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John Doyle was transported on the Henry Porcher, departing 5th Aug 1825 and arriving 3rd Dec 1825 with 176 passengers.
1825 Journey. On Saturday morning (3 Dec) arrived from London and Dublin, the ship Henry Porcher, Captain John Thompson, with 175 male prisoners, having lost one man - the rest in good health. She sailed from London the 10th of July, and Dublin the 5th of August. The guard comprises a detachment of the 47th Regiment, under the orders of Captain Donaldson. The Surgeon Superintendent is Dr. CARTER, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 5 Dec 1825.
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County of Down Assizes. Party Riot. John Doyle stood indicted for the wilful murder of Samuel English, on the 17th March, 1825, in the townland of Kilkinamurray. This was a party affray. Alexander Bell lives in Cropkit; remembers 17th March, 1824 ; saw a party of nearly 100 assembled near his house on that day ; they had a drum and fife ; it was between and 6 o’clock ; (saw people running towards the party; witness joined the people running : when he came up, he saw a second party of about 30, on the opposite side the road ; a shot was fired in the air by the leaser party; saw several shots fired by the larger body ; both parties cheered ; saw Samuel English, deceased, with the lesser party, a few minutes before he was shot; saw him fall; heard a shot fired just before he fell; did not know who fired the shot; was so near to deceased that he had just jumped out of the way, when the pistol he saw levelled was fired ; the deceased stepped into witness’s place, and was shot; saw John Doyle near to the spot from where the pistol was fired ; after deceased fell, Doyle leaped up, and winding a stick or or pistol round his head, shouted “there is one man down; prisoner was within about 20 yards of deceased ; prisoner was with the party who had the fife and drum; deceased was removed after he had received the shot, to a house convenient; he died on the next Friday morning. ... Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 26 March 1825. --------------------------------------------------------------------- John Doyle, convicted yesterday of manslaughter, in a party riot at Kilkinamurray, on the 17th of March, 1524, was then set forward for sentence. The Learned Judge, after a long and impressive address to the prisoner, the serious evils which resulted from persons engaging in irritating manifestations of party spirit, and on the aggravated circumstances attending the homicide of which the prisoner had been convicted—his ferocious exultation when deceased received his mortal his mortal wound—pronounced the sentence of the Court, which was, that the prisoner be transported for seven years. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 26 March 1825.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. John Doyle, age on arrival, 22, per Henry Porcher (1) 1825, Tried 1825 at Downpatrick Down Co., 7 years for Manslaughter. DOB, 1803, native place, Down Co. Ploughman.