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Transportation
Elizabeth King was transported on the Mermaid, departing 15th Feb 1828 and arriving 27th Jun 1828 with 99 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 314. Tasmanian Archives - convicts. |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Old Bailey Online ELIZABETH KING. Theft; pocketpicking. 6th December 1827. Text type Trial account Defendants ELIZABETH KING Offences Theft > Pocketpicking Session Date 6th December 1827 Reference Number t18271206-125 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 125. ELIZABETH KING was indicted for stealing, on the 28th of November , 1 sovereign, the money of Thomas Rowlands , from his person . THOMAS ROWLANDS. I am a ship-cooper . On the 28th of November I was going on board, and met the prisoner in Ratcliff-highway; she asked where I was going, and said I had better go with her; I did so; there was a bed in the room; she asked if I had any money; I said I had a sovereign, but no change, and, if she would take my word, I would pay in the morning, and stop with her; my sovereign was in my tobacco-pouch; I shewed it to her, and in five minutes she put her hand into my pocket; I took hold of her hand - she got out the tobacco-pouch, my spectacles, and silk handkerchief - the handkerchief fell on the floor; there was another girl in the house, who flew to her assistance; the prisoner told her to take the tobacco-pouch, and be off: the prisoner held me the while. I then got my spectacles from her by force, and called the watchman, who came and took her. Prisoner. He gave me the sovereign to get change; I gave it to Julia Sweeney, and, as she did not come back, he said he would murder me, if I did not give him the sovereign. Witness. I never gave it her to get change; I did not ill-use her. JOHN ROBERTS . I am a watchman. I went to the house where Julia Sweeney and the prisoner live as I heard the prosecutor and prisoner calling Watch! at half-past two o'clock in the morning. I asked the prosecutor what was the matter; he said he had lost his sovereign, and that the prisoner had given it to another woman, who had run away with it. I found only 6d. on the prisoner; after she was in custody, she called to me, and confessed that she had taken it, and gave it to the other girl, who ran away. Prisoner's Defence. He given me the sovereign, and I gave it to the other girl for change. I could not help her not coming back it. GUILTY . Aged 22. Transported for Fourteen Years .
Description Born 1805. Place of birth wapping. Gender female. Height 5' 0.25". Hair brown (dark brown). Eyes hazel. Distinguishing marks scar, mark (scar across nose deep pock mark on chin). Has tattoo no. First recorded 1827.
1839 - Burials in the Parish of Trinity. No; 722 Name; Elizabeth King Abode; Hospital When buried; 18 June ** Age; 33 years ** Ship’s Name; Mermaid Quality or profession. Convict
Elizabeth King was convicted at the 'Old Bailey' on 06/12/1827 for stealing money from a person. Previous offences. 14yr sentence. Transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on the 'Mermaid' arriving June 1828. Aged 23yrs; single; servant of all work. Native place - Wapping, London. Last living in Essex St. Whitechapel. Father and mother at Stepney. Wm James Lutman, retired Customs House Officer. Assignments in Colony & time at House of Corrections Female Factory, Cascades, Hobart and also at George Town. Died at the H.M. Colonial Hospital, Hobart May 1839. Aged 33yrs.