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Transportation
John Maher was transported on the Eliza, departing 19th Jul 1827 and arriving 8th Nov 1827 with 194 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 | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
KILKENNY ASSIZES. … COUNTY COURT. … John Maher, for stabbing John Phelan, at Rathpatrick, on the 11 th of August last, with intent to kill him. Guilty, to be executed on the 21st April next.. ... Tipperary Free Press, 31 March 1827. Saturday morning, a King’s messenger arrived at this City with a respite, to stay, until Saturday next, the execution of John Maher, who was sentenced, at our late Assizes, to suffer death on the former day, for stabbing John Phelan, at Rathpatrick, on the 11th of August last. We trust the clemency of Government will be still further extended to the unhappy young man, as the county Kilkenny is so profoundly tranquil.— Leinster Journal. Tipperary Free Press, 28 April 1827.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Maher, age on arrival, 21, per Eliza II (1), 1827. Tried Kilkenny. 1827, Life, for Stabbing. DOB, 1806, Native place, Kilkenny. Catholic. Single, Farm man herdsman.