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Transportation
George Nutter was transported on the Eliza, departing 22nd Sep 1819 and arriving 21st Jan 1820 with 159 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 223 (113) |
| 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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1843 - St Luke, Liverpool. Burial Register No; 237. George Nutter Abode Hospital. Age; 54. Free Death; 15 May 1843 & Burial; 19 May 1843.
Old Bailey Online 332. JAMES REED and GEORGE NUTTER were indicted for stealing, on the 10th of February , at All Saints, Poplar , one chest, value 12 s.; one box, value 1 s.; one quadrant, value 2 l.; four shirts, value 10 s.; four pair of trowsers, value 15 s.; two razors, value 2 s.; one book, value 5 s.; two jackets, value 10 s.; one cap, value 1 s., and one blanket, value 1 s., the property of Cornelius Ryan , in the dwelling-house of Charles Cutts . CORNELIUS RYAN . I am a mariner ; the prisoner, Reed, and I had been working on board an East India ship; we left it, and came ashore on the 10th of February - I had a chest and a bag with me. He said he would show me a See originalClick to see original house where I could leave them safe; he took me about eight o'clock in the morning to the Coopers' Arms, at Poplar, which is kept by Charles Cutts ; they contained the articles stated in the indictment; I left them there. I saw Nutter in custody with two of my razors, and some papers, which were in my chest, before I knew they were gone. I went to the Coopers' Arms, between seven and eight o'clock in the evening, and found my chest and hag were gone. I never gave either of the prisoners authority to take them from there. REED. Q. Did I not leave my things there at the same time - A. He left a hammock; another man went with Reed and me; we took them to Cutts. NANCY CUTTS . My husband, whose name is Charles, keeps the Coopers' Arms. On the 10th of February Reed came with two other men, whom I do not know - I do not remember the prosecutor; they brought the chest and bag about eight o'clock in the morning, the chest was left in the passage, and the bag in the back-room. About four o'clock in the afternoon of the same day, the two prisoners came to fetch them - they were both very tipsey; I was at the bar; Reed asked me for them - Nutter was behind him. I told him to take them; Nutter took the chest, and Reed took the bag - Reed went out first, and Nutter followed. I thought they were Reed's. THOMAS HARRISON . I am constable of Aldgate, the prosecutor brought Nutter to the watch-house about half-past eight o'clock in the evening, and said he suspected he had robbed him; he said he found a paper on him which he kept as a journal of the ship, and that Nutter was looking at it in the public-house. I searched him, and found a draft, for 11 l., payable at ninety days on him, a pair of razors in a case, two duplicates, a piece of a broken sixpence, and a shaving-brush. He said he was employed by a person who he did not know to fetch the things from Poplar, and the man gave them to him - he could not tell where he took them to. (Property produced and sworn to.) REED'S Defence. We both left our things there; I was intoxicated, and went for my things - I do not know whether I brought more than my own away or not; I fell down with them, and lost them. Nutter took the box. NUTTER'S Defence. Reed said he had a chest and bag, and wanted a man to help him; I went with him, he took the bag, and I followed him with the chest. He told me to leave them at a house in Shadwell, and gave me these things for my trouble. REED - GUILTY . - DEATH . Aged 28. NUTTER - GUILTY . - DEATH . Aged 26. Respited to transportation Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Baron Graham .
Sarah Racey/George Nutter in the New South Wales, Australia, Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns, 1/8/1829 Name: Sarah Racey. Employer Chas Throsby Esq JP describes her character as good. Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1809 Age: 20 Arrival year: 1828 Arriving Vessel: Eliza 1 Spouse Name: George Nutter ToL no 28/587 Spouse Gender: Male Spouse Birth Year: 1792 Spouse Age: 37 Spouse Arrival Year:1820 Spouse Vessel: Competitor Marriage Year: Abt 1829 Application Date: 1 Aug 1829 Application Place: St. Lukes Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia Robert Cartwright Asst Chaplin Liverpool