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Voyage
Transportation
Partrick Mcmahon was transported on the Bencoolen, departing 24th Apr 1819 and arriving 25th Aug 1819 with 153 passengers.
Departed from Cork. 150 Male passengers - no deaths. 123 of the convicts were trans-shipped to Van Diemens Land in the Admiral Cockburn, arriving there in September 1819.
Bencoolen (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Patrick M'Mahon and Edward Rogers, for a robbery on Chapel?od road ; the prosecutor, Chas. ?, stated, that going along the road upon a Saturday evening, after getting his week’s wages, seven shillings and sixpence, which he earned by digging potatoes, he observed two men standing with their backs against the wall; he walked smart in order to avoid them, when one (whom he identified to be the prisoner M‘Mahon) asked him if he was hungry ; witness said he was not, and proceeded at a quick pace ; the prisoner, M‘Mahon, followed and stopped him, saying, look what I have here, Witness looked up and saw pistol under prisoner’s coat; the prisoner, M‘Mahon, desired witness to with him into a public house, off the road ; the prisoner, M‘Mahon, called for bread and beer; the other prisoner, Rogers, also went into the public house. The prisoner, M‘Mahon, in the house demanded and took from him a tenpenny piece, at the same time presenting a pistol. The Jury convicted both the prisoners, but the Court observed, that Rogers would not only be recommended to mercy, but obtain a general pardon; Saunders News-Letter, 11 Nov 1818. ---------------------------------------------------- https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-29$init=CON31-1-29P54 Tasmanian Conduct Record. No 149. Patrick McMahon, Bencoolen & A. Cockburn. Tried Dublin Nov 1818, Life. See record for details. Many incidents of being drunk and disorderly.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Patrick McMahon, age on arrival, 30, Bencoolen, 1819. Tried 1818 at Dublin Co., Life, DOB 1789, Native place, Kildare Co. Trade, Labourer.