John Kilpatrick

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Kate on 9th November 2025

From The Sydney Herald 1st June 1841 TICKETS OF LEAVE CANCELLED. PRINCIPAL Superintendent of Convicts Office, 26th May, 1811. The tickets of leave granted to the undermentioned prisoners of the Crown, have been cancelled for the reasons set against their respective names:- John Kilpatrick, Lord Melville, highly improper conduct, district of Dungog.

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Ron Garbutt on 23rd September 2022

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 23 September 2022), December 1829, trial of JOHN KILPATRICK (t18291203-60). JOHN KILPATRICK, Theft > stealing from master, 3rd December 1829. 60. JOHN KILPATRICK was indicted for stealing, on the 16th of October , 24 prints, value 5l.; 64 sheets of paper, value 14s.; 1 portfolio, value 2s.; 1 book, value 4s.; 9 pieces of pasteboard, value 5s., and 24 pieces of leather, value 5s. , the goods of John Fairbairn , his master. JOHN FAIRBAIRN . I am a book-binder , and live in Duke-street, Adelphi - the prisoner was my errand-boy On Saturday evening, the 17th of October, Schofield and two other officers came to tell me they had taken him with a gang of thieves, and on searching his lodgings found some articles which they thought were mine - I went on the Monday to the office, and found the articles stated, which are mine; I had seen some of them but a few days before, and some about a fortnight or three weeks; I had given him the prints to gather up. WILLIAM BALLARD . On the 17th of October I went with Clements to search a room in Sherrard-street, Golden-square, where the landlady told me the prisoner lodged with his brother - I found a box. which I got the key of from the prisoner, I think, but I will not be positive - he was in custody; I told him I had searched his lodging, and found these prints and other things, which I suspected were Mr. Fairbairn's; he said the prints were his own, and he could prove where he bought them. Prisoner. There was no lock or key to the box; the prints were in a bundle on the table, and some under the table. Witness. I will not be positive whether the box was locked or no; the prints were in the box - the pasteboard and paper were in a bundle, partly; I had two keys from him - one was a door key. THOMAS CLEMENTS . I went to the lodging; the box was opened by taking off a cord - I believe it was locked; these prints and papers were found, and I found some other articles in another part of the room, in a chair - these are the articles; this book and portfolio I received from a pawnbroker. BENJAMIN SCHOFIELD. I have four prints, which I got from Hanbury. JOHN THOMAS HANBURY . The prisoner gave me these prints on the 16th of October, and asked me to mind them for him; he was in his shirt-sleeves, and said he was in a hurry, but he should come and take them at night - this was at the George, in George-court, where I am servant; he lodged there then, but afterwards removed to where the officer went. CHARLES BOORE . I am a pawnbroker. This book and portfolio were pawned at our house by the prisoner, on the 24th and 30th of September - I am positive he is the person. WILLIAM BUCHANAN . I know this portfolio by a fillet which is worked upon it, and I know the fillet has been in Mr. Fairbairn's warehouse for two years. Prisoner. Q. Do not you often lend fillets out? A. That fillet was never lent out while I was there; I know this book by the paper and leather. MR. FAIRBAIRN. These prints are mine; these three belonged to a work in the shop, which was waiting for the index - they are illustrations of Bowyer's History of England, and these others belong to the Florence Gallery; I had seen them a day or two before, and urged the prisoner to move them to another part of the shop, as the wet had come in - this book and portfolio we had not seen, as the prisoner had done them when we were out of the shop; I know this marble paper and the Morocco, which correspond with my materials; this pasteboard I had had in use, and here are some marks of glue on it. Prisoner's Defence. Mr. Fairbairn has sworn falsely to many of the articles. and so has the witness; the box was not locked, and the prints were on the table - this paper and board may be bought at any stationer's in London; the prints are common enough, and the fillet is lent to many binders. GUILTY . Aged 22. - Transported for Fourteen Years . https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18291203-60