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Transportation
John Flinn was transported on the Regalia, departing 14th Mar 1826 and arriving 5th Aug 1826 with 128 passengers.
Sailed from Dublin on 14th March 1826. Arrived Port Jackson Wednesday 5th August 1826.
Regalia (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Ireland National Archives. Ireland-Australia Transportation Database Doc Ref: PPC 2778. Doc Date: 3/2/1826. Convict: John Flinn. Petitioners, Ann Flinn, convict’s Mother. Trial place, Dublin, Trial Date, 0/6/1825. Sentence: Transportation Life. Crime Desc: Uttering a forged note. Convict was employed as a messenger in a stock exchange in College green, Dublin for 3 yrs. Father served in the Army. Petitioner resides at No. 11 Georges Quay, Dublin. Character ref. from employers. received in the yr 1826.
Dublin. The Commission terminated yesterday, when the following sentences were pronounced and recorded. ... Sentence of death was recorded against John Flinn, for uttering a forged 20l. note—and against Moses Carroll, for highway robbery. The Commission then adjourned to Tuesday. Saunders’s News-Letter, 1 Sep 1825.
John was a native of Cavan, 23 and single.