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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Ellen Merchant was transported on the Sovereign, departing 15th Apr 1829 and arriving 3rd Aug 1829 with 121 passengers.
Sovereign (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 43 (24) |
| 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
Old Bailey Proceedings OnlineĀ (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 04 August 2023), December 1828, trial of ELLEN MERCHANT (t18281204-87). ELLEN MERCHANT, Theft > simple larceny, 4th December 1828. 88. ELLEN MERCHANT was indicted for stealing, on the 6th of November , 1 pair of shoes, value 5s.; 4 sovereigns, and 14s. , the property of Garrett Comerford . GARRETT COMERFORD. I am a sailor . On the 6th of November I met with the prisoner, and went with her to Mrs. Wright's, North-alley, Strand : we went to bed about a quarter-past twelve o'clock, and at three in the morning I missed her - I then felt for my jacket, in the pocket of which I had four sovereigns and 14s. when I went to bed; my money and shoes were gone; there was no one in the room: my shoes were new - I had bought them in the morning, when I had been paid off from the ship Challenger; I had been drinking with some of my shipmates, but I had my senses about me when I went to bed - I did not get up, but lay till the morning; I then a went down, and inquired for the prisoner - I saw her afterwards, but only 15s. 8d. was found on her; she had bought some things with the money. Prisoner. When I met you in the Strand you were talking to two women, and was so tipsy you could scarcely stand - you asked me and the others to have something to drink; we went and had a glass each, and then we went to that house: the woman who keeps it was forced to lift you up stairs, and you gave me 4s. - I said I would not stay with you for that. Witness. No; I gave 5s. to the person who keeps the house - she took 3s. for the room, sent for half a pint of rum, and gave me 1s. back - that shilling the prisoner did not take; she left her own articles in the room. JOHN SHIELDS . I am a constable. I took up the prisoner on the 6th of November, about four o'clock in the afternoon, on the complaint of the prosecutor; I found her in a room in the Almonry at Westminster - I found these articles of female apparel in the room; I found 15s. 8d. in money on her, but did not find the man's shoes. MARGARET WRIGHT . I keep the house. The prisoner and prosecutor came there, and paid me 3s. for the room - the next morning he came down, and asked for the mistress; a person called Mrs. Wright - he said, "I think it's all wrong;" he stated that he had lost his money and shoes - I looked for them, but could not find them; I heard a little slam of the door about one o'clock, but thought it might be some dogs. Prisoner's Defence. I did not have the man's money; I bought these things out of some I received from a gentleman - when I left the house it was not eleven o'clock; this woman keeps a brothel, and keeps women to rob gentlemen. GUILTY . Aged 24. Transported for Seven Years .
Convict Application to Marry. Patrick Maher, per Brampton, age 33, 7 years, Free; and Ellen Merchant, per Sovereign, age 25, 7 years, Bond; Date of permission, 28 Dec 1829, Roman Catholic, Revd. Daniel Power.