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Charles Rider was transported on the Mariner, departing 30th Apr 1816 and arriving 11th Oct 1816 with 147 passengers.
The 1825 Journey. The ship Mariner, Captain Fotherley, arrived from Ireland with female prisoners, on Sunday evening. She left the Cove of Cork, the 12th of March, and brings 112 female prisoners, having lost only one on the passage. A few passengers also came per this opportunity. Surgeon Superintendent Dr. Cochrane, R. N. Sydney Gazette, 14 July 1825.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/2, Page Number 258 |
| 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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1824 - 1 of 28 Convicts, who having effected their Escape form Port Macquarie. Forwarded on "Brig Woodlark' to Hobart Town. To serve the remainder of their Original or Colonial Sentence at Macquarie Harbour. No; 16. Name; Charles Rider alias Henry Ship Arrived by; Mariner Convicted; Bench. Launceston - 22 June 1820. Sentence to Port Macquarie. Remainder of Original Sentence Trade; Labourer Original Sentence; Middlesex G. D. -25 Oct 1815 - Life
THE SUPREME COURT, OF VAN DIEMEN'S LAND SATURDAY.—Jeremiah Ryan, James Bryan, Charles Ryder, and Henry McConnell were arraigned for burglariously entering the dwelling-house, of Anthony Geisse, situate at the Black Snake, on the 24th day of Angust last, and for stealing therein two blankets, a quantity of tea, sugar, meat, flour, and bread—a reading glass, a horse pistol, a pair of jean trowsers, and six shirts, then and there being the property of the said Anthony Geisse. Verdict—Guilty, The same prisoners were then arraigned for a burglary on the 25th of August, in the house of Samuel Pyers, near the Black Snake ; when Ryder, not being clearly identified, was acquitted, but Ryan, Bryan and McConnell found Guilty. They were afterwards tried for another burglary, on the same night, in the dwelling of Richard Pyers. Verdict—Guilty. After which, they were re-arraigned for the wilful murder of John Lowe, on the 15th of July, at Ballefield, in the County of Cornwall, and pleaded Not Guilty.—The circumstances attending this murder have already been fully illustrated in this Gazette, and it would therefore be useless for us to say more on the subject than that, as the Learned CHIEF JUSTICE observed, where many persons go to a place for the purpose of committing a felony, if one of them in prosecuting the common object kill a man, they are all guilty of murder; which verdict, after some deliberation, the Jury very properly returned. Hobart Town Gazette, 26 Nov 1824. EXECUTIONS This morning Henry McConnell, for bushranging and burglary ; James Bryan, Jeremiah Ryan, Charles Ryder, Musquito, a Sydney black, and Black Jack, a native of this Colony for murder, John Logan, for shooting with intent to murder Mr. Shoobridge and Peter Thackery, for stealing in a dwelling-house, and putting the owner in bodily fear, were executed according to their sentence—a sad example of the fate which sooner or later must overtake the enormities of which they had been convicted. On this occasion, for the first time, the Scaffold was erected within the Gaol walls, but in view of the town; and we should not be doing justice to the newly appointed Sheriff, if we failed to state that the whole of the melancholy arrangements reflected credit to his feelings, as an Officer and a Gentleman. The unhappy men on ascending the Platform, displayed a becoming humility, expressed their deep remorse, and, after singing an appropriate hymn, joined in most fervent and pathetic supplications to the throne of mercy. They then requested their clerical assistant, Mr. Bedford, to address, on their behalf, the assembled spectators, which he immediately did in words or to the effect following:— My dear Friends—It is the anxious wish of these our dying fellow sinners, that I should thus in public, acknowledge for them the justice of their condemnation, and that I should call upon you to repent, "for the kingdom of heaven is at hand." They implore you to take warning from their ignominious end; they entreat in this their last hour that you will turn from the error of your ways to the Lord your GOD, for he will have mercy. Yes, my brethren, these poor unhappy fellow-worms whose lives have become forfeited to the laws of violated justice and humanity, implore you all to shun the path that leads to death—to avoid bad company—to be industrious, sober, and slow to anger—to be obedient, honest, and religious. May their prayers be answered, may their fate be impressed with salutary force on your Recollection, and may you now successfully join me and them in cries to the Redeemer for their, pardon in another world." This address proved very affecting, and the hapless offenders after a short interval were launched into eternity. The whole of the officers in attendance were in deep mourning. Hobart Town Gazette, 25 Feb 1825.
