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Transportation
Mary Turner was transported on the Lord Sidmouth, departing 7th Sep 1822 and arriving 27th Feb 1823 with 98 passengers.
A Barque built in Jersey (Briton) 1815. Tonnage 194. Built by Matthew le Boeuf. Three (3) voyages to Australia transporting convicted persons. (The 1821 does not yet have complete details on this web site.)
Lord Sidmouth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, 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
ADM 101/44/10/1 A diary for 22 August 1822 to 1 March 1823 by Robert Espie of the treatment and regulation of 97 female convicts, and 23 children, together with 21 free women (passengers, and 49 of their children), embarked on board the Lord Sidmouth at Woolwich in September 1822 for passage to Van Dieman's Land and New South Wales. Folio 7: 8 September 1822 at Woolwich. Handcuffed Mary Turner for violent and abusive conduct. Released Mary Turner at night.
Tasmanian Records. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON13-1-2/CON13-1-2P246 List of Prisoners by the Lord Sidmouth (3) Fevrier, Master, in 1823, who do not appear to have landed at Sydney. Mary Turner, Tried Middlesex G.D. 9 Jan 1822, Seven years. Convict Conduct Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON40-1-9/CON40-1-9P162 No 24. Mary Turner, per Lord Sidmouth 1823. Tried London Jany 1822, 7 years. Various offences listed with punishments, - insolence, absent, etc including Sept 7 1827. Singing obscene songs in the factory in the evening- to be locked up in the ward for three days. By Dec 15 1829, she was F.S. (Free by Servitude), and was then fined several times afterward, for being drunk and Disorderly. See record for full details.
The victim was a pensioner - a former soldier,he would have received a pension, which he would have to go to collect, after he left the service, either due to injury, or a wound, or a set length of service.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 22 March 2020), January 1822, trial of MARY TURNER (t18220109-101). MARY TURNER, Theft > pocketpicking, 9th January 1822. 279. MARY TURNER was indicted for stealing, on the 2nd of January , one sovereign, and two half crowns, the property of William Rooney , from his person . WILLIAM ROONEY . I am a labourer , and come from Bristol. On the 2nd of January, between two and three o'clock in the day, I was in Jews'-row, Chelsea - I am a pensioner. I met the prisoner - I was rather tipsy. She asked me if had got my pension. I said Yes. She told me to come home to her place, and she would take care of me. I went to her room, and sat on the bed. I fell asleep, and felt her hand in my pocket - I got up, and missed my money; she ran into another room - I brought her back, and held her. She struck and scratched me. The constable came in, and found the sovereign and half crown in her stocking. RICHARD NEWMAN . I am a constable. I was sent for, and searched the prisoner. I found a sovereign and two half-crowns in her stocking - she at first denied having any - then she said he gave it to her. Prisoner's Defence. He gave me the money to go home with him. GUILTY . Aged 30. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Common Sergeant. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/print.jsp?div=t18220109-101