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Transportation
James Dunn was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 14th Jul 1816 and arriving 20th Dec 1816 with 150 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
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New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930 for James Dunn Sydney 14/7/1827 Along with Thomas Upton, Edward Devine, John Faulkiner and John Clarke were convicted of Larceny at the Windsor Sessions and given 7 yrs at a Penal Settlement for him . He was free at the time. For him it was Moreton Bay. The Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842) Fri 27 Jul 1827 Page 3 Windsor Quarter Sessions. James Dunn, was indicted that he had stolen a quantity of dried herrings, the goods of Thomas Ebrill. - True bill.- The same Dunn is an old offender, no wonder he had a predilection for herrings, as he had been once caught in a potatoe garden, thereby exerting himself to furnish his table with "the dish" of his forefathers. There was a ludicrous story told by the constable, in giving his evidence, concerning the opening the jar, in which the said herrings had been conveyed from Sydney, on the Windsor Road. Dunn did not at first know the contents of the jar; on opening it, he discovered it was a jar of 'herrings; he took one out and said- "uh, here's a cruty," meaning a recruit ; (many a shilling he has had of the King's money) and continuing his search, he said- "here's the whole bloody regiment in the jar!" This observation, well recited by the constable, created merriment to the auditory, and the prisoner was not much displeased with the tittering in Court; but the solemnity of the law, in an appropriate address from the Chairman, to the Gentlemen of the Jury, shewed symptoms of the probability that the prisoner would soon be attached to a very different regiment than he had anticipated a few minutes before. The Jury returned Guilty. The prisoner has now became a "cruty" in the Moreton-bay regiment, or such other, &c. and was sentenced to seven years transportation.
New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, New South Wales. General muster 1825 Dunn. James. F.S. Surry. 1816. Labourer, Wilberforce. Noted under his name; Died May 1831.
James Dunn was convicted at Dublin City, Ireland in 1816 and given a 7yr transportation sentence. To New South Wales, Australia on the ship 'Surrey' 1816. Aged 19yrs Trade - labourer Native Place - Dublin Co.