Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Elizabeth Gooch was transported on the Henry Wellesley, departing 23rd Sep 1835 and arriving 7th Feb 1836 with 122 passengers.
304 ton ship built in India in 1804.
Henry Wellesley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 167 (86) |
| 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
On Tuesday sen’night Elizabeth Gooch, convicted at our last Assizes of administering a poisoned cake to Jane Wells, at Farnham, was removed from Ipswich County Gaol, to, be put on board the Henry Wellesley, bound for New South Wales, in order to be transported for life ; ... Bury and Norwich Post, 16 Sept 1835.
Attempted to poison Jane Wells, the recipient of attentions from Gooch's former lover, using arsenic. Considered insane. See book "Arsenic in the Dumplings, a Casebook Of Historic Poisonings in Suffolk" by Sheila Hardy.