Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
James Nicholson was transported on the Cambridge, departing 2nd Jun 1827 and arriving 17th Sep 1827 with 71 passengers.
Departed Dublin 2/6/1827 Arrived Port Jackson 17/9/1827
Cambridge (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
DUNDALK ASSIZES. There never has appeared little on the Calendar of this County. There were very few records for trial, and even those were not tried, having been delivered too late to the Sheriff. The following were the principal convictions, and the trials contained very little interesting matter. ... James Nicholson and Henry Magill, for breaking into the house of Patrick Hamill near Dundalk ; sentence, 7 years transportation. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 15 July 1826.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. James Nicholson, age on arrival, 31, per Cambridge (1827) Tried at Dundalk Louth Co. 1826, 7 years for Robbery house. DOB, 1796, Native place, Louth. Married, 2 children. Catholic. Trade, Herdsman. Colonial sentence.