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Crime
Transportation
Samuel Maggs was transported on the Eliza, departing 22nd Sep 1819 and arriving 21st Jan 1820 with 159 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 225 (114) |
| 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
16/4/1818 Taunton Courier, and Western Advertiser Somerset, England: SOMERSET QUARTER SESSIONS Wm. Marsham, Joseph Bailey, and Wm. alias Samuel Maggs, for stealing four pair of worsted stockings, &c from Sarah Baker, of Bath. No ships found for William Marsham or Joseph Bailey. Samuel was 16 years old, 5'2½" tall, dark ruddy complexion, flaxen hair, hazel eyes. Transported to Newcastle per Snapper Samuel Maggs per Eliza - Sentence to one year. May 1822: Punished at Newcastle Samuel Maggs Settlers man, received 50 Lashes for refusing to do his Masters work and insolence. 24/8/1822: Runaway from Emu Plains 7/10/1822: Transported to Port Macquarie per Lady Nelson Tried Penrith Rev. Fulton, Renewal of Original Sentence. 5/10/1822: Remarks – Run 3rd quarter of 1822 14/4/1825: COF 19/5/1825: Remanded for having stolen a quantity of negrohead tobacco, which was in a keg in a stall in the Market-place, and which it appeared he gave to another man to sell for him, who happened to offer it to the party from whom it had been stolen. 9/6/1825: Samuel Maggs, lately returned to Sydney from Newcastle. Found not guilty of having stolen tobacco in his possession. 7/7/1825 Sydney Gazette: June 30.-----Samuel Maggs, free, charged with having stolen a pair of fustian trowsers, from a stall in the Market-place - fully committed for trial. __ 1/9/1825 Sydney Gazette: To be transported for five years. 1828 Census: Maggs Samuel per Eliza Sentence 3 years, Port Macquarie 28/10/1830 Sydney Gazette: COF - Eliza (1), Samuel Maggs, from a Colonial Sentence. 1837: Samuel Maggs died, aged 36, NSW BDM.