Timothy Ragan

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Maureen Withey on 19th August 2024

Secretary’s Office, Sydney, 10 Sep 1814 The contagious and malignant disease which prevailed on board the Male convict ship Surry on her late passage hither from England, having been fatal to thirty-six of the convicts destined for this place, His Excellency the Governor deems it expedient that the names of the unfortunate sufferers shall be published in order that their friends shall be officially apprised of their Decease. List of thirty-six convicts, who died at sea, on board the ship Surry, on their voyage from England to New South Wales with the names of the Hulks from whence they have been embarked, and the dates on which they died. Signed J. J. Campbell, Secretary. Hulk Zealand. Timothy Ragan, d 23 June 1814.

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Maureen Withey on 19th August 2024

Trial at the Old Bailey, 30 Oct 1811. 869. TIMOTHY RAGAN and FRANCIS WILKS were indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 18th of October , one hundred and seventy-four yards of bed ticking, value 11 l. six pieces of cotton lace, value 3 l. 3 s. and a wrapper, value 2 s. the property of Robert Norris , and Thomas Norris And TWO OTHER COUNTS for like offence, only varying the manner of charging them. SAMUEL DANIEL. I live in Princes-street, Soho. The goods were consigned to me by Messrs. Norris; the date of the invoice is the 8th of October; they are bed ticking, one hundred and twenty-two yards of one quality, and fifty-two of another, making altogether one hundred and seventy-four yards, and six pieces of cotton-lace, and there was a wrapper; Thomas Norris and Robert Norris sent them to me. Q. Did you ever get them - A. No; I had an invoice, by which I expected such goods to come by Pickford the waggoner. JOHN WRIGHT. I am clerk to Messrs. Pickfords, their names are Thomas Pickford , Matthew Pickford , James Pickford , and Mathew Pickford . Q. Do you remember the arrival of these goods at Paddington - A. I do, they arrived on the 18th of last month by the canal, they were put into the warehouse. I am the clerk of the warehouse at Paddington. In about two hours afterwards they were delivered to Cowdall our carman; the truss was directed to Mr. Daniel, the truss was numbered, and the weight mark upon it, half a hundred and twelve pounds; I say it put in the cart and delivered to Cowdall; I afterwards saw it at the magistrates office on the same day; that was the same truss. JOHN COWDALL . Q. You are carman to Messrs. Pickford's - A. I am. On the 18th of October I received a truss out of their warehouse directed to Mr. Daniel, No. 572; it was put in my cart on the top of of the goods, on the off-side of the cart. When I was in Berner-street delivering goods I was obliged to leave the cart. Downe met me as I was coming out of a door, from his information I looked in the cart and saw Mr. Daniel's package was gone; I and Downe pursued Wilks and Ragan, we came up to them in Hollis-street, Wilks had the truss on his shoulder, I laid hold of him, asked him what he did with the truss and told him it was taken out of my cart; he said a man gave him a shilling to carry it for him; I told Downe to take Ragan. Q. Was Ragan a man at that time - A. I did not perceive it. Ragan said he did not know Wilks, he had never seen him before. I put the truss in a public-house, I knew it to be the same truss that I had in my cart. The prisoners were taken to Marlborough-street-office. JOSEPH DOWNE . I am a porter. On the 18th of October, in the afternoon, I was in Wardour-street, I saw the prisoner Ragan, he had a truss in his arms; I gave information to Cowdall; we pursued him into Holly-street, we there saw both the prisoners, Ragan was about five or six yards from Wilks, Wilks then had the truss on his shoulder; Cowdall took Wilks and the truss, Ragan ran away, he did not appear lame at that time, he ran near as fast as I did. They were both apprehended and taken to Marlborough-street office. BENJAMIN BLACKGROVE. I am carman of the Ealing-cart. On the 18th of October I was going along Oxford-street, I saw the cart from whence this truss was taken, it was standing at the corner of Berner-street; I saw the prisoner go across the street with the truss in his arms as fast as he could go; he was about six yards from the cart when I saw him first, in the direction towards Wardour-street; I saw him put the truss down on the pavement; he then spoke to Wilks, and when he spoke to Wilks he took it up again, and went as fast as he could down Wardour-street. I gave the alarm to Cowdall when he came out of the house. JAMES ALEXANDER . I am a constable. I received the package at the office; I have had it ever since. Wright. 572 is on it, and two quarters twelve pounds, it is the same package; there is lace and ticking in it. Ragan's Defence. It is no use going on any further. I am the man that took it out of the cart. That man is as innocent of the fact as a baby; I put it down twice, I was not able to carry it. Wilks' Defence. Being out of work I was walking up Oxford-street, the bale was then at the corner of a street, the man said, will you give me a lift up with this on my shoulder; I did; he said I wish I could get a man to carry it to Fleet-Market; I said; I am out of work, I will carry it, I had it on my shoulder and that man took it off. I never saw the other prisoner before. REGAN - GUILTY , aged 25. WILKS - GUILTY , aged 33. Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant.

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 8th May 2020

South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers, 1788-1856 Name: Timothy Ragan Event Date: 10 Sep 1814 Arrival year: 1814 Vessel: Surrey Event Description: On list of convicts who died at sea on board "Surry" Comments: Per "Surrey", 1814 Page: 535-6 Hulk; Zealand 23/06/1814