John Early

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Maureen Withey on 22nd June 2022

This may refer to this John Earley: Possible death registration? John Earley, 1191/1851 V18511191 140, age 86.

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Maureen Withey on 22nd June 2022

1828 Census index. Resident together. John Earley, age 63, F.S. Prince Regent, 1821, 7 years, catholic, Labourer, Resident, King street, Sydney. James Earley, 23, F.S. Prince Regent, 1821, 7 years, catholic, Labourer, Resident, King street, Sydney. Patrick Earley, age 24, F.S. Prince Regent, 1821, 7 years, catholic, Gardener, Resident, King street, Sydney. -------------------------------------------------- It appears that the above entry in the Index has mistakenly listed John as per Prince Regent. His two sons arrived per Prince Regent in 1821. All three were tried in Armagh, Lent 1820 and sentenced to transportation for 7 years.

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Maureen Withey on 22nd June 2022

Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry, John or James Early, alias Hurley, age on arrival, 45, per Lord Sidmouth (2) 1821, Tried 1820 at Armagh, 7 years. DOB 1776, native place, Tyrone Co., Gardeners assistant. ----------------------------------------------------

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Tony Beale on 5th October 2020

From Co Tyrone Ireland 5' 2" pale and sallow complexion dark brown hair grey eyes New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Sent to Port Macquarie on board Lady Nelson to serve the remainder of his original sentence. 17/3/1824 New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 30/7/1836 cert no 36/652 age 60 New South Wales, Australia, Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 7/7/1838 for John Early confined to cells for 1 week 21/6/1839 on trial for stealing 13/5/1842 confine for 21 days or pay bail and get 2 surities of 5 pound each The Australian (Sydney, NSW : 1824 - 1848) View title info Fri 22 May 1829 Page 3 SUPREME COURT.—(Criminal side.) John Early was indicted for burglariously entering the dwelling house of John Gould, a constable in the Sydney Police, residing in King-street, on the night of the 6th April last, and taking therefrom 23 yards cotton print, 3 shirts, 3 shifts, 1 waistcoat, 1 waistcoat piece, 1 pair trowsers, 2 handkerchiefs, 1 towel, and 1 yard of print. Frances, prosecutor's wife, deposed that about twelve o'clock on the night of the 6th April last, her husband went out on duty, while she remained sitting up with her three children, who were very ill, and between three and four o'clock laid down to sleep, and awaking between five and six, she opened the shutters, and discovered somebody had been in the room, as the articles already enumerated had departed from it. Goold coming home about seven, ascertaining the disaster, and obtaining information which led him to suspect the prisoner, who had lived at the back of Goold's dwelling, hastened away Goold with his wife, and a constable named Mullins, to the prisoner's apartment, where he was in bed asleep, and the stolen articles concealed in a bundle under his head, upon which the lad was secured. Prisoner had been in the habit of practising as a grasscutter, and has two sons, hut no wife, and, generally speaking, bore a fair character. The case for the prosecution here closed, and prisoner being called for his defence denied all knowledge of the things, intimating it was all a conspiracy. He was an old man, and put some shrewd questions to the witnesses at various times he appeared to be considerably agitated during the whole trial — he trembled throughout, and cried a good deal at the conclusion. The Learned Judge directed the Jury at ail events to clear the prisoner of the capital charge "burglary," but if they considered from the property being found with him that he was the thief, they would then find him guilty of the minor offence of larceny. The Jury retired, and shortly afterwards returned their Verdict—Guilty of Larceny. He was to be transported for 7 years