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Transportation
Bartholomew King was transported on the Guildford, departing 12th Jul 1829 and arriving 4th Nov 1829 with 201 passengers.
The ‘Guildford’ was built on the River Thames, England in 1810. Used as a Convict Transport ship to Australia - voyages 1812, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1829. The ship was lost at sea near Singapore in 1831, loosing all aboard.
Guildford (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Bartholomew King, found guilty of the attack on the house of John Browne, at Coolmine, on the night of the 28th of November, and for unlawfully and riotously assembling with others, with fire-arms, on the same night ; … The learned judge (Moore) having assumed the black cap, the symbol of death, first addressing himself to King, recapitulated the principal facts of the case, King, recapitulated the principal facts of the case, as they appeared in evidence, after commenting at considerable length and with great on the nature and atrocity of his offence, and his subsequent aggravating acts in connexion with it; … Sentence of death. London Evening Standard, 15 Jan 1829. Mr. Bethel, in conjunction with the gentlemen of the Jury, has been enabled to obtain a respite for Bartholomew King, who was convicted at the late Commission of an attack upon a house at Coolmine. Limerick Chronicle, 4 Feb 1829.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Bartholomew King, age on arrival, 32, per Guildford (8) 1829. Tried at Dublin. 1829, Life for Bearing firearms. Irish White boy rebel. DOB, 1797, Native place, Dublin. Married, 1 child. Catholic. Trade, Ploughman.