Moses Long

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Maureen Withey on 25th April 2023

Portsmouth Hulk Records HO-9-8_5 page 43/53. Moses Long, age 30, Burglary, tried 2 Aug 1827, at Bury St Edmunds, Life, per Phoenix. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Moses Long ran away from his work groups many times, as can be seen recorded in the newspapers. He would probably have been punished each time he was retaken, by being flogged and returned to his work gang for a longer period, possbly to work in irons. 1. Long Moses, No. 28-1272, Phoenix, Ploughman, 25, Suffolk, 5 feet 5, hazle eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy comp. from No 9 Iron Gang. Sydney Gazette, 22 Oct 1828. Absconded prisoners. 1. Long Moses, No. 28-1276, Phoenix, 28, Ploughman Suffolk, 5 feet 5, hazle eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy comp. from No. 33 Road Gang. 3d time of running. Sydney Gazette, 15 Feb 1831. LIST OF RUNAWAYS APPREHENDED DURING THE PAST WEEK. Long Moses, Phoenix, from No. 23 Road Gang. Sydney Gazette, 27 Oct 1831. 1. Long Moses, No. 28-1272, Phoenix, 25, Ploughman, Suffolk, 5 feet 5, hazle eyes dark brown hair, ruddy comp. from Ko. 41 Road Gang; in irons. 6th time of running. Sydney Gazette, 29 Dec 1831. Absconded Prisoners. Long Moses, No. 28-1272, Phoenix, 29, Ploughman, Suffolk, 5 feet 5 hazel eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy comp. flat nose, from No. 41 Road Gang. A notorious runaway. NSW Govt Gazette, 27 June 1832. LIST OF RUNAWAYS APPREHENDED UP TO THE 10th DECEMBER. Moses Long, Phoenix, from Lunatic Asylum. NSW Govt Gazette, 12 Dec 1832. LIST OF RUNAWAYS APPREHENDED Long Moses, Phœnix, from Port Macquarie. NSW govt Gazette, 29 Jan 1834. Absconded prisoners. Long Moses, Phœnix (3), 28-1272, 32, Suffolk, ploughman, 5feet 5 inches, ruddy comp., dark brown hair, hazel eyes, flat nose, from Government, Port Macquarie, since August 15. NSW Govt Gazette, 31 Aug 1836. LIST OF RUNAWAYS APPREHENDED DURING THE LAST WEEK. Long Moses, Phœnix, Government, Port Macquarie. NSW Govt Gazette, 28 Sept 1836. Absconded. Long Moses, Phoenix, 1828, 42, Suffolk, ploughman, 5 feet 5 inches, ruddy comp., dark brown hair, hazel eyes, flat nose, from Government employ, Port Macquarie, since the 16th July, 1845. NSW Govt Gazette, 22 Aug 1845. . Long Moses, Phoenix, 1628, 44, Suffolk, ploughman, 5 feet 5 inches, ruddy comp., dark brown hair, hazel eyes, nose flat, from Government employ, Port Macquarie, since the 5th ultimo, (a lunatic.) NSW Govt. Gazette, 23 Oct 1846. Index to Colonial Secretary Letters received. Moses Long, per Phoenix. 1846, Letter No. 46/5397. Convict Death Register. Moses Long, per Phoenix, 1828, Date, 10/10/1848. Age 45; District, Invalid establishment Parramatta. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- There was an earlier case involving a Moses Long in Suffolk in 1823, who was probably the same person. (Brockford village is about one mile from Wickham Skeith, the next village.) Suffolk Assizes. Moses Long was convicted of a burglary in the house of Mr. John Peck, of Brockford. A curious confession was made by the prisoner; from which it appeared that he entered by breaking a pane of glass, marched about the house throwing open all the doors; lay down on a bed and slept, he supposed above an hour; came to another bed-room, and again lay down, but in a few minutes got up again, and squatted down upon the stairs; went into the kitchen, and ate a candle which he found there. He afterwards took a parcel of bank-notes and laid them down again, thinking them letters; seeing something which looked like a desk, opened it, and putting his hand upon black and white strips - to his great astonishment and terror a noise proceeded from them, and he ran away as fast as he could. This was a piano forte!—The Court was convulsed with laughter at this confession, from which, and other circumstances, it appeared that the it appeared that the prisoner, who was an inmate of the workhouse, was a man of very weak understanding, but capable of distinguishing right from wrong. — He was sentenced to death; but reprieved. Bury and Norwich Post, 2 April 1823.

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Maureen Withey on 20th March 2022

Moses Long, for breaking into the dwelling house of Edgar Kersey, of Wickham Skeith, and stealing a pair of boots and sundry other articles. Cambridge Chronicle, 10 Aug 1827. ----------------------------------------------------- The following convicts were removed from the County Gaol, in this town, on Monday last, and put on board the Leviathan hulk, at Portsmouth, viz. Sampson Curtis, Moses Long, John Burleigh, Samuel Clow and James Cook for life, and Wm. Baxter for fourteen years. Ipswich Journal, 8 Sept 1827.