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James Hogg was transported on the Mary, departing 17th Mar 1836 and arriving 4th Jun 1836 with 15 passengers.
Built 1811, Ipswich,England 361 tons. 1817 Journey On Monday arrived the ship Mary, Capt. ORMON, from Calcutta, with merchandize—Passengers, Captain FAITHFUL and Lieut. HAMILTON: this vessel has brought 6 male prisoners from India, destined for Port Jackson; to which place it is expected she will sail to-morrow. Hobart Town Gazette, 24 May 1817. Ship News. On Thursday arrived from Calcutta, via Derwent, the ship Mary, Captain Ormon, with a various cargo. -Passengers from Calcutta, Captain Faithfull and Lieutenant Hamilton:-The Mary sailed from Calcutta the 23d of February, and left the Pilot the 1st of March. Sydney Gazette, Sat 7 Jun 1817. -------------------------------------------------- Convicts who sailed on the 'Mary' direct from Ireland - 1819 & 1836 - are currently being listed, incomplete data to date.
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The Mary departed Calcutta 17th March and arrived Port Jackson on 4th June 1836, bringing 14,000 bushels of wheat and fifteen prisoners of the Crown. The convicts had all formerly been soldiers and most were originally from Ireland although Walter Boyce and John Elliott were from England. James Hogg (no regiment given) Calcutta, (illegible, tiny writing better viewed on reel -- previous convictions) both(read and write), labourer, 25 yrs, fair, dark, good. Report of Gaoler of Calcutta Gaol, March 1836: "This man for the last seven years has spent the greater part of his time in the Calcutta jail and house of correction. He is decidedly of bad character, he will be found an intimate associate of Donnelly's and if any unpleasant affair takes place I would advise their immediate and complete separation". Irish Convict Database. James Hogg, age 26, Ship Mary 1836, Tried Calcutta India, 14 years. Native of Dublin. Crime, cutting with intent to murder; single, soldier labourer. This earlier court-martial may refer to the same James Hogg. At Fort William, Nov 11 1829, Gunner James Hogg, 4th comp, 5th bat. Artillery, was arraigned “with having, at Dum-Dum, on the night of the 20th Oct.1829, proceeded to the arm-rack of his company, and taking therefrom a bayonet, with the avowed intent of attempting the life of Staff Sergeant Sharpley, of the same regiment; he (Gunner Hogg) having on the same day been discharged from the hospital, after receiving a corporal punishment to which he had been sentenced for a similar offence (threatening the life of Staff Sergeant Sharpley), by a regimental court-martial held at Dum-Dum, on the 3d of the same month. Also with having, at two other times, threatened that he would take the life of Staff Sergeant Sharpley.” The court found the prisoner guilty, and sentence him to suffer solitary confinement for a period of eighteen calendar months. The Asiatic Journal, Volume 2, 1830.