Elizabeth Leslie

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Summary

Born
Jan 1784
Conviction
Theft - simple larceny
Departure
Apr 1829
Arrival
Aug 1829
Death
Unknown
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Personal Information

Name: Elizabeth Leslie
Gender: Female
Born: 1st Jan 1784
Death: Unknown
Age at death: Unknown
Occupation: Unknown

Crime

Convicted at: Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Sentence term: 7 years

Voyage

Departed: 15th Apr 1829
Ship: Sovereign
Arrival: 3rd Aug 1829
Place of Arrival: New South Wales

Transportation

Elizabeth Leslie was transported on the Sovereign, departing 15th Apr 1829 and arriving 3rd Aug 1829 with 121 passengers.

SovereignSovereign (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 42
Source DescriptionThis 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 SourceGreat Britain. Home Office
Compiled ByState Library of Queensland
Database SourceBritish convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database

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Convict Notes

C H avatar
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on 9th March 2024

Old Bailey Online ELIZABETH LESLIE. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 23rd October 1828 Text type Trial account Defendants ELIZABETH LESLIE Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 23rd October 1828 Reference Number t18281023-242 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 2175. ELIZABETH LESLIE was indicted for stealing, on the 17th of October , 24 yards of moreen, value 20s. , the goods of Charles John Brooks . WILLIAM STANLEY . I am in the service of Mr. Charles John Brooks, a draper , who lives in Oxford-street . On the 17th of October, I heard a rustling at the door; I looked and saw the prisoner with a piece of moreen under her arm, trying to conceal it - it had been against the door, and secured by some gros de Naples upon it, and pinned; she went half-way across the road, and I took her with it, walking slowly - I brought her back. WILLIAM WILLIAMS . I am an officer. I took the prisoner, and produce the property.(Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. I was intoxicated, and throw myself on the mercy of the Court. GUILTY . Aged 44. Transported for Seven Years .

Maureen Withey avatar
343
on 1st January 2021

Colonial Secretary’s Office, Sydney, 11th February, 1834. TICKETS OF LEAVE CANCELLED. THE Tickets-of-Leave granted to the following persons have been cancelled for the reasons set against their respective names, viz. Sovereign, Elizabeth Leslie, neglect of church muster and drunkenness. NSW Govt Gazette, 12 Mar 1834.