Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Margaret Mcdonald was transported on the Midas, departing 22nd Jul 1825 and arriving 17th Dec 1825 with 109 passengers.
Midas (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 283 (143) |
| 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
Perth Jury Court. 6th. Margaret Macdonald, residing in Dundee, was indicted for using and uttering forged notes She pled Not Guilty. Mr Kinloch objected that the copy of the indictment served on the panel contained the words Dunion Bank, instead of Dundee Union Bank, and that therefore it was not a true copy of her indictment, and that the trial must be abandoned. Lord Meadowbank sustained the objection so far as to expunge that sentence from her indictment, but ordered the trial to proceed on which her counsel advised her to plead Guilty, but which she, seemingly with much reluctance, ultimately complied with. The public prosecutor having restricted the libel to arbitrary punishment, the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, in terms of her own confession. She was sentenced to 7 years transportation. Fife Herald, 28 April 1825. Landed at VDL. Muster Roll Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON13-1-3/CON13-1-3/CON13-1-3P148 Margaret McDonald, tried Perth Court of Justiciary, tried 22 April 1825, 7 years.