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Elizabeth Ricketts was transported on the Lady Shore, departing 31st Jan 1797 and arriving 28th Aug 1797 with 69 passengers.
1797 - August. Mutiny on board. Did not arrive in Australia. Fate of the Female Prisoners There were sixty-four young female convicts on board, and when they arrived at Monte Vido, it not being customary for Europeans to do any work, they were taken under the care of the female inhabitants who provided them with Spanish dresses, and made them their companions. some of the women conducted themselves with a deal of propriety and are married and settled there - some to the inhabitants and some to American Captains. Several of them behaved in a very loose and disorderly manner, and were in consequence taken into custody, and carried before the Governor who committed them to prison at Buenos Ayres where they reformed and agreed to profess the Roman Catholic Religion [5] https://www.freesettlerorfelon.com/convict_ship_lady_shore_1797.htm
Lady Shore (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 220 |
| 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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Old Bailey Online ELIZABETH RICKETTS. Theft; theft from a specified place. 14th September 1796 Text type Trial account Defendants ELIZABETH RICKETTS Offences Theft > Theft from place Session Date 14th September 1796 Reference Number t17960914-107 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 564. ELIZABETH RICKETTS was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 1st of September , two linen sheets, value 1s. two woollen blankets, value 1s. a flat iron, value 6d. and an iron key, value 1d. the property of Margaret Smith , widow , in a lodging room, in her dwelling-house, let by contract by her, to John, the husband of the prisoner, and to be used by both of them, in the lodging aforesaid . MARGARET SMITH sworn. I live in King's head-court, Beech-street . Q. Are you a married woman? - A. Yes; I was a widow when this happened; I let a lodging to the prisoner. Q. Has she a husband? - A. I don't know; she told me they had not lived together for some months; she said, she was keeping a house for some gentleman that was in the country. Peckham-fair was on Monday, and she left her lodgings on the Wednesday; I let the lodgings furnished; she was to give me three shillings a week; she went away on the Wednesday, and took the sheets, blankets, a flat iron, and the key of the street-door. Q. What is your name now? - A. Edwards; she owes me one week's rent; a lad and I took her in Fetter-lane. RICHARD ELDIN sworn. I am a constable, I took the prisoner in custody; I went with the duplicates I received from the prosecutrix, to the pawnbrokers; the prisoner told me she had delivered them to her; I went first to Mrs. Moore, and the delivered me a sheet without any trouble; and Mr. Johnson delivered me a sheet without any trouble; I went to another place and found a blanket, and he was frightened, and gave me; and then I went to Mr. Berry, and he delivered up this iron. Prosecutrix. I had the duplicates from the prisoner; she sold one of the blankets, and would not tell where she sold it; this is one of them, and these are my sheets, and this is my iron. WILLIAM SMITH sworn. I am fourteen years old; I was seeking the prisoner along while, I found her in Fetter-lane; I took her, and brought her into the city, and delivered her to Mr. Elden, the officer; she had the duplicates in her pocket, and she pulted them out, and asked me to read them; one was a sheet, and another a sheet, and the other a flat iron; she had sold one blanket, and pawned the other, and had no duplicate with it. Prisoner's defence. I only left her lodgings one night, because it was a rainy night; I went to work one day in Fetter-lane, she came and dragged me away from there, and used me very ill; I did not mean to run away from her lodgings. GUILTY . (Aged 21.) Transported for seven years . Tried by the London Jury, before Mr. COMMON SERJEANT.
UK Criminal Registers - Criminal Entry Records. Ship; Lady Shore No; 18 Trial; 14 September 1796 Age; 21 years old. [born abt. 1776] Place of Transportation; Beyond the Seas.