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Transportation
Edward Hyland was transported on the Rolla, departing 4th Nov 1802 and arriving 12th May 1803 with 161 passengers.
On Thursday arrived the Ship Rolla, Captain John Cummings, from Ireland, with Prisoners of both sexes, viz. 119 Men and 37 Women: Seven of whom died on the passage; and the day after her arrival landed some of those who were weakly, at the General Hospital. She left Ireland the 4th of November, arrived at Rio de Janeiro on the 15th of January, sailed from thence the 6th of February, and in 95 days after came to an anchor in Port Jackson. During the latter part of the passage she experienced much bad weather; in the course of which, she sprung her main?mast and carried away her main?yard. She brings, for the use of Government, 234 pieces of Pork, 686 Casks of Flour, and 11 Tons of Sugar. Sydney Gazette, 15 May 1803.
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Convict Notes
Edward Hyland was indicted for having stolen two silver cups, the property of Henry Westray Esq., - The first witness was Ann Doyle, examined by Mr. Bethel; she deposed that she was in the service of Mr. Westray, and that on the 19th of September last, she perceived the prisoner at the bar running out of the hall door; that she followed, had him apprehended, and the cups, which were her master's property, taken from him. The recorder asked the prisoner if he had any thing to say in his defence, and he answering in the negative, was found guilty ,and received sentence to be transported for seven years. - Freeman's Journal 16 October 1800
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Edward Hyland, alias Highland, per Rolla (1803), Tried at Dublin City., 1800. 7 years.