James Martin

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NSW 1828 Census index. James Martin, age 48, F.S. Fortune, 1806, 7 years, protestant, Landholder, Wilberforce district. Has 14 acres of land, all of which is cleared, and 2 acres cultivated.

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Colonial Secretary Index. MARTIN, James. Per "Fortune", 1806. 1812 Apr 11 On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" (Reel 6003; 4/3492 p.116) 1816 Sep 20 Of Windsor. Certification of arrival (Reel 6046; 4/1736 p.117) ------------------------------------------------- On list of prisoners to be sent to Newcastle per "Lady Nelson" James Martin, per Fortune, Free, sentenced by Bd. Of Magistrates, 3 year sentence, when sent? 11 April 1812. Of Windsor. Certification of arrival. Windsor, 19 Sept 1816. We certify that the undernamed persons are settlers of Windsor and adjoining districts, that we consider them to be free Persons and that we believe they came in the ships specified against their names. James Martin, per Fortune 1. ... A Windsor Constable is ordered to attend at the Secretary's Office on Saturday 21 Sept 1816 to identify the aforesaid persons. To all whom it may concern - I certify that the aforesaid twelve persons are Free, according to the best of my belief. (Signed) Wm. Cox, J.P. 20 Sep 1816.

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Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 25 January 2023), October 1804, trial of JAMES MARTIN (t18041024-5). JAMES MARTIN, Theft > theft from a specified place, 24th October 1804. 520. JAMES MARTIN was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 16th of September , 16 yards of woollen cloth, value 10 l. the property of Henry William Eastman and Francis Millard ; a metal watch, value 7 l. a silver tea-spoon, value 6 d. 5 shirts, value 20 s. 4 handkerchiefs, value 10 s. a silk handkerchief, value 5 s. a silver pencil-case, value 1 s. a waistcoat piece, value 8 s. and a pair of breeches, value 10 s. the property of Henry- William Eastman ; a silk gown, value 20 s. four silver tea-spoons, value 4 s. a shawl, value 6 s. and two curtains, value 5 s. the property of Mary Jay , widow , in the dwelling-house of Henry- William Eastman , and Francis Millard . Second Count. Charging the like offence in the dwelling-house of Henry- William Eastman only. (The case stated by Mr. Gurney.) HENRY- WILLIAM EASTMAN sworn. - I am in partnership with Francis Millard , we are packers , in Sise-lane ; the warehouses are in the lower part of the house, there is a communication from one to the other, Mr. Millard lives in another house lower down the lane; on Sunday the 16th of September, I left the warehouse at one o'clock in the day; I did not know that any body was left in the house or warehouse, I came home about ten o'clock; the prisoner was our porter ; when I came home I missed half a piece of superfine cloth that we had to pack for the country; I had left it in the warehouse; and missed a metal watch from my bedroom, a silver tea spoon, four shirts, four handkerchiefs, four silk handkerchiefs, a pencil-case, a waistcoat-piece, and a pair of breeches, the bedroom door had been broke open with the kitchen poker; the poker was found in the room; Mrs. Jay is my mother-in-law; her property that was lost was in my bed room; she had a chest ofdrawers there; the prisoner was apprehended the next day. Cross-examined by Mr. Alley. Q. Have you any other partner? - A. Not directly; we make an allowance to the widow Ward. Court. The woollen cloth is the only article charged to be partnership property. ROBERT BERRY sworn. - I keep the Golden Anchor public-house, in Park-street, Borough; on Sunday, the 16th of September, the prisoner came to see a person at my house, whom he called his brother; that person's name is Carter; it was about eight o'clock in the evening; he had a bundle with him, and his brother asked me to let him leave it in his room; he was in his dishabille; when he came on Sundays, he used to come in his Sunday's clothes, and I thought he had left his place; the things remained in a box till the next evening, when the officers came; there were three empty boxes in the room in which Carter lodged. Cross-examined by Mr. Alley. Q. You had never seen the contents of the bundle? - A. No. Q. A great many people have access to the different parts of your house? - A. Yes, I have a number of different lodgers. Q. You cannot tell who placed these things in the box? - A. No, it was a double-bedded room, and two lodgers slept there every night; it is up two pair of stairs; I did not go up with the prisoner. JOHN READ sworn. - I am a city officer; I went to Mr. Berry's; I was directed by the prisoner to go up two pair of stairs, to the front room, where one Carter slept; he told me the things lay in a box; I found them as he directed me. (Produces the property.) MARY JAY sworn. - I had a chest of drawers in Mr. Eastman's room, from which I missed a gown, four tea-spoons, a shawl, and two curtains; (looks at them;) these are my property. (Mr. Eastman identified the breeches, the pencil-case, and the watch.) The prisoner left his defence to his Counsel. GUILTY, aged 32, Of stealing to the value of 39 s. Transported for seven years . London Jury, before Mr. Recorder. Portsmouth Hulk records. HO 9-8_3. Received 10 prisoners from London, 19 Mar 1805. James Martin, age 25, Crime, Felony, Tried at London, 24 Oct 1804. BS. 7 years, sent on board the Fortune, 9 Jan 1806.