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Transportation
John Halpin was transported on the Eliza, departing 19th Jul 1827 and arriving 8th Nov 1827 with 194 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.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
CITY LIMERICK ASSIZES. The following presents a list of the several trials held at these Assizes, which ended on Wednesday :— TO BE HANGED. John Halpin, James Rourke and Thomas Cagney, for attacking the house of, and robbing David Keane, of Raheen. Limerick Chronicle, 24 March 1827. The City Sheiffs reccived an order from the Lord Licutenant, on Thursday, to stay the execution of John Halpin, James Rorke, and Thomas Cagney, convicted at last Assizes, of attacking and robbing the house of David Kane, at Raheen Limerick Chronicle, 31 March 1827.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Halpin, age on arrival, 45, per Eliza II, 1827. Tried Limerick, 1827, Life, for Housebreaking. DOB, 1782. Native place, Limerick. Catholic. Married, 4 children. Servant farm.