Colonial Secretary Index RYDER, Charles. Per "Mariner", 1816. 1816 Oct 8 On list of convicts disembarked from the "Mariner" and forwarded to Parramatta for distribution; listed as Rider alias Henley (Reel 6005; 4/3495 p.204) 1820 Aug 14 On list of prisoners transported to Newcastle per "Elizabeth Henrietta"; listed as Ryder alias Henly (Reel 6007; 4/3502 p.198) 1821 Mar On monthly return of prisoners punished at Newcastle (Reel 6023; 4/1718 p.125) 1823 Feb 25 On list of convicts removed from Newcastle to Port Macquarie per "Mermaid" (Reel 6019; 4/3864 pp.392-3) 1824 Feb 5 On list of persons proposed to be sent to Hobart (Reel 6012; 4/3510 p.289) 1824 Feb 9, Mar 15 Convict runaway from Port Macquarie forwarded per "Woodlark" to Hobart to serve remainder of sentence at Macquarie Harbour; listed as Rider alias Henley (Reel 6019; 4/3522 pp.13, 15, 26-7)
Burials in the Parish of St David's Hobart Town in the County of Buckingham in the Year 1825 No; 942 Name; Charles Ryder When buried; 25 February 1825 Age; No details Ship’s Name; EXECUTED; Bushranger Quality or profession. Convict By Whom Ceremony was preformed; W Bedford
Old Bailey Proceedings Online October 1815, trial of CHARLES RYDER , alias HENLEY (t18151025-118). CHARLES RYDER, Theft > burglary, 25th October 1815. 1099. CHARLES RYDER , alias HENLEY , was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of John Spencer , at about half past seven o'clock in the evening of the 24th of September , with intent to steal . JOHN SPENCER . I live at 43, Brick-lane, Spitalfields , in the parish of Christ Church. I keep the house. I went out on the evening of the 24th, and returned between the hours of seven and eight, and saw a person standing at my door; I instantly collared him, and he gave me a great deal of resistance. By this time, the prisoner came out of the shop, and was passing between the door post and my knee, and I held him there, and let the other go; I had a child two years old in my arms, but held the prisoner until such time as the officer was sent for. My hall door is always open, for the accomodation of my lodgers. There is a wainscot divides the shop from the passage; this wainscot is all in one piece, and was secured by two spike nails; it was six feet long, and five feet high; the space between the top of it and the ceiling is filled up with shelves; no person could get over the top of it; one end of it locks into a piece of wood. This wainscot was forced in from the bottom, and by that means, part of the piece of wood into which it locks, was forced off. The prisoner was coming out upon his hands and knees where the wainscot was shoved in at the bottom. JAMES LOWE . Between the hours of seven and eight in the evening of the 24th, I was coming from Church street, Spitalfields; I heard a woman sing out, "the child." It was Mrs. Spencer. I saw a man run along, and when I got up to the door Mr. Spencer had hold of the prisoner by the collar. We then fastened him into the yard backwards until such time as the officer came. JOHN PARKER . I am an officer of the parish of Christ church, and took the prisoner into custody. Prisoner's Defence. I had taken a glass of liquor, and was standing with a young man I knew by the prosecutor's door, and he knocked my head against the wainscot, and shoved it in. GUILTY - DEATH , aged 17. [Recommended to mercy on account of his youth.] First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.
1826 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, Tasmania. 1826 No; 398 Name; Charles Ryder Ship arrived by; Mariner EXECUTED 25 Feb 1825 New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1822 Ship; Mariner. Sentence; Life Hobart Town Gazette and Van Diemen's Land Advertiser. Fri 25 Feb 1825. Page 2. Executions. James Bryan, Jeremiah Ryan, Charles Ryder, Musquito, a Sydney black, and Black Jack, a native of this Colony for murder, John Logan, for shooting with intent to murder Mr. Shoobridge and Peter Thackery, for stealing in a dwelling-house, and putting the owner in bodily fear, were executed according to their sentence-a sad..... https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1090567?searchTerm=charles ryder