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Transportation
Mary Guile was transported on the Speedy, departing 30th Sep 1799 and arriving 15th Apr 1800 with 54 passengers.
Speedy (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 257 (128) |
| 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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Old Bailey Online MARY GUILE. Theft; shoplifting. 20th September 1797. Text type Trial account Defendants MARY GUILE Offences Theft > Shoplifting Session Date 20th September 1797 Reference Number t17970920-83 Verdicts Guilty > Lesser offence Punishments Transportation 566. MARY GUILE was indicted for felonionsly stealing, on the 12th of September , says yards and a quarter of cotton, value 18s. two yards of other printed cotton, value 3s. a yard of other printed cotton, value 2s. 6d. and a property of Joseph Shepherd , privately in his shop . JOSEPH SHEPHERD sworn. - I live in Aldgate High-street ; I am a linen-draper ; the prisoner came into my shop in company with another person; I was serving a customer at the time they came in; after they had been in the shop some time, I went to them; my young man was serving the prisoner and her companion; I endeavoured to serve them with some printed cottons for some time; the prisoner at the bar appeared to be a little in liquor; I shewed her several articles, she requested several times to know the lowest price, and I told her that was the lowest price, and if she did not approve of it, to go somewhere else; I found there was no serving of her, and so I left her; my wife came to me, and told me that there was a piece of cotton sell down upon the ground, and she had drawn it up; in consequence of that, I looked at the remnant of print, and then went over to other side of the counter where the prisoner was, suspecting she might have something aside, as she had a long cloak upon her; I turned aside her cloak, and another remnant of print dropped from underneath; and there was another gown piece some where about her, but I do not know where it was attached to, that my wife laid hold of; after the prisoner saw that she was detected, she seemed very much alarmed, and was very refractory; I offered to search her, and she sat down on the ground, and said, she was with child; I desired a neighbour to stay with her till I got a constable; after she was detected, the person that came in with her, I saw on the other side of the way in a different habit, she had taken off her cloak and bonnet, or something; she was then taken to the Magistrate. Mrs. SHEPHERD sworn. - I am the wife of the last witness: On the 12th of September, the prisoner came into our shop; as she was looking at some printed cottons, I saw a piece drop from behind her upon the ground; I took it up, and called Mr. Shepherd; I asked him if he had sold it, her, he said, he had not; he came on the side on which the prisoner was standing, and threw her cloak aside; I then observed another remnant of print fall from her waist, which I took from the ground, likewise a piece that she had tied round her waist; I took out a gown piece which she had tucked in her handkerchief, and gave it to Mr. Shepherd; the constable has got the property. RICHARD NIBLEY sworn. - I am a constable: I was sent for to take the prisoner; I had the things given me in charge; the ward-beadle was there before me. (The property was produced, and deposed to by the prosecutor). Court. Q. What is the value of these things? - A. About two and twenty shillings. Prisoner's defence I was a little in liquor, I went in to buy something, and another woman came in after me, and he said, he could not serve two at once; and then the prosecutor's wife said, there was a mouse in my bosom; upon that, this other woman ran away, and the prosecutor went out after her; when he came back again, he brought a constable, and took me into custody; I do not know any thing of the property being upon the ground. GUILTY of stealing, but not privately . (Aged 22). Transported for seven years .
PUBLIC NOTICE. SECRETARY'S OFFICE, 9th June, 1810. THE Persons whose Names are inserted underneath, and who arrived in this Colony in the several recorded Ships under which their names respectively appear, have obtained Certificates from His Excellency the Governor, of their being restored to all the Rights of Free Subjects in consequence of their Terms of Transportation being expired; they are therefore henceforth to be respected accordingly. By Command of His Excellency JOHN THOMAS CAMPBELL, Secretary. Speedy, 1800. Mary Guile, Hannah Hardcastle. Sydney Gazette, 16 June 1810.