Ellen Holland

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Bound Indentures 1830-1832 From Westminister Single protestant who could read and write. Guilty of robbing her lodgings. tried 7/4/1831 5' 3 1/2" sallow and freckled complexion dark brown hair and chesnut eyes

New South Wales, Australia, Registers of Convicts' Applications to Marry, 1826-1851 Granted 15/6/1833 Ellen Holland 23 bond (7yrs) per ship Pyramus to marry Henry Hall 27 free (7yrs) per ship Minstrel rev Rob Hill St James Church Sydney

Old Bailey Online ANN WILLIAMS. ELLEN HOLLAND. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 17th February 1831 Text type Trial account Defendants ANN WILLIAMS, ELLEN HOLLAND Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 17th February 1831 Reference Number t18310217-176 Verdicts Guilty, Guilty Punishments Transportation 602. ANN WILLIAMS and ELLEN HOLLAND were indicted for stealing, on the 7th of February , 2 sheets, value 1s. 3d., and 1 quilt, value 1s. 6d. , the goods of Philip Ward . KEZIAH WARD . I am the wife of William Ward ; we live at No. 9, New-way, Westminster . On the 4th of February Williams came to my house alone, and wanted a room for herself and another young woman; she said they got their bread by needle-work - I took her up stairs, and showed her the second floor front-room which was furnished; she took it and gave me a shilling earnest - they were to give 4s. a week for it; they took the room immediately, but I did not see Holland till I went up stairs at night to give them a pair of sheets and a counterpane - they were then in the room; they continued to live there till the 9th of February; when I went up and knocked at the door they asked who was there - I said the landlady, and I wanted to come in for something particular; they said they were cleaning themselves, but if I would go down stairs they would call me when they were ready - I stood on the landing-place; when the door was opened I looked in and missed the bed, and saw the room was stripped of nearly every thing but the table and a tea-kettle - they got down stairs; I called out, but nobody could get out of their rooms in time to prevent them - they got into the street; we called the Policeman - they were pursued and taken; I missed the saucepain, pail, fire-shovel, and a variety of other things. THOMAS COX . I am in the service of Mr. Ravenhill, a pawnbroker. I have two sheets; one pawned on the 5th, and the other on the 7th of February, by one of the prisoners, but I cannot call to recollection which, though I know their faces - the articles are both in the name of Mary Williams , but with two different directions. WILLIAM MUGGERIDGE . I am in the service of Mr. Harris, a pawnbroker. I have a quilt, pawned by Williams, in the name of Ann Holland, on the 7th of February. Williams. It was not me; I sent it - I had not a gown to go out in. Witness. I am quite certain it was her. JOHN BENTON . I am a Police-constable. I was at the apprehension of both these girls; when they were in the watch-house I went to the room they had lived in, and found in a box these two duplicates of the sheets - when they were before the Magistrate they voluntarily said they had pawned them to get bread. THOMAS COX . These are the duplicates I gave them.(Property produced and sworn to.) The prisoners put in a paper, stating that they were in a very destitute condition, and that the prosecutrix kept a house of ill fame. WILLIAM - GUILTY . Aged 19. HOLLAND - GUILTY . Aged 26. Transported for Seven Years .