but being brought forward to prosecute him at the present Assizes, he denied any knowledge of the prisoner. Guilty ; to be transported for 7 years. Southern Reporter, 28 Aug 1827. This is the report of the case, for which he was tried for committing perjury: John Fitzgerald was charged with having stolen from Thomas Scollard some chairs, some pictures, a carpet, &c. Ester Scollard, proved that her hushand, Thomas Scollard, lost the articles charged in the indictment. John Donovan swore that he did that he did not know the prisoner, and never saw him to his knowledge; acknowledged he saw Mr. House, of Lapp's Island purchase some of the articles from a man, whose name said was Jack Fitzgerald, but cannot identify the prisoner as being that person.—(This witness was ordered into custody on suspicion of perjury.) — Not Guilty. George Howse was bound the sum of 50/., to prosecute Donovan for perjury. Southern Reporter, 25 Aug 1827.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. John Donovan, age on arrival, 35, Per Borodino, 1828. Tried Cork 1827, 7 years for Perjury. DOB 1793, native place, Cork Co. Catholic. Married, 1 child. Ploughman shepherd.