Mary Poole

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 8th November 2020

1820 - 3 Apr - Re permission to marry at Parramatta William Wybrow. Free & Mary Ann Poole, Prisoner per ship "Lord Wellington" New South Wales, Australia, St. John's Parramatta, Marriages, No; 716. Witness; Joseph Jones & Mary Ann Madden Name: William Wybrow. Gender: Male Marriage Date: 24 Apr 1820 Marriage Place: Parramatta, Cumberland, New South Wales, Australia Spouse: Mary Ann Poole. Spouse Age: 18 Australia Marriage Index. Name: William Wybrow. Spouse Name: Mary A Poole Registration Place: Parramatta, New South Wales Registration Year: 1820. Volume Number: V B ------------------- 1824 - On list of constables doing duty in Sydney and its environs requiring slop clothing Comments: Per "Ganges", 1797 ------------------- New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, Special Bundles, Wm. Wybrow. 6/8 Wife 2/6 2 children 2/6 = 11/8 ----------------- 1825 - General Muster. Convict. WIFE of Wybrow Constable. ----------------- 1826 . New South Wales, Australia, Certificates of Freedom, 165/5135 Name: Mary Poole Age: 23. Birth Year: abt 1803 Native Place: London Certificate Date: 30 Mar 1826 Native Place; London Calling; Servant Offence; No details Date of Trial: 29th Mar 1819. Sentence; 7 years Height; 5 ft. 1 inch Complexion; Fair ruddy Hair; Brown Eyes; Blue Noted against name; See certificate no 35/689 Dated 10 Jun 1835 ---------------- 1835 - 10 Jan. Certificate of Freedom Offence; Receiving stolen property. Sydney. Sup. Court --------------- 1835 - New South Wales, Australia, Convict Savings Bank Books, Name: Mare Poole [Wybrow Poole] Vessel Name: Lord Wellington. Roll: RHAUS1824_125684 7 shillings and 7 pence. to cash per Col Sec Letter 35/326. 7/7

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Maureen Withey on 26th December 2019

Mary Poole was sent to Moreton Bay penal settlement following a Colonial sentence. Mary Poole now Wybrow, Ld Wellinton, Surry Q.S. 29 Mar 1819, 7 yrs, trade, servant. Colonial sentence: Crim. Court, Sydney, 7 May 1828, for Robbery, sentence, 7 years. To Sydney, 18 May 1835. Mary Wybrow, age 26, 5 ft 0 ¾ in; fair comp, brown hair, blue eyes, Religion- E. Criminal court, Monday. Charles Hyland and Mary Ann Wybrow, were indicted for receiving stolen property. It appeared upon the evidence of several witnesses, that the dwelling of a person named Loader, in Sydney, was broken into recently, and a quantity of wearing apparel stolen thereout, amongst which was a pair of blue cloth trowsers, made up by Loader himself, and a shawl of a remarkably rare pattern, belonging to his wife. One Thursday, on going through the market, Loader discovered some of the said property exposed for sale, at the stall of a person named Pollard, who upon questions being put to him pointed out the female prisoner, as the person of whom he had bought the articles. The women, upon being applied to, owned that she had sold these articles, being, as she affirmed at the time, her lawful property. Her dwelling was searched, but without any further matters to criminate the woman being found there. The only evidence against the other prisoner was, that on the constables entering the female prisoner's, dwelling, for the purpose of searching it, he had brandished the knife with which he was cutting up his dinner, and threatened to run it through the body of any constable who should. dare to enter the house without a warrant. Such being the facts sworn to by Loader, the female prisoner endeavoured to account for having the property, described as stolen, in possession, by saying, that she bought it of a man who came to her and said he would sell the articles cheap, as he was in want of money to pay his rent; that this was in the presence of several persons, whose names she had now quite forgotten. The man she knew only by sight, not by name. One of the Jury put it to the female prisoner, if when she bought the pair of trowsers, she meant to have worn them herself. The woman seemed puzzled, to reply to this, and said nothing further in defence; upon which, the learned Judge charged the Jury, that there was no evidence whatever to criminate the prisoner Hyland; but, as for the woman, there appeared to be a strong case made out against her. Verdict. — Hyland not guilty, Wybrow guilty. The former was discharged by proclamation; the latter the Court remanded for judgment. The Australian, Wed 7 May 1828. Criminal court, Wednesday. Mary Ann Wybrow, convicted of receiving stolen property, was next brought up for judgement, and received sentence of seven years transportation. The Australian, 9 May 1828.