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Voyage
Transportation
Peter Charles Kitchner was transported on the Marion, departing 27th Sep 1847 and arriving 9th Jan 1848 with 301 passengers.
Built 1834 at Calcutta. Wood ship of 684 Tons. The 1847/48 voyage sent to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania) BUT also went on to Port Phillip Bay, Victoria where 300 exiles disembarked. (The newspaper source says they were from Millbank, Pentonville & Parkhurst prisons.)
Marion (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 213 (108) |
| 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
Old Bailey Online PETER CHARLES KITCHNER. Theft; stealing from master. 2nd February 1846 Text type Trial account Defendants PETER CHARLES KITCHNER Offences Theft > Stealing from master Session Date 2nd February 1846 Reference Number t18460202-638 Verdicts Guilty > Pleaded guilty Punishments Transportation 638. PETER CHARLES KITCHNER was indicted for stealing 12 shawls, value 10l. 15s.; 52 yards of silk, 7l.; 2 scarfs, 1l.; 1 pair of cuffs, 3s.; 2 handkerchiefs, 1s. 6d.; 2 1/2 yards of cambric, 1l.; and 6 pairs of stockings, 18s.; the goods of Thomas Brooks, his master; to which he pleaded GUILTY . Aged 30. (John Adey, a dissenting minister, and Bartholomew Calway, a draper, in Tooley-street, gave the prisoner a good character.) Transported for Seven Years.