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Transportation
Alexander Rennie was transported on the Larkins, departing 11th Jun 1831 and arriving 19th Oct 1831 with 279 passengers.
1829 Voyage - Ship; Larkins, Captain Campbell, from Cork the 10th August, with 195 male prisoners. A Surgeon Superintendent, P. Sprout, Esquire. Arrived; 22 December 1829. Recapitulation; Mustered; 196. Died on Voyage; 3. Disembarked; 1. Total; 200
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 127 (66) |
| 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
1836, 13 December: As an invalid in hospital, he was charged with stealing a handkerchief and 2 waistcoats from David Davis -- present sentence of transportation to be extended by 1 year (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-37$init=CON31-1-37p74). 1839, April 23: He was "returned to the government, his master not requiring him" (see Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899; Register; Alphabetical convict conduct registers - Northern Tasmania Q to Y, 1822-1844). --00-- 1839, 2 November: Alexander Rennie died on this date, according to an entry in the 1841 Muster of (see New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849; Tasmania List of convicts (incomplete) 1841)). No other details are given on this document. 1839, 4 November: He was buried at Campbell Town, convict No.733 per Larkins, aged 28, following his death at Campbell Town Hospital (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/RGD34-1-2p013j2k). --0-- 1841, 2 March: He was on a list of prisoners eligible for a Certificate of Freedom (see The Courier, p2).
1833, February: From this time, various entries on his Conduct Record list punishments for disobedience, insolence and absconding, including flogging, hard labour and extensions to his original sentence of 12 months at a time (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-37$init=CON31-1-37p74). 1833, 2 August: On a list of convicts who "absconded and [had been] apprehended" (see Hobart Town Courier, p2). 1834, 25 August: While on the No.2 Chain Gang, he was charged for disorderly conduct in church and was to be removed to the Bridgewater Chain Gang. [Note: Bridgewater Convict Station, 1828-1849, was the location of the largest convict chain gang on the Main Road between Hobart and Launceston. Its importance was enhanced by the scale of the works undertaken and their importance in the development of the colony -- see "On the convict trail" at http://ontheconvicttrail.blogspot.com/.] 1835, 15 September: He had his original sentence extended by 12 months for absconding. 1835, 16 October: Alexander Rennie was sentenced to 6 months' hard labour for absconding (see The Tasmanian, p8).
1831: On arrival in VDL, Alexander Rennie was single. He said he had been transported for stealing half a cheese, and that he had been in Bridewell prison (in London) on three occasions -- for 30 and 60 days and 6 months (see https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-37$init=CON31-1-37p74). 1832: Muster - Alexander Rennie, convict #733, was assigned to Mr T Nowland (see New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849). 1833: On a register of assigned convicts, he was listed as 22 years old and a farmer's boy from Misselbow. [These details are at odds with his Edinburgh court records.] He was 5'6½" tall, with a brown and slightly pock-pitted complexion, brown hair, light grey eyes and long thin arms (see Tasmania, Australia, Convict Court and Selected Records, 1800-1899; Register; Alphabetical register of the appropriation of convicts in the North, 1833-1835).
1831: Precognition against Alexander Rennie, Robert Cavanagh and Hugh Douglas for the crime of theft, habit and repute at Edinburgh. Accused: Alexander Rennie, Age: 19, shoemaker, Address: West Campbell’s Close, Cowgate, Edinburgh Accused: Robert Cavanagh, son of Terence Cavanah, porter, Age: 11, Address: Skinner’s Close, High Street, Edinburgh, Origin: Born in England. Accused: Hugh Douglas, Age: 12, chimney sweep, Address: High Street, Edinburgh, Origin: Born in Glasgow. Victims: Andrew Hargrive, Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh; Agnes Mutch, Cowgate, Edinburgh; William McLeod, Heriot Place; Laurie and Son, Chalmers Close, Edinburgh; and Robert Blackie, Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh (see National Records of Scotland; Reference AD14/31/461). —0— 1831, 29 March: Trial papers relating to Robert Cavanagh, Hugh Douglas and Alexander Rennie for the crime of theft, habit and repute at Edinburgh. Tried at High Court, Edinburgh. Accused: Robert Cavanagh, son of Terence Cavanagh, porter, Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty in terms of own confession, Sentence: Transportation - 7 years Previous convictions: theft. Accused: Hugh Douglas, Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty in terms of own confession, Sentence: Transportation - 7 years Previous convictions: theft. Accused: Alexander Rennie, Verdict: Guilty, Verdict Comments: Guilty in terms of own confession, Sentence: Transportation - 7 years Previous convictions: theft (see National Records of Scotland; Reference JC26/1831/276). --00-- 1831, 15 April: Alexander Rennie, 18, and convicted for theft, was received aboard the Retribution hulk at Woolwich. He was sent from there for transportation on 6 June (see UK, Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books, 1802-1849). --0--