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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Sarah Fessey was transported on the Sarah And Elizabeth, departing 28th Dec 1836 and arriving 23rd Apr 1837 with 98 passengers.
Sarah And Elizabeth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 443 (224) |
| 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
Old Bailey online case 1. 40. SARAH FESSEY was indicted for stealing goods, value 11s. of Stephen Hook Rodman, her master; to which she pleaded GUILTY . Case 2. 41. SARAH FESSEY was again indicted for stealing, on the 6th of September, 1 petticoat, value 2s.; and 1 sheet, value 3s.; the goods of James Allen, her master. REBECCA ALLEN . I am the wife of James Allen, and live at No. 4, Star-court, Compton-street, Soho. The prisoner lived with me nearly three months—I have missed a petticoat and a sheet; being very ill, I could not search for it, but the prisoner being taken for another robbery, the officer found duplicates of my property in her box—this is my property. Prisoner. Mrs. Allen never saw the sheet in her life. Witness. I know it by a large seam in it, which was made by a little girl in my bar—I know the work—the petticoat she owned to taking before the Magistrate—I missed it—the duplicate was found in her box. ANDERSON. I am assistant to Mr. Sowerby, a pawnbroker This sheet was pledged by a person on the 6th of September, in the name of Ann Smith. I cannot say it was the prisoner. THOMAS HERDSFIELD . I searched the prisoner's box, and found there a duplicate of this petticoat, and this sheet in it. JOHN EDWARD NEADES . I am a pawnbroker. I produce the petticoat—this is the duplicate of it. GUILTY . Aged— Transported for Seven years. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Annotated Printed Indentures 1837 From London England Widowed protestant who could read and write. 5' 0" ruddy freckled and pock pitted complexion dark brown hair and hazel eyes