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Voyage
Transportation
Patrick Kiely was transported on the Blenheim, departing 29th Jul 1851 and arriving 31st Oct 1851 with 309 passengers.
Built 1845 at Shields. Wood ship of 808 Tons. Register lists of persons transported on the various sailing is still a work in progress, not all are yet listed.
Blenheim (generic)References
| Primary Source | Tasmanian Archives - convicts Trove - newspapers online |
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Convict Notes
Further offence in Colony: 22 Oct 1869 Launceston Supreme Court - wilful murder. Guilty. Sentenced to death. Report from Cornwall Chronicle 5 Nov 1869: "At the Criminal Sittings of the Supreme Court, which commenced on Friday, the 22nd October, the offences charged, with the exception of one of wilful murder were of the ordinary character. The exception was that of Patrick Kiely, who was convicted of be wilful murder of his wife. Bridget Kiely at Calstock Estate, near Deloraine, on (he 7ih of July last. The murdered woman had been married to Kiely, who had left her for some years,during which she had been again married to a man named Clarke. On his return to the Deloraine district, she had left Clarke to live with Kieley ; and he finding them together at his house at a late hour on the night of the 28th June, he turned them both out, and the woman went to reside with Clarke. and remained with him until the 7th July, when Kiely went deliberately to the house, where, finding her alone, he cut her throat with a razor, and at some distance from the house burnt a number of articles belonging to her and Clarke, He was partially drunk at the lime, and on his way to Clarke's he stated that he was "going down to Paddy's Scrub to kill Biddy " and on his return be stated to others that be had cut his wife's throat,and was contented with what he had done, the jury, in delivering their verdict of guilty, recommended the prisoner to mercy, on the ground that he had been actuated by jealousy. The prisoner was sentenced to death."
Patrick Kiely was convicted at for stealing a quantity of sugar. 7yr sentence. Transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) on the 'Blenheim' arriving 1851. Native place: Limerick Father - Patrick Mother - Bridget Brothers - Thomas & M..... Aged 23yrs; single; Roman Catholic; 5'2 1/2"; stout build. 14 mths Probation period at Old Wharf Permission to marry 25 July 1854 - to Biddy Fallow (per 'Earl Grey'). Approved. Ticket of Leave 1 Aug 1854 Conditional Pardon 31 July 1855 Certificate of Freedom April 1856