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George Lacey was transported on the Recovery, departing 30th Jul 1819 and arriving 18th Dec 1819 with 189 passengers.
Built 1799 Batavia, 493 tons. 1823 voyage. Also arrived the same morning, (i.e. Thursday last) from Ireland, having sailed from the Cove of Cork on the 5th April, the ship Recovery, Captain Fotherley, with 180 male convicts, in tolerable health : no deaths on the passage. Surgeon Superintendent, Dr. Cunningham, R. N. The guard comprises a detachment of the 1st, or Royals, commanded by Captain Gill, who is accompanied by his Lady. Three free passengers come out by this conveyance, at the expence of the Crown. Sydney Gazette, Thurs 7 Aug 1823. 1835 voyage. Surgeon's general remarks. On 5th October 1835, the Guard embarked at Deptford, consisting of 1 staff, 1 subaltern, 2 sergeants, 1 drummer, 26 rank and file of the 28th Regiment, accompanied by 8 women and 4 children. On the 19th at Spithead we received on board 160 male convicts from the Leviathan and 120 from the York Hulk and in the 30th got under weigh, previous to which, the convicts were discharged to the hulks in consequence of their being a great nuisance on board. Source:The medical and surgical journal of HM convict ship Recovery for 5 October 1835 to 16 March 1836 by Alexander Neill, during which time the said ship was employed in passage to Sydney New South Wales
Recovery (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 189 (96) |
| 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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TAHO conduct record - note Executed at Hobart for the murder of George Rix at Macquarie Harbour 17 Dec 1827 https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON31-1-27/CON31-1-27P158
At the Bedford Assizes, the prisoners received their sentences as follows: … George Lacey, for a burglary, and George Baskerfield, Richard Franks. for being accessaries after the fact, Seven Years' Transportation. Northampton Mercury, 20 Mar 1819.
Colonial Secretary Papers: LACEY, George. Per "Recovery", 1819 1822 Aug 31: Runaway from Baker's Gang. On return of proceedings of the Bench of Magistrates, Parramatta (Fiche 3297; X643 p.24) 1822 Sep 25: Attached to McAlroy's contract road gang; to work in Gaol Gang for six months. On return of proceedings of the Bench of Magistrates, Parramatta (Fiche 3297; X643 p.27) 4/10/1822 Sydney Gazette: George Lacey, per Recovery ; nat. of Bedford ; aged 23 ; 5 ft. 5 in. high ; blue eyes ; dark flaxen hair ; florid complexion ; from McElroy's Road Party. 1823 Oct 31: On lists of prisoners transported to Port Macquarie per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.84, 446-7) 1824 Mar 15: Re punishment of as a runaway (Reel 6012; 4/3510 p.516) 1824 Mar 20: On list of persons proposed to be sent to Hobart (Reel 6012; 4/3510 p.550) 1824 Mar 20: On list of convict runaways from Port Macquarie forwarded to Hobart per "Triton" (Reel 6019; 4/3522 p.33) 1824 Mar 23: On list of runaways with punishments received (Reel 6061; 4/1778 p.247b) 1/4/1824: Arrived VDL. 24/7/1824 Hobart Town Gazette: Executions. - Reported to have been hanged - George Lacey, for burglary and highway robbery - obviously he got a reprieve.. 14/12/1827 The Tasmanian, Hobart: George Lacey, Samuel Measures, John Ward, John Williams, John McBurie, John McMillan, William Jenkins, James Kirk and James Reid, were arraigned on an information charging them with the crime of murder, in having, on the 17th day of October last, at the Penal settlement of Macquarie Harbour, severally been actors, aiders and abettors, in causing the death of a man named George Recks, a constable at that place, by means of suffocation or drowning. (**This was George Rix who arrived VDL per 'Malabar' 1821) 17/12/1827: George Lacey was executed at Hobart Town for the murder of George Recks/Rix at Macaquarie Harbour. George was buried at the Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart.