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Transportation
James Jolly was transported on the Ocean, departing 31st Jul 1815 and arriving 30th Jan 1816 with 221 passengers.
The 'Ocean' was an English merchant ship and whaler built in 1794 at South Shields, England. In 1803 she accompanied the ship 'Calcutta' to Australia, acting as a transport supply ship. When the settlers abondoned Port Phillip, Melbourne, Victoria the ship transferred convicts, settlers and marines to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). In 1815, 1817 & 1823 the 'Ocean' transported convicts to New South Wales.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 239 (121) |
| 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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NORFOLK LENT ASSIZES, At these Assizes, five prisoners were (capitally) convicted, viz. … James Jolly, who was tried on two several indictments; the first for having, on the 20th February last, wilfully and maliciously stabbed Rebecca, wile of  John Crack, of Rickinghall, in Suffolk, with intent to murder her, to do her some grievous bodily harm. The second, for similar attack  upon the same day, the person Sarah Perry, servant of the family of Thomas Thornhill, Esq;. the present High Sheriff Norfolk Upon the first indictment the prisoner was acquitted, consequence of Mr Webber, the surgeon, who. Dressed Rebecca Crack’s wound, having stated his evidence, the possibility of its having been committed by accident and the prosecutrix being unwilling to swear that the contrary was the fact. Upon the second indictment the intent of the prisoner was more clearly proved, and he was accordingly found guilty, and received sentence of death under Ellenborough's act, which cutting or maiming is rendered capital, although the wounds inflicted are not mortal. … but were reprieved. Suffolk Chronicle, 8 April 1815.
Was tried at Bury St Edmonds in 1808 for stealing a male ass, sentenced to 7 years and transportation. He served his 7 years in the hulk Captivity in Portsmouth and was not transported. He returned to Hopton near Diss and arranged the Banns to be read for his link to his love before his incarnation at Portsmouth which met with disapproval from her sister. An argument broke out at is love's workplace resulting in use of a knife and transportation for life to Sydney. There is no record of further court cases while he lived in Sydney. In 1825 he became verger of Wesleyan Macquarie Street Chapel He married Ann Brown, convict Harmony, in 1828 and they had three children Only the oldest child born in Sydney in 1828, a boy James lived while two daughters died when only a couple of months old.
Buried Sydney 14 May 1832 - age listed as 55
NSW 1828 Census Index. James Jolly, age 39, T.L. Ocean1, 1816, Life, Chapel keeper, Macquarie, Sydney. Holds 1 Town Allotment in Philip. Street.
At Thetford Assizes, James Jolly, who tried two several indictments, the first having on the 20th February last, wilfully maliciously stabbed Rebecca, wife wife of W Crack, of Rickinghall, in Suffolk, with' intent to murder her, or her some mischief; the second for a similar attack upon the same day, on the person of Sarah, a servant in the family of T. Thornhill, Esq., present High Sheriff of Norfolk. On the first indictment the prisoner was acquitted, in consequence of Mr. Webber the surgeon who dressed Rebecca Crack’s wound, having said in his evidence, the possibility of its having been committed by accident, and the prosecutrix being unwilling swear that the intent was the fact. Upon the second indictment the intent of the prisoner was more clearly proved. and he was accordingly found guilty, received sentence of death, under Lord Ellenborough's Act, which cutting or maiming rendered capital, although the wounds be not mortel. Kentish Weekly Post, 14 April 1815.
James Jolly was born in Suffolk in 1787. He was convicted March 25, 1815. He received a conditional pardon on May 27, 1828 (Pardon No. 11). He is described in his Conditional Pardon as being 5' 3 3/4", with dark brown hair and hazel eyes. His Conditional Pardon was published in the July 18, 1829 issue of the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (No. 1685)