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Patrick Henry was transported on the Royal Admiral, departing 4th Jun 1833 and arriving 26th Oct 1833 with 226 passengers.
The Royal Admiral was built at Lynn in 1828. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Royal Admiral in 1830, 1833, 1835 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1842. 1833 - Ship; Royal Admiral. Commenced fitting as a Convict Transport at Deptford on the 29 March. Surgeon Superintendent [Andrew Henderson] joined on the 3rd April. Guard embarked on the 13th. Sailed on the 17th and anchored in Kingston Barbour near Dublin on the 9th May. 220 convicts embarked on the 16 May 1833 and the ship sailed from Dublin Bay for Sydney on the 4th June and arrived there on the 20 October. Originally embarked with 221 convicts, 5 Died at sea, 1 was Relanded. 11 sick on shore, The convicts were described as 220 such wretchedly debilitated creatures ... Refer to the surgeons journal for full details
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Convict Notes
MONDAY. The Chief Baron and Baron Smith entered the Court at 12 o’clock, when Andrew Harvey and Patrick Henry, sweeps, were indicted for a robbery at Portobello Barracks of gold and silver epaulettes, purses, sword-knots, wearing apparel and other articles, the property of Lieut. W. Jones. Lieutenant Jones examined—Saw the prisoners his room on the 24th October, about one o’clock in the day. The young sweep (Henry) let the purse fall from his person, his (the witness) going into his room the drawers of his bureau had been taken out of their cases, and the things which had been them scattered about his room ; the prisoners were black, and dressed like sweeps ; they had not been employed by him, nor anybody for him ; had got into his room through a broken window ; pane glass had been broken in the interval between the periods he had last been in his room, and when found prisoners there. Cross-examined by the big sweep—On your oath, Mr. Officer, might not any of the nine or ten hundred men that are in the barrack, or their women or children, have broke the pane you speak of ? Captain Jones—Certainly. Big Sweep—Well what made you say it was I or little boy ? Captain J—l did not say so. Big Sweep —Could’nt have got into your rooms any other way but through the window? Captain J.—Yes, through the door. Big Sweep—The door was open, wasn’t it ? Captain J.— No, it was locked with a latch lock, and this (showing latch-key) is the key with which I unlocked it. Big Sweep: And you mean to swear that a latch Is a lock ? Captain J, (laughing)— Well, the door was fastened with a latch-lock. Big Sweep—Was there any thing found on when the constable searched me ? Captain J.—Yes, some coppers, and part of an old rack comb. Big Sweep—Very well ; was the ould bit of comb your’s, or the coppers either ? Captain J.—No, but the property which had been abstracted from bureau was packed the black bag. Big Sweep—What of that! Will you swear that the black bag was not a coal porter’s bag Captain J—lt looked like a sweep’s bag. Big Sweep—l believe all you know about the bag is that black. Sure might as well belong to a lawyer a sweep. (Laughter) constable was examined next—He proved that he took the prisoners into custody in Capt. Jones’ room, and found variety of valuable articles, which belonged to Capt. Jones, in a sweep’s bag, which lay in a corner of the Captain’s room, when he was called in to arrest the sweeps. Captain W. Bairns proved that, being called by Mr. Jones, went to his rooms, and saw the prisoners thereon the 24th of October ; traced blood from the broken window to an inner one, where the sweeps were, and found that the little sweep’s foot was cut and bleeding. This witness underwent a cross-examination by the big sweep ; but ultimately both prisoners were found guilty, and being old offenders, were sentenced to seven years’ transportation. Dublin Evening Post, 30 Oct 1832.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Patrick Henry, age on arrival, 13, per Royal Admiral (2) 1833, Tried 1832, at Dublin, 7 years, for Stealing clothes. DOB, 1820, native place, Dublin. Single. Catholic. Errand boy.