Edmond Kennedy

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Summary

Born
Jan 1804
Conviction
Manslaughter/culpable homicide
Departure
Jan 1827
Arrival
May 1827
Death
Aug 1832
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Personal Information

Name: Edmond Kennedy
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1804
Death: 23rd Aug 1832
Age at death: 28
Occupation: Tailor
Aliases: Edward Kenney

Crime

Convicted at: Ireland, Limerick
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 19th Jan 1827
Ship: Mariner
Arrival: 23rd May 1827
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Edmond Kennedy was transported on the Mariner, departing 19th Jan 1827 and arriving 23rd May 1827 with 161 passengers.

The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.

MarinerMariner (generic)

References

Primary SourceNew South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842

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Convict Notes

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
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on 22nd December 2020

The Sydney Herald (NSW : 1831 - 1842) View title info Mon 13 Aug 1832 . Page 2 LAW INTELLIGENCE. THURSDAY.-Before Judge Dowling, and the usual Commission. Edward Kennedy was indicted for a highway robbery, in assaulting and putting in bodily fear J. J. Moore, Esq. and stealing from his person one watch, one gold chain, two seals, one key, and one pencil case, at Cabramatta, on the 1st June. The prisoner was found guilty on the most satisfactory evidence, and two witnesses, named Grounds and his wife, were fully committed to take their trial for willful and corrupt perjury. Edward Kennedy, John Dunn, and William Halfpenny, were jointly indicted for a highway robbery, in assaulting and putting in bodily fear George Stephens, and stealing from him a cloak, a coat, and a pair of pistols, the property of Dr. Charles Fattorini, at Parramatta, on the 1st June. Kennedy guilty. The other prisoners were acquitted, but remanded to take their trials on another information. Edward Kennedy was again indicted for a highway robbery, in assaulting and putting in bodily fear Patrick Neville, and stealing from him two quarts of rum, two ounces of tobacco, one apron, ten shillings, and twenty pence in copper, on the Liverpool road, on the 4th June. The prisoner was again found guilty, it being the third conviction, and was called up for judgment, when the learned Judge passed upon him the awful sentence of death. --------------------

Penny-Lyn Beale avatar
338
on 22nd December 2020

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Mariner 3 - 1827 Name; Edm'd Kennedy. Age; 23 [1804] No; 51 Read or write. Single, Native County; Limerick Trade; Tailor Offence; Manslaughter Trial; Limerick - 15 July 1826 - Life Height; 5 ft. 3 1/2 Complexion; Sallow Hair; Lt. Brown Eyes; Lt. Hazel Assigned; Chas Knight, Windsor Date of Certificate; Additional Remarks; EXECUTED in Sydney Goal August 1832 Edward Kennedy - 23 August 1832 - Hanged at Sydney for divers highway robberies at Parramatta and Cabramatta.