Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Sarah Martin was transported on the Pyramus, departing 8th Oct 1831 and arriving 5th Mar 1832 with 149 passengers.
Pyramus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 200 |
| 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
uttered forged £5 promissary bank notes at Macclesfield along with her common law husband Martin Collins. She used forged 'Wirksworth' (a town in Derbyshire) notes to buy workboxes and other articles ''for her daughter who was at boarding school'' from a toyshop and a pound of tea from another. They had been to Birmingham previously doing the same and had been buying a number of these notes. Sarah was from Manchester. Her death sentence was reprieved as it was felt Sarah was duped into it by Collins (who she'd originally met 8 years previously at a funeral and offered her employment as his housekeeper after her husband had abandoned her). She 'cried pitifully for mercy' at the bar. Convicted on the 10th March 1831.