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Charlotte Fletcher was transported on the Lord Sidmouth, departing 7th Sep 1822 and arriving 27th Feb 1823 with 98 passengers.
A Barque built in Jersey (Briton) 1815. Tonnage 194. Built by Matthew le Boeuf. Three (3) voyages to Australia transporting convicted persons. (The 1821 does not yet have complete details on this web site.)
Lord Sidmouth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 199 (100) |
| 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
Burials in the Parish of St David's, Hobart Town in the County of Buckingham Year 1823 No; 761 Name; Charlotte Fletcher When Died; 1823, 19 Dec When buried; 1823, 20 Dec Age; 25 years [1798/1799] Ship’s Name; Lord Sidmouth Quality or profession. Convict. By Whom Ceremony was preformed; Wm Bedford
1823 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. Ship; Lord Sidmouth - 1823 No; 29 Name; Charlotte Fletcher Remarks; In the Hospital
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 22 March 2020), October 1821, trial of CHARLOTTE FLETCHER (t18211024-96). CHARLOTTE FLETCHER, Theft > pocketpicking, 24th October 1821. 1369. CHARLOTTE FLETCHER was indicted for stealing, on the 25th of October , one handkerchief, value 5 s., and one tobacco-box, value 1 s., the goods of John Cook , from his person . JOHN COOK . I am a saddle and harness-maker , and live at Margate. On the 25th of October, I was in town, and met the prisoner in Wych-street, about three o'clock in the morning - we got into conversation, she said she would shew me where I could get something to drink; I gave her a bason of soup at a coffee-shop, we staid there half an hour. While she was drinking, I fell into a doze for a quarter of an hour, and when I awoke I missed my silk handkerchief from round my neck, and my tobacco-box and another handkerchief from my pocket - I saw her running out, ran after her about three hundred yards, took her, and gave her to the watchman - she ran out as soon as she saw me awake; she said she had none of my property; the watchman found the handkerchief and box - I had drank a little, but was more tired than drunk. ALEXANDER DALLAS . I am the street-keeper. I was by the New Church in the Strand, and saw the prisoner run down from Newcastle-street, and run across; I followed her, hearing the cry of Watch! the prosecutor took hold of her, and charged her with robbing him of a handkerchief; she denied it, he was not drunk. JOHN GRAY . I am a watchman. I followed her over the road through the wet, and found the handkerchief in the way she ran, and found the tobacco-box about fifty yards further on. (Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I took him to a gin-shop, then he wanted coffee, and as I would not take him home, he wanted to ill use me, and I ran away. GUILTY . Aged 22. Transported for Life . First Middlesex Jury, before W. Arabin, Esq. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18211024-96