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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Felix Mallon was transported on the Captain Cook, departing 5th Nov 1831 and arriving 2nd Apr 1832 with 103 passengers.
The ship, 'Captain Cook' was built at Whitby, England in 1826. Transported convicts to New South Wales in 1832, 1833 and 1836.
Captain Cook (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Prisoners Pettitions No PPC3809 |
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Convict Notes
Report of his original offence: Felix Melon, for stealing sugar out of the shop of Mr. R. Wallice, Omagh.— Guilty ; transported seven years; Newry Telegraph, 12 April 1831.
4/4/1839: COF 12/8/1939: Tried at Parramatta for Larceny - 2 years. 1858: Aged 50, Goulburn Gaol Description and Entrance Book. 22/1/1859: Parramatta Gaol - admitted at Goulburn - 2 years hard labour, expires 10/1/1861 - for stealing - escaped from escort working out of the gaol 21/1/1860. 1881 NSW Police Gazete: Listed as alias Polly Johnson. 27/9/1881: Tried at Orange, NSW - escape. 2/11/1881: Orange, NSW - Escaping from custody - pled guilty - 8 months in the gaol at Orange with hard labor, concurrent with a previous sentence. 21/11/1882: Deniliquin gaol - At Moama, NSW, for Drunkenness - 3 days.
New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842. Name; Felix Mallon Ship; Captain Cook - 1832. No; 32 - 982. Indent No; 172 Age; 21 Est birth Year; 1811 Unable to Read & Write; Single; Religion; Roman Catholic Native Place; Tyrone Date of Trial: Tyrone, 22 March 1831. Complexion; Pale Hair; Dark Brown Eyes; Hazel Grey Noted against name; BROTHER IN LAW; James Regan, 14 years ago
PARRAMATTA - Supposed Extensive Robbery. — A man named Felix Mallon, tried last Quarter Sessions for robbery, was on Monday brought up on suspicion of having again been concerned in some marauding expedition. A quantity of jewellery and wearing apparel was found on his person, amongst which were: a large sized double cased silver watch, capped and jewelled, maker's name Gregson, Liverpool, No. 17,681, with a small Indian-rubber guard; a gold brooch forming the branch of a tree, set with turquoise, on which is a lizard or guanna; a pair of white cotton gloves, marked C. inside wrist; a white shirt marked in the corner with white thread; with a numerous assortment of rings and ribbons. He had also ten one-pound notes when taken, most of which had been through the Bathurst Bank. He has been remanded till Saturday next. The Sydney Morning Herald, 18 Sept 1844
16 Aug 1832, Sydney Gazette Assigned prisoners: Mallon Phelix, Captaine Cooke, pedlar, to Henry Fulton, Castlereagh.
Felix Mallon, he stated he was aged 18 (per his own petition) when tried in 1831, at Omagh, Co Tyrone. Sentenced to transportation for 7 years for stealing one loaf of sugar. Felix petitioned himself to have his sentence mitigated to Military Service so he could join his brothers, Francis, William and Patrick, in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, He stated he was 5ft 10 inches in height, (Irish Prisoners Petitions No PPC 3809) Arrived on "Captain Cook" the 1st voyage, arriving Sydney in 1832. Indent said he was a pedlar. 1836 - Ticket of Leave Number: 36/0983 Year: 1836; Allowed to remain in the District of Bathurst; Native Place: Tyrone. trade - labourer.