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James Mccarthy was transported on the Thomas Arbuthnot, departing 6th Jan 1847 and arriving 4th May 1847 with 289 passengers.
Built 1841 at Aberdeen, Scotland. Wood ship of 621 Tons. Thomas Arbuthnot, 1847. “The Thomas Arbuthnot convict ship, Captain Thomson, sailed from Spithead this morning for Port Phillip, with a superior class of delinquents, officially called “exiles.” These are the first “exiles” sent to the above settlement, which the inhabitants of that respectable place are very wroth at, and have memorialised the Government on the subject. The most ingenious trades and professions are carried on, on board this ship; in fact, we believe, all trades in vogue have their representatives on board. The most ingenious affair, however, is a newspaper in manuscript, published every Saturday, having its foreign and domestic correspondence, advertisements, and, indeed, all the necessary accessories to an apparently well-conducted journal. The articles are well written and the arrangements well made. The name of this paper is the Citadel, and the conductors dub the captain of the ship ” the governor.” The Citadel having no opponents enjoys a large circulation. The editor is a man who has been of considerable note in the legitimate literary world; but all names and circumstances in connexion with their present position is strictly preserved secret with regard to these “exiles,” the greatest majority of whom are juvenile offenders from Millbank, Pentonville, and Parkhurst (Isle of Wight) prisons.”—Times, January 12. Published in the Launceston Examiner, 2 June 1847. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/36252218?searchTerm=Thomas Arbuthnot There was a lot of public criticism of the arrival of these “Exiles” in New South Wales, and of their treatment, by being offered training, etc, to the detriment of honest but poor labourers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 92, Class and Piece Number HO11/15, Page Number 140 |
| 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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Old Bailey Online GEORGE MARTIN. JAMES M'CARTHY. Theft; simple larceny (from 1827). 4th March 1844. Text type Trial account Defendants GEORGE MARTIN, JAMES M'CARTHY Offences Theft > Simple larceny Session Date 4th March 1844 Reference Number t18440304-925 Verdicts Guilty, Guilty Punishments Transportation 925. GEORGE MARTIN and JAMES M'CARTHY were indicted for stealing 1 looking-glass, value 2l., the goods of William Twilley. WILLIAM TWILLEY . I am a looking-glass manufacturer in Hackney-road. On the 16th of Feb., about eight o'clock, I missed a looking-glass from my shop—I had seen it safe about seven the same evening—it has not been found. GEORGE UPHAM . I live in Crab Tree-row. About ten minutes to eight o'clock on that evening, I was coming with Croucher, and saw six boys looking into the prosecutor's shop—the smallest of them went in twice, and brought the glass out the second time—the other five were standing at the corner of the gardens, watching—the prisoners are two of them—M'Carthy was at the window, and Martin received the glass from the little boy—they then went down Cooper's-gardens—I went in and told the young man—they were taken the next morning—I new them again—I had seen them before, and am sure they are them. Cross-examined by MR. HORRY. Q. M'Carthy did no more than stand at the window? A. No—they all went away together—I was not looking in the shop at the time the little boy went in—there was no one in the shop the first time he went in—we stood about five minutes—I described the whole six of the boys to Croucher—I did not stop quite opposite the window—there was nothing to prevent their seeing me—I used to work at horse-hair work about six weeks ago—I have been doing nothing since—I am living with my father—I had been out of work eight weeks—I was discharged because they had no work for me—I do not know where the smallest boy who took the glass lives—I have seen him with the others—I have never been with him myself. RICHARD CROUCHER . I was with Upham near the prosecutor's—I saw a little boy go in twice, and the last time he came out with a looking-glass—he gave it to Martin—M'Carthy was standing against the window—they all went away together. Cross-examined. Q. What age are you? A. Twelve years—I and Upham were playing together—we had been opposite the prosecutor's about an hour—I had been for a walk with Upham round Hackney-road and by Shoreditch church—we live near each other—we both stopped opposite the shop. Martin's Defence. On that night I was over the water selling my things—I did not get home till nine or ten o'clock. (Mr. Charles Brooks, a box-maker, gave M'Carthy a good character.) MARTIN*— GUILTY . Aged 14. M'CARTHY*— GUILTY . Aged 15. Transported for seven years—Penitentiary