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Plunkit Hurne was transported on the Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann, departing 31st Dec 1790 and arriving 9th Jul 1791 with 1265 passengers.
The Third Fleet consisted of 11 Vessels. Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Gorgon, Mary Ann, Matilda, Queen (from Ireland) Salamander and William and Ann. These vessels were provided by a private company; Camden, Calvert and King to ship convicts to the colony.
Active, Albermarle, Atlantic, Barrington, Britannia, Mary Ann, Matilda, Salamander And William And Ann (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 115 (59) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Tried at the Old Bailey, 13 Jan 1790. 172. PLUNKETTĀ HERNE was was indicted, for feloniously assaulting Frances, wife of Robert Watts , on the 12th of January , on the king's highway, putting her in fear and danger of her life, and feloniously taking from her person and against her will, one umbrella, value 3 s. his property . (The witnesses examined separate.) FRANCES WATTS sworn. I am wife of Robert Watts ; I live near Carnaby-market; I was robbed in Oxford-street , at a little after eight in the evening, on Tuesday night last, near the corner of Wardour-street ; there was only one person; I did not know him before; I had an opportunity of observing him; he took my umbrella; I was going up Oxford-street with a bundle; he pulled at the bundle: the prisoner was behind me; I held my bundle fast, and he snatched at the umbrella, and took it away; I let my bundle fall in the dirt; he never spoke to me; I knew him perfectly well again; I saw him again about five or ten minutes after he was taken; I halloo'd out stop thief, and the people that were passing, pursued the man; he was taken at the corner of Berwick-street; he flung down the umbrella, it was brought to me afterwards; I do not know who brought it; I did not see him fling it down. LEONARD DAVIS sworn. Last Tuesday night, between eight and nine, I was in a public-house, and I heard the cry of stop thief; I took the prisoner into a public-house, and searched him; then the prosecutrix came up, and said he was the man, for he had a light coloured coat on; she did not see the coat then: he had this tinder box about him; I took him before the magistrate. (The umbrella produced.) PRISONER's DEFENCE. I am innocent. CATHERINE CROSS sworn. Concerning the tinder-box that was found on the prisoner, it was my property; I gave it him; I know him to be a hard working honest man; I never heard any thing else of him: I know his friends. Court. A man snatching a thing from a person is not a robbery; about four score years ago, it was held so by a very great authority; now the law is, that there must be some violence used by the thief, towards the person that is robbed; independant of the mere act of taking the things out of their possession; or there must be a struggle: now, in this case, if the bundle had been taken from the person, it would have mounted to a robbery, but the taking the umbrella does not amount to a robbery; as far as the bundle was in question, there was a struggle between them about it, and if after that struggle, he had got the bundle by force, it would have been a robbery: it is very much like snatching off a man's hat; if done without any threat or menace, it is a felony, and not a robbery. GUILTY, of stealing, but not violently. Transported for seven years . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice BULLER.
Digitised Indent of ship Active. John Ashworth, Thomas Webb, David Greville, Edward Million, Samuel Redford, William Slater, William Tyrer, Thomas McQuin, James Smith, William Jeaunex, Plunket Hurne, John Smith, and John Pemberton, tried Gaol delivery for county of Middlesex , Old Bailey, 13 Jan 1790, seven years.