Patrick Mahon

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Summary

Born
Jan 1808
Conviction
Highway robbery
Departure
Mar 1828
Arrival
Jul 1828
Death
Oct 1852
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Personal Information

Name: Patrick Mahon
Gender: Male
Born: 1st Jan 1808
Death: 26th Oct 1852
Age at death: 44
Occupation: Baker/pastry cook

Crime

Convicted at: Derby Assizes
Sentence term: 99 years

Voyage

Departed: 15th Mar 1828
Arrival: 29th Jul 1828
Place of Arrival: Van Diemen's Land

Transportation

Patrick Mahon was transported on the William Miles, departing 15th Mar 1828 and arriving 29th Jul 1828 with 192 passengers.

William MilesWilliam Miles (generic)

References

Primary SourceAustralian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 344
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

Robyn Everist avatar
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on 11th September 2025

26 Oct 1852 - Executed for the rape of 9 year old Maria Ellis TAHO record https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON34-1-2/CON34-1-2P713

Maureen Withey avatar
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on 22nd June 2023

National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/120/118. Date. 1836. Prisoner name: Patrick Mahon. Court and date of trial: Derby Summer Assizes, August 1827. Crime: Robbery. Initial sentence: Sentence commuted to transportation for life. Gaoler's report: Stranger. Supposed an old offender. Annotated (Outcome): Nil. In Van Diemen's Land. Petitioner(s): Clergymen, gentlemen, traders and merchants of the town of Sligo, Ireland, 12 signatures. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): Went to England to work as a baker, good conduct and character before his conviction, respectable parents. Other papers: Covering letter on behalf of the Lord Lieutenant [of Ireland] from Dublin Castle. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Mahon, young Irishman, was convicted of a highway robbery upon the person of John Snape, at Hope, on the of July. Mahon and Snape walked together 12 or 14 miles, on the road from Manchester to Sheffield, when Mahon borrowed the prosecutors knife, attacked him with it, and took away his money. Sentence of death recorded. Nottingham Review, 17 August 1827.