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Sarah Jones was transported on the Margaret, departing 5th Feb 1843 and arriving 19th Jul 1843 with 158 passengers.
Built 1829 at Chepstow. 365 tons. Female prisoners were transported to New South Wales on the 'Margaret' in 1837, 1839 and 1840. The 'Margaret' was the last convict ship to transport female prisoners to New South Wales. Another voyage to Van Diemen's Land in 1843. The 1840 sailing also carried 17 free female passengers and one male. The registers of persons is not yet complete on this web site, so please note this if researching. (A work in progress.)
Margaret (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/13, Page Number 256 |
| 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
VIOLENCE, AND SHOP BREAKING Thomas Doyle, 22, William Doyle, 19, John Keenan, 19, John Macdonald, 18, Sarah Jones, 17, and Elizth. Hallam, 15, were indicted for having, at Liverpool, feloniously and violently assaulted - one James Rimmer, and stealing from him a watch, a spectacle case, a pair of spectacles, two odd gloves, and two books. Mr. Forsyth conducted [This case we also reported when brought before the magistrates, and we therefore merely give the prosecutor's testimony.] James Rimmer said he lived in Shaw's-brow. (in Sunday evening, the 22d of May last . he had been in Sparling-street, and had had several glasses of spirits. lie turned down Dale-street on going home, about about twelve o'clock. Two girls got hold of him, one on each side. He turned down with them into Fontenoy-street. He felt his watch slip out of his pocket. He saw some men immediately after. He was knocked down from behind, and severely kicked. When he recovered himself, he missed the articles named. He called for the police, and was taken to the Dispensary, and thence to his own house. He was much hurt about the throat and head. He could not swear to any of the prisoners, but they were identified by other witnesses. The case was summed up and commented on by the Judge, and the jury found all the prisoners guilty. John Keenan and Elizabeth Hallam, two of the same parties were then further indicted for breaking open the shop of Joel Hart, in Dale-street, on the 30th of May, and stealing therefrom 41bs. of cigars, 21bs. tobacco, a knife, and other articles, the property of the said J. Hart. The case, which was stated by Mr. Forsyth, has already been before the public in the columns of the Standard. In searching the house in Ford-street, as stated in the last case, the knife, a peculiar one, was found on the person of Keenan and a small tin tobacco-box was found in the hand of the girl Hallam. Property was missed to the amount of from £23 to £3O. Some cigars were also found in the house. All the property found was identified. The jury found both prisoners guilty. All the prisoners in the two cases were then put up, and the Judge in passing sentence said, they had all been convicted of a highway robbery, attended with violence, which subjected the parties committing it to lose their lives. If the violence had been proved against them, such might have been the result ; but the jury had negatived that part of the charge, and they were therefore to be punished for the highway robbery only. The case of Keenan and the girl Hallam was gone into only further to prove the kind of life that they had led. Their conduct had been marked by great violence and cruelty, and such crimes were not to be tolerated in a Christian country. It was quite necessary, therefore, to pass the sentence which he was about to pronounce, and which was, that they should each be transported beyond the seas for the term of 15 years. Liverpool Standard, 5 Aug 1842.
Native Place; Liverpool Proper Name' Margaret Hampson? 4 years on the Town 1842 - 30 July 1842. Offence; Stealing a watch. Tried with Elizabeth Hallow on board. 1845 - Permission to Marry request To; Henry Osborne. Free 10 November 1846. Approved. 1848 - Birth of child ” RICHARD JONES " Born on the 3 August 1848 and Baptised on the 14 April 1848 in the Female House of Correction. 1849 - 2 May. Allowed to enter Private service. 1849 - Employed by William Dalton at Sandy Bay. For a period of 3 months. Rate of wages £7 1850 - Employed by Samuel P Hill 1850 - 27 August 1850. Ticket of Leave. 1851 - Permission to Marry request To; Richard Peters. Free 19 August 1851 . Approved. 1851 - 8 September 1851. Marriage. St Georges Church, Hobart Town. Richard Peters. Aged; 30 years old Sarah Jones. Aged; 25 years old 1853 - 11 January 1853. Conditional Pardon approved.
Sarah, aged 17, was found guilty of robbery with violence at the Liverpool Assizes 30/7/1842. [England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892- England- Lancashire- 1842]