John Holiham

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Maureen Withey on 16th November 2025

Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Holiham, alias Houlihan, age on arrival, 20, per Fortune (2) 1813, Tried at Middlesex, England. 1812, Life. DOB, 1793, Native place, Kilkenny Co. Trade, Stable boy. Description, 5 ft 6 ½ ins, fair complexion, sandy hair, grey eyes. Died 1848 in NSW. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 9.0) December 1811. Trial of JOHN HOLLIHAM (t18111204-43). Available at: https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18111204-43 (Accessed: 16th November 2025). Trial at the Old Bailey, 4 Dec 1811. 47. JOHN HOLLIHAM was indicted for burglariously breaking and entering the dwelling house of Samuel Bradshaw , Esq . about the hour of one on the night of the 22d of November , and burglariously stealing there in, four silver tea spoons, value 8 s. a plated tea-pot, value 5 s. three books, value 3 s. the property of Samuel Bradshaw, Esq. a pair of breeches, value 5 s. two pair of gaiters, value 2 s. a brush, value 6 d. and a hat, value 3 s. the property of John Benning. … Prisoner's Defence. I have lived along with different gentlemen in that neighbourhood for seven years. I went to General Bradshaw and left him at my own option. I went over to Ireland and came back, I was very bad and I went into the Lock Hospital. I came out one evening and got rather in drink, stopped out late, as I turned back I went into different houses to get a lodging, I was disappointed. I went down into this area, I saw the window shutter open, I shoved the sash up. I thought to lay there for the night, down the sash came, the glass broke, I will own it. Q. (to Benning.) Look at these things. - A. That is the general's tea-pot, the cloths brush is my own. FELL. That cloaths brush I took out of his pocket. BENNING. That book is my own. I can swear to the spoon, we missed five, we have only one; and I can swear to the gaiter, both pair of gaiters are mine; and the breeches are mine. GUILTY - DEATH , aged 20. Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Baron Graham. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. HOLIHAM, John. Per "Fortune", 1813 1821 Nov 7 On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Sally" (Reel 6008; 4/3504A p.31)