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Transportation
Elizabeth Leicester was transported on the Lady Juliana, departing 31st May 1789 and arriving 3rd Jun 1790 with 247 passengers.
Launched 1777, 401 ton barque, built at Whitby, England. Departed Portsmouth, England on 29 July 1789, via Cape of Good Hope for Port Jackson, New South Wales, Australia on 3 June 1790. 1790 voyage carried 226 female passengers (convicts)- 5 of whom died on the trip. 6 children also on board. Significant because it was the first ship to bring all female women to the Colony.
Lady JulianaReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 18 |
| 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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Old Bailey Online ELIZABETH LEICESTER. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 9th January 1788. Text type Trial account Defendants ELIZABETH LEICESTER Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 9th January 1788 Reference Number t17880109-23 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 120. ELIZABETH LEICESTER was indicted for stealing, on the 3d of January , three linen shirts, value 5 s. a muslin handkerchief, value 1 s. three aprons, value 18 d. a pair of ruffles, value 6 d. two shifts, value 18 d. four muslin caps, value 1 s. twelve linen caps, value 2 s. seven linen handkerchiefs, value 4 s. and a piece of linen, value 2 d. the property of George Alexander Priestman . GEORGE ALEXANDER PRIESTMAN sworn. I live in Brownlow-street, Drury-lane ; I lost the things in the indictment on the 3d of January: my wife and me were at dinner on Thursday, and one of my lodgers came down stairs to go to the door, and seeing a woman come down stairs which she did not know, they asked us if any body had been there; she said the woman came down stairs with a bundle; my wife and little girl pursued after the woman; I overtook her in the passage, and I found my wife with the woman; I asked her if she had got any thing belonging to her; and she said yes, she had found a cap that she was sure was hers; I brought the prisoner to my house, and a Justice was in the street, and came in, and she had this property in her apron, which she dropped at my feet; I saw it found. SARAH PARKES sworn. I went down stairs to fetch some water, and at the foot of the stairs I saw a person at the door; I said, cannot you open the door? she said no; I opened the door, and shut it after her; that was the prisoner; and I saw a bundle in her apron when I opened the door for her; she went out with the bundle in her apron; I informed the prosecutor; I did not see what she had in her lap. SARAH PRIESTMAN sworn. On the last witness knocking at my door, I ran out after the prisoner; I did not get sight of her till she got into the little court, a little way up the street; I put my hand in the bundle, and took out a cap the first thing; this is the cap; I said this is my property; I knew it by the striped muslin and the edging; the linen was all wet; it was taken out of the washing-pan; I had just come up to dinner; then my husband came up, and we took her back; these things were found upon her in my presence; I know all the things. CHARLES WATKINS sworn. I was standing at the door when they brought this prisoner to the door; I went in with her, and I saw her drop the linen. PRISONER's DEFENCE. I know nothing of it; I was in liquor; I leave myself to the mercy of the Court. GUILTY . Transported for seven years . Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.