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Transportation
John Harris was transported on the Eliza, departing 10th May 1832 and arriving 6th Sep 1832 with 196 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
Source: Newcastle Court of Petty Sessions. Bench Books 1833 -1836 (Ancestry) Newcastle, 6 Oct 1835. Details: John Harris per Eliza, Robert Lewellyn per Isabella, assigned to Alexander Walker Scott, charged with refusing to work....John Jones testified.... Yesterday morning my watch stopped. I told the prisoners when they heard the Company bell they were to go to dinner. When I thought they had taken an hour, I went to their hut and told them to come but Robert asked me what the hell I wanted and said they had not had half an hour. They both refused to come out. Harris said I was continually robbing them f their time, they could never get more than half an hour. I told them I would speak to Mr. Scott. Harris said I might do so and he damned as I had tried to stop their rations and could not do it....A.W. Scott testified...Jones has repeatedly spoken to me about the insolence of these two men. I desired him to bring them to court two or three times when he interceded for them and looked over it. I spoke to Robert myself and advised him to be more cautious in what he said. I always took an interest in the man Robert. Mr. Jones has applied to me for extra slops which I refused as a principal. Harris gets a ration of twelve pounds of flour as all my men get. I have always found Robert a good working man but inclined to be saucy. Guilty. Harris sentenced to receive fifty lashes. Lewellyn thirty lashes.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Harris, age on arrival, 18, per Eliza II (4)(1832), Tried 1831 at Cork, 7 years for Stealing sugar. DOB, 1814. Native place, Athlone Roscommon Co & Westmeath Co. Protestant. Single. Errand boy.