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Voyage
Transportation
Harriet Esketh was transported on the Earl Of Liverpool, departing 30th Nov 1830 and arriving 5th Apr 1831 with 112 passengers.
April 6. - EARL OF LIVERPOOL, (brig) Manning; master, from London, A. B. Spark agent, 89 female prisoners and Government stores. Sydney Gazette, 12 Apr 1831. From the surgeons journal. There are 15 children on board [mostly very young]
Earl Of Liverpool (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 534 Old Bailey online https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18300708-208 Digital panopticon https://www.digitalpanopticon.org/life?id=obpt18300708-208-defend1318 |
| 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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Convict Notes
This webpage explains about Houses of Correction. https://www.londonlives.org/static/HousesOfCorrection.jsp There wS more than one possible House of Correction. This is about Cold Bath Fields ( the Middlesex House of Correction) as a large part of what is now North and West London was administratively the county of Middlesex. https://www.londonlives.org/static/Prisons.jsp#Coldbath
The sentence of transportation for life reflects not just the case (of stealing small valuable items from the person she was lodging with). The evidence includes the information that Harriet had a previous conviction from April 1829 when she had spent 2 months in the House of Correction. That case wasn't reported in the Proceedings of the Old Bailey. It could have been a magistrates' court case rather than a jury trial. At this time however past contact with the criminal law could weigh very heavily against the accused when Old Bailey judges passed sentence.