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Transportation
John Reardon was transported on the Sir William Bensley, departing 9th Oct 1816 and arriving 10th Mar 1817 with 201 passengers.
Sir William Bensley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 298 |
| 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
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 25 August 2020), April 1816, trial of JOHN REARDON, alias CORDON (t18160403-170). JOHN REARDON, Theft > pocketpicking, 3rd April 1816. 456. JOHN REARDON, alias CORDON , was indicted for stealing, on the 25th of March , a watch, value 3l. a key, value 4d. a ribbon, value 1d. a pocket book, value 6d. a brooch, value 14s. a ring, value 12s, a handkerchief, value 5s. a knife, value 1s. three three-shilling bank tokens, five shillings, ten penny pieces, sixteen halfpence, four two-pound bank notes, and six one-pound bank notes, the property of James Lane , from his person . JAMES LANE . The prisoner was in the same house with me. I had occasion to go backwards, and the prisoner followed me; and before I had buttoned my breeches up, he knocked me down; and the blow he gave me, took my breath away. He put his knee upon my breast; he then took my watch out of my pocket, and a ring from my finger, and a brooch from my breast, and the money from my pockets together with a smart ticket. I then made for the tap-room as quick as I could, and he tried to get in before me; and when I got to the tap-room door, he gave me a blow on the back of the neck, finding he could not get in before me, which knocked me down two steps into the tap-room, with my head against a settle. He then ran out, and it was a week after before he was taken up. I have seen my watch again, and that is all. ANN COLLIER. I saw them go out into the yard, and the prisoner in coming back, ran by me like a dart. JOSEPH FELLOWES. I am a pawnbroker, in Princes-street, Soho. I produce the watch which was pawned by the prisoner on the 29th of March. I advanced a guinea upon it; I am positive as to his person. GUILTY, aged 28. Transported for life . Second Middlesex jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant. ----------------------------------------------------- Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Reardon, alias Condon, Reardan, Age on arrival: 30. Calling/trade: Seaman. Born: 1787, Native place, Dublin. Tried: 1816, Middlesex Gaol Delivery, England, Sentence: Life. Ship: Sir William Bensley (1817). --------------------------------------------------