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Transportation
George Mccarty was transported on the Layton, departing 9th Jul 1839 and arriving 7th Dec 1839 with 260 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Source; The Sydney Monitor. Sat 14 Nov 1829. Page 3. Shipping Intelligence. Arrivals.- On Sunday the Layton from Sheerness, with 190 male prisoners, Surgeon Superintendent Dr. James Osborne, R. N. Lieutenant Miller, 40th Regt; and 29 soldiers of different corps, 4 women and 3 children. Mustered; 188. Died on Voyage; 2. Total 190 Embarked.
Layton (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 91, Class and Piece Number HO11/12, Page Number 53 (28). British National Archives, HO9, ‘Ganymede’ register, prisoner no 5280 1837 – 1841. NSW Gov Gazette, 22 Sept 1843, p.1224. Liverpool Standard, Fri 1 June 1838 p.7. and Tuesday 12 June 1838, p3. Chester Chronicle, Friday 17 August 1838, p3. Tasmania convict records: CON34-1-9 Image 297 |
| 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
In Tasmania, George McCarty regularly was in trouble, absconding mainly. Conduct Record: CON34-1-9 Image 297 in Libraries Tasmania “For previous offences see former Book.” The number of the former record is not stated In June 1847 he got 2 months hard labour for misconduct, In July 1847 he was given ten days’ solitary confinement for misconduct. In January 1848 he absconded from service. Was he the McCarty who was reported as having died in his bed in George Street, Launceston? He would have been aged only 33 years. “SUDDEN DEATH.—A hawker named McCarty, who lived in Bathurst-street, was found dead in his bed yesterday morning.” (Launceston Examiner, 13 January 1853,p.5).
George McCarty, aged: 18 years, native of Liverpool, England, departed England on convict ship ‘Layton’ in July 1839, with a Life Sentence for manslaughter. It was recorded that he was single, a shipwright, and could read & write. On the Gannymede hulk register it was recorded that he had also done shepherding. He was Roman Catholic; and single. No previous convictions. Height 5ft 7in; age 19 on departure, Complexion: Ruddy; Hair: brown; Eyes: blue; Marks or Scars: Yes. His Tasmanian conduct register noted also that his nose inclines to the right, his head and visage were long with a ‘low retreating’ forehead. He had a star tattoo on his arm. He was charged with five Irishmen – Martin Murphy, James Durning, James Macklin, Edward Connolly, and Patrick Cumming – with the murder of a police inspector named William Homer Ross, who’d been trying to break up a prize fight among a mob, but all were found guilty of manslaughter instead. All were given life – details of the crime below. A sixth man, Richard Moreland, was found not guilty. One month after his English trial, George McCarty was taken from Kirkdale Gaol (located 2 miles from the centre of Liverpool) and deposited on board ‘Ganymede’ hulk, on 7 September 1838, together with two of his partners-in-crime Michael Murphy, 27, and James Durning (19). His antecedents (ie whether convicted previously) were stated as “unknown”. After eight months on ‘Ganymede’ hulk he was disposed of to the ‘Parkfield” convict ship, on 7 May 1839. (British National Archives, HO9, ‘Ganymede’ register, 1837 – 1841) PETITION for CLEMENCY: Upon McCarty’s conviction in early August 1838, his father and several other people who knew him, petitioned for his Life sentence to be commuted. The petitions were not successful since he was still transported for Life. Summary of petition as quoted in UK National Archives, Prisoners’ Petitions, HO19/00047440: The petitioner was Thomas McCarty, shipwright and father of the prisoner. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): “Five witnesses were present in court who could have sworn that McCarty was at Scale's Court, Denison Street, two miles distant from Toxteth Park when the riot took place at which inspector Ross was fatally wounded. Sworn statements from these witnesses are enclosed” “Other papers: Covering letters forwarding the petition and statements from C Cresswell and William Wainwright. “Character references from [H Shepherd], John Brown and William Simpson. “Additional Information: On board Ganymede [convict hulk]