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Crime
Transportation
David Liddle Kennedy was transported on the Henry, departing 31st Mar 1823 and arriving 26th Aug 1823 with 161 passengers.
Henry 1825. The ship Henry, Captain Ferrier, arrived at Hobart Town, on the 9th ult. with 79 female prisoners, all whom were landed with the exception of two. There were also on board 25 free women, and 33 children, who came out, at the expence of Government, to join their husbands and parents. Sydney Gazette, 3 Mar 1825.
Henry (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 19 (11) |
| 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
Hulk Records. HO-9-4_3 page 42. Woolwich hulks, Justitia. Received 6 November 1822 David Liddle Kennedy, age 19, Uttering forged notes, Tried Perth, 14 September 1822, 7 years. Transported 21 Mar 1823.
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/6/29 1822 Sept; 1822 Nov Prisoner name: David Liddle Kennedy and Janet Douglas. Prisoner details: Kennedy a tailor of Dunfermline and Douglas of Inverness. Court and date of trial: Circuit Court of Justiciary, Edinburgh 13 September 1822. Crime: Uttering forged notes of the Bank of Sir William Forbes and Company, Edinburgh. Initial sentence: Both sentenced to seven years transportation. Annotated: Nil. Petitioner(s): William Kennedy (husband of Douglas, brother of Kennedy), medical student. Grounds for clemency: They did not purchase or make the notes but merely circulated them. Additional Information: No mitigation is sought, only that the petitioner may accompany the convicts into exile.
Perth Circuit Court. David Liddle Kennedy and Janet Douglas were placed at the bar, accused of vending forged notes; they having, on the 10th of July last, passed a note, purporting to be a £1 note of Sir W. Forbes and Co. bankers in Edinburgh, at the Leathem Fifeshire; and also with vending a note of a similar description in Auchtermuchty. The prisoners pleaded guilty. Mr. HOPE restricted the libel to an arbitrary punishment. Lord HERMAN) shortly addressed the Jury, who found the prisoners Guilty in terms of their own confession. The prisoners were sentenced to seven years transportation. Star, 23 Sept 1822.
Source: Old Scottish Genealogy and Family History. Records of Transported Convicts https://www.oldscottish.com/convict-records-15.html David Liddle KENNEDY. Description, Tailor. Dunfermline, formerly in Edinburgh. Tried: Perth, 13 Sep 1822, Transportation - 7 years. Per Ship: Henry, April 1823, New South Wales.