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Transportation
Michael Keane was transported on the Fergusson, departing 16th Nov 1828 and arriving 26th Mar 1829 with 220 passengers.
Departed Dublin. 214 male prisoners - 2 deaths.
Fergusson (generic)References
| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. |
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Convict Notes
SUPREME COURT_CRIMINAL SIDE. TUESDAY.-Before Judge Dowling, and a Military Commission. Michael Kaines was indicted for an assault and robbery on the King's highway, on, and from the person of James Podham at Bathurst, on the 9th day of August last, and stealing from him one -waistcoat, two sovereigns, twenty shillings, three sixpences, and three copper pennies, the current coin of the realm ; to which the prisoner pleaded not guilty. Sydney Herald, 18 Nov 1833. The report of the case continues in the above newspaper and can be found online via TROVE. EXECUTION. — On Saturday morning the extreme punishment of the law was carried into effect, at the usual place of execution, on Michael Kains, or Kearns, convicted of a highway robbery on the person of James Podman, at Bathurst, and inflicting a severe wound on his head with a shingling hammer; ... Sydney Gazette, Tuesday 24 Dec 1833. Executed on Saturday 21 December 1833.
COMMISSION INTELLIGENCE— JuIy 3. The Commission trials closed about seven o'clock, when the following sentences were passed : … Michael Kane and John Ball, robbery of Mr. Trednick - transportation, seven years. Edmond Ball, robbery of the same—twelve months imprisonment in Richmond Bridewell. …. Saunders’s News-Letter, 5 July 1828.
Possibly the same man: http://members.pcug.org.au/~ppmay/cgi-bin/irish/irish.cgi?requestType=Search2&id=2925
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Ship: Fergusson - 1829 No; 135 Name; Michael Keane. Age; 20. Read & writes. Single, Native County; Dublin Trade; Slater Offence; Burgulary Trial; Dublin - 3 July 1828 - 7 years Height; 5 ft. 7 in Complexion; Ruddy freckled Hair; Brown Eyes; Dk. Hazel Date of Certificate; Assigned; Dept. Public Works Additional Remarks; HANGED; in Sydney on the 31 Dec 1833 for Felony