Manuel Jacinto

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6/3/1845: Found not guilty of assaulting James Russell and stealing 2/- and other monies from him. He was Free by servitude. 29/7/1845: Larceny - committed for trial. 2/9/1845 Colonial Times, Hobart: Emanuel Jacinto, a man who was almost continually before the Court, was charged with stealing, on the 26th July, the till of Mr. John Dean, baker and general dealer, containing certain monies. Mr. Dean, while sitting in his parlour in the evening, was roused by his daughter, who exclaimed that some one was running away with the till : witness then saw a man run out of the shop, and he ran after him, but could not catch him : he should not know the man again. The till was produced by constable Russell, and identified by Mr. Dean. Miss Dean stated that she saw a man crawling along on his hands and knees, and then suddenly rise up and run away with the till: the prisoner was the man who ran away with the till: witness was quite certain of this: the till contained half-a-crown, two sixpences, and some coppers, about 10s. or 11s. Other evidence was adduced, which brought the case quite home to the prisoner, who conducted himself with a degree of pert effrontery which more than once called for the reprehension of the Bench. The jury immediately found the prisoner Guilty. 1/9/1845: Hobart Quarter Sessions: To be transported for "Seven Years" and recommended to be removed from the colony forthwith - To be sent to Norfolk Island, Vide Col Sec. Memo 19/9/1845. 1/1/1848 The Courier, Hobart: NORFOLK ISLAND Was listed along with 4 other men as receiving 36 lashes each for talking outside the Police office.

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Manuel Jacinto was listed as 19 years old on arrival in VDL - he was born on the Island of Madeira. (The Madeira Islands, 540 miles southwest of Lisbon, Portugal, are a Portuguese archipelago positioned about 360 miles directly west of Morocco, Africa in the north Atlantic Ocean). Manuel was transported for 'House Breaking & stealing money, the prosecutor a Frenchman - previous offence for a Watch & money discharged. Manuel was 5'5½" tall, black hair, brown eyes, dark compexion, 2 scars corner of rt eye A. J. m J. imperfect anchor insd rt arm a Portuguese, single. Conduct Record: Insubordination, refusing to work, absconding, indecent behaviour etc., (very difficult to read the bottom section). 1842: Absconding - to be sent to Port Arthur. 24/5/1844: Still at Port Arthur. 1844: Free Certificate. 22/7/1845: Tried at Hobart Town - (crime not found in the newspapers) was discharged by proclamation. 23/10/1852 Launceston Examiner, Tasmania: Sentence Expired - Manuel Jacinto, Coromandel. 20/1/1854: Tried at Hobart Town for Feloniously assaulting, being armed with a pistol one william christopher rogerson, putting him in bodily fear and stealing one boat value: ?50 and other articles the property of henry lamon taylor -- found Not Guilty. 1858: Married Julia Sweetman in Sydney. Children: 1860-1935: Julia Rosa Francesca 1862: Mary E 1870: Catherine and 1 other daughter ___ All born at Paddington, NSW. 8/2/1874: Emanuel was drowned at Watson's Bay, NSW - his name had changed to Emanuel Jesson. 4/3/1874 Evening News, Sydney: **Edited THE LATE FATAL BOAT ACCIDENT. To the Editor of the Evening News. Sir,— There is about to be closed a subscription list, in aid of a widow named Jesson, poor, feeble and unprovided for, and of her four delicate orphan, girls, all children of tender age, to which I desire, to be permitted to call the attention of the charitable. The 8th of February last- commenced as lovely a morning as ever brightened our coast; and having had for some days previously exceedingly unpleasant weather, the people of Watson's Bay rejoiced at the change, and many boats that had been long laid up were put in requisition. A fisherman named Henry Boman (a Dutchman) determined to try, for the flrst time, the first class fishing boat ' Mermaid,' which he had lately rented, and with him there went forth to sea Emanuel Jesson, otherwise Jacinto a Portuguese), John Blanket (a Maori), and Patrick Humphries (an Australian and native of Watson's They proceeded to the northward along the coast several miles, and anchored off the headland called DY, but had not been there very long, before appearances to the northward warned them of change of weather. They therefore got their boat under way, with the intention of coming home; but when about one mile and three-quarters from the shore, in a line with DY Head, Blue Fish Head; and North Head, the severest northerly gale known on our coast, since the settlement of the colony, over took them, and completely swamped their boat, which, from the weight of the stone ballast she carried, sank from under their feet to the bottom. **Jesson, the lost man, with his wife, had lived many years at Watson's Bay, throughout, people of excellent character, who had won the respect and friendship of all their neighbours. He was a boatman in the pilot service, and had been so from the time of his arrival in the colony, about twenty-two years ago, with the exception of two years which he spent in China. He was a bold and daring man, and had many times, in common with other brave men, risked his own, in save the lives of others, by going to sea in dangerous and stormy weather. 1909: Wife Julia Jacinto died at Woollahra, NSW.