Denis Murphy

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Maureen Withey on 11th July 2024

QUEEN'S COUNTY ASSIZES. The Lord Chief Justice opened the commission at Maryboro', on Monday, and swore in the Queen’s County Grand Jury. The calendar very light. Sentence of death was recorded against Denis Murphy, for horse stealing. Tipperary Free Press, 8 Aug 1827.

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Heather Stevens on 3rd June 2019

Born Queens County (County Laois), Ireland, parents Patrick Murphy and Anne Heale, according to his record at Dunwich Benevolent Asylum. He was tried at Queens County Assizes 28 July 1827 and sentenced to death for horse stealing according to a newspaper report, and apparently this sentence was commuted to 7 years transportation. [Tipperary Free Press 8 August 1827] Transported on the 'Borodino', which arrived Port Jackson in July 1828. According to his convict indent he was a ploughman, 25, Roman Catholic, could read and write, single, 5 ft 6 3/4in, ruddy and freckled, red to sandy hair, light hazel eyes, tattoos DM left arm and a crucifix IHS on right arm. He was assigned to Arthur Hart of Concord, where he was in the 1828 census as a servant. Certificate of Freedom 20 Oct 1834 Marriage 1843 Melbourne to Julia Ryan, and according to his record at Dunwich Benevolent Asylum, had children - Anne (1843), Mary (1845), Timothy (1852), Margaret (1853) and '3 girls dead'. Admitted to Dunwich Benevolent Asylum 29 Dec 1881, age 79, due to Senile Debility The Asylum record has the information: Labourer, born Queens County, son of Patrick Murphy, farmer and Anne Heale. Married at Melbourne, husband of Julia Ryan - 'wife believed to be living in Victoria' 'Came to Sydney ship "Borodino" in 1828. Have been off and on in the Colony for many years. Was employed 14 years at Fassifern.' Date of death 15 Nov 1884 at Dunwich Benevolent Asylum, Dunwich, Redland City, Queensland. Buried 16 Nov 1884 The Dunwich Benevolent Asylum record is scanned at https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/180922934/denis-murphy