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Transportation
Edmond Power was transported on the Surrey Or Surry, departing 14th Jul 1816 and arriving 20th Dec 1816 with 150 passengers.
Built at Harwich in 1811 a square-rigged transport ship of 443 tons and copper lined she had two decks with a height between decks of 5 ft. 8 ins. In 1818, she had a major refit increasing the decks (and convict carrying capacity) to three. She was owned by the London firm of F. & C.F. Mangles.
Surrey Or Surry (generic)References
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Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Edmond Power, age on arrival, 23, per Surrey I (2) (1816), Tried Tipperary Co., 1816, 7 years. DOB, 1783, Native place, Tipperary, Labourer ploughman. Remarks: Removed to VDL for house-breaking in 1824. Escaped from VDL to Bombay, India in 1828. Retransported per Flora (1829). --------------------------------------------------- Colonial Secretary Index. POWER, Edmund or Edward. Per "Surrey", 1816. 1816 Dec 26 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Surrey" and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.410) 1823 Jan 22 On list of persons who obtained certificates of freedom during the last week (Reel 6039; 4/424 p.123) 1824 Jun 30 Sentenced to death. On return of prisoners tried before the Supreme Court of New South Wales (Fiche 3298; X727 p.1) 1824 Aug 19 Re commutation of his death sentence to transportation to a penal settlement (Reel 6017, 4/5782 p.97; Reel 6013, 4/3512 p.226) 1825 Jan 22 Request for a conditional pardon (Reel 6063; 4/1784 p.263) 1825 Feb-Mar Re commutation of his sentence (Reel 6017; 4/5782 pp.236-7, 273) 1825 Mar 29 Re corrected conditional pardon (Reel 6014; 4/3513 p.699) 1825 Jun 17 Re passage to Hobart (Reel 6014; 4/3514 p.510) 1825 Jun 29 Re employment by the Crown (Reel 6019; 4/3522 p.152) 1825 Jun 29 Prisoner in Sydney Gaol. To proceed to Hobart per "Elizabeth" (Reel 6014; 4/3514 p.555) 1825 Oct 13 Re convict career of (Reel 6019; 4/3522 p.182) -------------------------------------------------- CRIMINAL COURT. SYDNEY, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1824. Timothy Connor, David Fitzgerald, and Edward Power, were indicted for a burglary, in April last, in the dwelling-house of John Neald, settler at the South Creek, and putting the inmates in bodily fear. It was clearly proved that the prisoners entered the house about midnight ; that they surprised Mrs. Neald, the wife of the prosecutor, a government servant, and a boy about ten years old. One of the robbers was armed with a pistol. They used violence to the servant ; and threatened, in fact proceeded, to throw Mrs. Neald on the fire, in case she had not given them all the little cash that chanced to be in the house; and even after all was obtained that could be thus extracted, they still endeavoured to alarm her fears, till the poor woman exclaimed that she had no more money, and that she threw herself on the protection of God—then their violence ceased. Every article of apparel and bedding, with other sundries, was taken away. The three prisoners were positively identified as the burglars. Not having any thing material to offer in their defence, against all the prisoners a verdict of Guilty was returned. The Sydney Gazette, 8 July 1824. --------------------------------------------------