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Voyage
Transportation
Peter Mcqueen was transported on the Phoenix, departing 29th Mar 1824 and arriving 21st Jul 1824 with 204 passengers.
Built at Thames, England 1798. 589 tons.
Phoenix (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 136 |
| 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
On Wednesday se'nnight, Francis Cain, cotton spinner, aged 17, for highway robbery, and ... were executed at Glasgow, pursuant their sentence. Durham County Advertiser, 8 Nov 1823.
https://www.oldscottish.com/convict-records-12.html Old Scottish Genealogy and Family History, Database of Scottish Court records relating to Australian convicts. Peter McQueen, Tried Glasgow, 23 Sep 1823, Death – hanging by public executioner. Per Phoenix, 29 March 1824, to Van Diemen’s Land. --------------------------------------------------------------- A criminal Petition was made on behalf of all the four people sentenced in his case. National Archive. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/6/84 1823 July; 1823 Oct Prisoner name: Edward McCaffer, Peter McQueen, Francis Cain and Archibald Gibson. Prisoner details: McCaffer aged 15 years, weaver's servant. McQueen aged 19 years, weaver. Cain aged 18 [16] years, cotton spinner. Gibson, baker. All of Saltmarket Street, Glasgow. Court and date of trial: Circuit Court of Justiciary, Glasgow, 23 September 1823. Crime: Assault and robbery - against James Maxwell (partner of Steven, Miller and Company, coppersmiths and ironfounders of Glasgow) and stealing from him a gold watch and chain with two gold seals, a brass key and a velvet purse, seven £1 banknotes, one guinea note, 10/- in silver money and a hat, at Little Govan, Glasgow on 24 June 1823. Initial sentence: McCaffer and Cain, death, execution set for 29 October 1823; McQueen, transportation for life; Gibson, outlawed for failure to take his trial. Annotated: A long note from the Home Department rejecting Cain's petition and deferring McCaffer's until confirmation of his age is received. Petitioner(s): Edward McCaffer (the convict) undersigned by 14 jurymen at the trial and by William Kidston (his church minister); two further petitions by Edward McCaffer alone. Francis Cain (the convict) undersigned by 14 jurymen at the trial and by Francis Marr and Company (his employer); a second application by Francis Cain alone. Grounds for clemency: Utmost contrition; their ages; previous good character; misled by others; recommended to mercy by the jury. Other papers: Copy declarations of McCaffer, McQueen and Cain. Printed indictment. Judges' notes of the trial. Report on the trial by D Boyle, Lord Justice Clerk and presiding justice at the trial. Letter from D Boyle to Robert Peel interpreting McCaffer's age at 15 years and leaving Peel to decide the convict's fate. Letter from James Hardy (Sheriff Clerk Depute) confirming the ages of McCaffer and Cain. Affidavit as to McCaffer's date of birth. Copy letter from W Monteath (lawyer) regarding McCaffer's date of birth.