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Charles Mcmanus was transported on the James Pattison, departing 2nd Oct 1829 and arriving 20th Jan 1830 with 201 passengers.
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Moreton Bay Convict Register. Chas. McManus, per Jas. Pattison, Tried Co Dublin, 11 July 1829, for Burglary and Robbery, Life, Laborer. Colonial Sentence: Tried Gen. Sess. Windsor, 31 July 1830, for Absconding & theft. 3 years sentence. Returned to Sydney, for trial, 8 Nov 1830. Executed. Description Record. Charles McManus, Native place Co Fermanagh, age 30, 5 ft 7 ½ in. Sallow comp, brown hair, hazle eyes, Catholic. --------------------------------------------------------- Supreme Court, June 7th. Charles McManus was indicted for an assault on the person of John Norman, with intent to kill him, at Moreton Bay, on the 22nd of October last. The second count charged him with intent to commit some grievous bodily harm. Plea—Not Guilty (The prisoner formerly pleaded Guilty, but on being brought up this time he entered the other plea.) It appeared on the evidence of a fellow labourer, that the prisoner arrived at Moreton Bay on the 19th of October, under a Colonial sentence. On the 22nd of October he was put into a gang which was going out to work. The prisoner walked by the side of Norman. A little way from the huts, the prisoner, who had a hoe in his hand, turned upon, and struck John Norman with the hoe, and repeated his blows three times before he could be secured. The evidence of the surgeon went to shew that the wounds inflicted were of the most dangerous nature; and that the recovery of Norman, who has ever since been affected with paralylis in consequence of tie wounds, was miraculous. the prisoner asked no questions of the witnesses, and had nothing to say in his defence, appearing resigned to his fate. His Honor proceeded to pass the awful sentence of death on the prisoner. (This man before he left the gaol, was in the habit of reading to prisoners in the condemned cells, and others. His devotion, however, seems to have been of a curious kind, for he resolved to die rather than remain at Moreton Bay; and repeatedly declared his determination to do something there; which might occasion his return to Sydney to be hanged – ED.) Sydney Monitor, 16 July 1831. EXECUTION.—On Monday morning John Thomas, for cattle stealing, William Webber, for highway robbery, James Ready, for burglary, and putting in fear, and Charles McManus, for cutting and maiming, with intent to murder, underwent the utmost penalty of the law, at the usual place of execution. The two first prisoners were attended by the Rev. William Cowper, the latter two by the Rev. Mr. Therry; having ascended the scaffold, McManus addressed the spectators, advising them to take warning by his fate, drunkenness having brought him to a disgraceful death. The other culprits remained silent, and every thing being prepared, the ministers of religion descended from the drop ; the trap shortly afterwards fell, and the world closed upon the unfortunate men for ever. After hanging the usual time, the bodies were cut down and interred. Sydney Herald, 18 July 1831
Absconded. 1. McManus Charles, 30-45, James Pattison, 37, Soldier and Labourer, Benare, 5 feet 7¾, hazle eyes, brown hair, dark ruddy comp. from Mr. George Pitt Wood. Sydney Gazette, 3 Aug 1830.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Charles McManus, age on arrival, 27, per James Pattison (1) 1830, Tried 1829, at Dublin Co, 7 years for Burglary. 2 former convictions. DOB, 1803, Native place, Benaraas East Indies, Single. Catholic, Soldier.