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Voyage
Transportation
Thomas Flood was transported on the Ann And Amelia, departing 8th Sep 1824 and arriving 2nd Jan 1825 with 202 passengers.
The Ann and Amelia was built in India in 1806 553 Tons and owned by J. Somes.
Ann And Amelia (generic)References
| Primary Source | Moreton Bay Records. Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Thomas was sentenced to death at the Dublin Commission, but his sentence was later commuted to Transportation for Life. ------------------------------------------------------- Commission Intelligence. William Johnson, convicted of highway robbery on the Donnybrook road; Thomas Ward, or Kavanagh, convicted of highway robbery, in the glen of Saggard; Thomas Flood, convicted of a burglary in the house of Mr. Brebner; and John Quinn and Edward Shannon, convicted of a burglary the house of Mr. Connery, were next put the bar. Judge Jebb put the black cap, and impressive manner pronounced the awful sentence of Death on the wretched men, and implored them to make the best use they could, the little time that would allotted them this world, to prepare for eternity. Whilst his Lordship was passing sentence, Ward said, “A long day, Lord.” When sentence was concluded, he groaned audibly, and said, “the Lord have mercy on us.” The prisoners were then led from the bar. They all appeared to feel deeply their wretched condition. Dublin Evening Mail, 7 Jan 1824. Westmeath Journal 15 Jan 1824
Yesterday person named Thomas Flood, an individual well known here, was brought up in custody under the following circumstances; Mary Field, servant to John Brebner, Esq. eminent merchant, who resides in Fleet-street, swore, that Tuesday evening, at so early hour as between five and six o'clock, while in her master’s house, she heard a knock the door, which she opened; the prisoner, with two others, at present unknown, rushed into the house; one of these men had mask of blue paper over his face Flood struck the Witness several blows, and the villains entering the parlour, violently assaulted her master, who is unable to leave the house in consequence of the injury he received. Flood was committed to Newgate to abide his trial for this offence. Saunders’s News-Letter, 13 Nov 1823. Thomas Flood, convicted of a burglary in the house of Mr. Brebner; Dublin Evening Mail, 7 Jan 1824.
Irish Convict Database. Thomas Flood, age 30, ship Ann and Amelia, tried at Dublin 1824, Life , native of Kilkenny, trade – Clerk. b. 1795. Moreton Bay Records. Thomas Flood – Ann & Amelia – tried at Dublin Dec 1823, Life, trade- clerk. Colonial sentence- Convicted by Cap. Allman at Newcastle 9 Jun 1825, sentence 3 years. (Pencilled note below- sentenced to 1 year in addition to his Colonial sentence, 8 July 1828.) Killed on the 28 March 1829 by native blacks. Colonial Secretary Correspondence re. Moreton Bay. A return of Prisoners at Moreton Bay, dated 25/12/1825, lists : Thomas Flood -Wardsman – in charge of the prisoner’s Barracks. 25/3/1827 – Abstract of Extra Provisions issued as part of their salaries to Clerks, overseers and other s at Moreton Bay, from 25 March to 24 June 1827.: Thomas Flood, Clerk. 19/6/1827 – Petition of Thomas Flood re remittance of sentence & Certificate from J. H. Cowper, (medical officer). & notes. Case to be considered. Dated 27/7/1827, Thomas Flood – Hospital Attendant. 1/5/1828 and 6/6/1828- re. Prisoner Thomas Flood /Ann & Amelia, Clerk, altered dates of his conviction (falsified his record)– punishment.