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Transportation
Mary Kelly was transported on the Hooghley, departing 24th Jun 1831 and arriving 27th Sep 1831 with 186 passengers.
The Hooghley was built in London in 1819. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Hooghley in 1825, 1828, 1831 and 1834. 1831 Voyage - Hooghley. Shipping; Intelligence. ARRIVALS. From Cork, on Tuesday last, whence she sailed the 24th June last, the ship, Hooghley,309 tons, Captain Reeves, with- 184 female prisoners. Surgeon superintendent, James Ellis, Esq. this vessel brings out ten free settlers and 20 children, as steerage passengers. Source; The Sydney Herald. Mon 3 Oct 1831. Page 4. Shipping Intelligence.
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Convict Notes
SHOP-LIFTING. Kelly, the little wretch who has frequently figured at the Sessions, as notorious thief, was indicted with another small girl, named Catherine Corcoran, for stealing three silk handkerchiefs from the shop of Miss Walsh, on the Parade. It appeared in evidence, that the prisoner, Kelly, went into Miss Walsh’s shop to purchase some thread, when she contrived filch the handkerchiefs from off the window. Immediately after she left the shop the handkerchiefs were missed, and information of the robbery was then given to constable Peppar, who arrested the prisoners with the stolen goods in their possession. The two prisoners were found guilty. Mary Kelly, though being young in years, was a very old offender, she was consequently sentenced to be transported for seven years. Catherine Corcoran was sentenced to one mouth’s imprisonment, it being her first offence. She was told by the Recorder to cautious of her conduct in future, for, if she were ever convicted before him, he would certainly pass sentence of transportation on her. Waterford Mail, 18 Dec 1830
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Mary Kelly, age on arrival, 16, per Hooghly (3) 1831, Tried at Waterford, 1830, 7 years, for Stealing money. DOB, 1815, Native place, Waterford. Single, Catholic. Trade, Nurse girl.