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Crime
Transportation
Charles O'niel was transported on the Henry, departing 31st Mar 1823 and arriving 26th Aug 1823 with 161 passengers.
Henry 1825. The ship Henry, Captain Ferrier, arrived at Hobart Town, on the 9th ult. with 79 female prisoners, all whom were landed with the exception of two. There were also on board 25 free women, and 33 children, who came out, at the expence of Government, to join their husbands and parents. Sydney Gazette, 3 Mar 1825.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/5, Page Number 18 |
| 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
Court of Justiciary. Monday, Charles O'Niel alias O’Nil, was placed at the bar, charged with uttering a number of forged five pound and guinea notes on the Renfrewshire Banking Company at Greenock, knowing the same to be forged. The prisoner pleaded guilty, and a Jury having been chosen, they unanimously found him Guilty in terms of his own confession. The Lord Advocate said he had felt considerable ill making up his mind to restrict the libel in this case, which was one of peculiar enormity ; but he had done so from the candid confession of the prisoner, and from other considerations. His Lordship wished it to be understood that this determination would not be a rule for any future occurrence, which would assuredly be visited by a capital punishment, at once to put an end to a practice so dangerous. Lord Hammond, after a very few remarks on the nature of the offence, proposed that the prisoner should be transported for the period period of his natural life. Lord P. remarked, that however the unfortunate situation of the prisoner was to be regretted the Court was bound to express its sense of the enormity of the crime, by passing the proposed sentence of transportation for life. The LORD Justice Credaw perfectly agreed with the observations of his learned brothers, and in the proposed sentence which, as guardians for the public, they were bound to enforce. By the law of England possession of forged notes subjected the party to transportation for fourteen years, in Scotland, which depended so much on its paper circulation, which was superior to that of any other country, there was a necessity to make the uttering of forged notes a capital punishment. Of late years the forgeries on the Bank of England had increased, while in Scotland they were comparatively of rare occurrence, from the superior execution of the genuine notes, and other circumstances, but which rendered it more imperative to inflict a severe punishment when it did occur. Caledonian Mercury, 6 Feb 1823.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Charles O’Niel, alias O’Neill, O’Nil, age on arrival, 27, per Henry (1), 1823. Tried Edinburgh Court of Justiciary, Scotland, 1823, Life. DOB, 1796, native place, Antrim Co., Trade, Labourer.
1823 - 2 Sep. Servant of Mr W B Wilkinson of Newcastle. Permitted to pass with cattle from Windsor to the County of Northumberland. Pass in force for 14 days 1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. 1825 Name; Charles O'Neil Age; No Details Class; Convict Vessel; Henry - 1823 Employment/Remarks; HOSPITAL SYDNEY