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Personal Information
Transportation
Sarah Riordan was transported on the Diana, departing 4th Dec 1832 and arriving 25th May 1833 with 100 passengers.
Diana (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 483 (244) |
| 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
There are two cases where people called Sarah Riordan are sentenced to seven years transportation. The one with alias Sarah Chapman has a petition file HO 17/51/34 in the UK National Archives. It does not change her sentence but says she is 40 years old has 5 children and is in poor health. The other case is convicted of stealing from employer https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18320906-51 She was age 30 when convicted and does not have any petition against sentence.
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 22 March 2022), September 1832, trial of SARAH RIORDAN, alias CHAPMAN (t18320906-109). SARAH RIORDAN, Theft > stealing from master, 6th September 1832. 1835. SARAH RIORDAN, alias CHAPMAN ; was indicted for stealing, on the 25th of June , 3 handkerchiefs, value 5s.; 2 napkins, value 2s.; 5 pillow-cases, value 3s.; 7 towels, value 6s.; 2 aprons, value 1s. 6d.; 1 cravat, value 1s.; 2 table-cloths, value 10s.; 2 books, value 1s.; 7 wine glasses, value 5s.; 2 tumblers, value 1s. 6d.; 1 goblet, value 1s.; 1 salt-seller, value 1s.; 3 d'Oyleys, value 1s., and 1 snuffer-tray, value 1s., the goods of George Gray , her master . GEORGE GRAY. I am a pawnbroker , and live in Fleet-street . The prisoner was in my service for six months, as cook ; these articles were my private property, I did not miss them - about a fortnight after she left, she was brought to me by a Policeman, who produced these articles, which were in my possession when she was at my house; she had eleven or twelve guineas a-year: I paid her wages before she left, which was on the 26th of June. THOMAS HENRY THOMPSON . I am a Policeman. I apprehended the prisoner on the 5th of July, on another charge (see page 744); I found the articles stated in the indictment in her box, except a few napkins which I found in a pan, in the back yard of the place where she lived - she said the linen was given to her and her sister, by her uncle or grandfather.(Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. The things are my own, many of them - I have been robbed a great deal by the Policeman. MR. GRAY. All the linen except a towel has my mark on it; some are marked with initials, and some with my name at full length. GUILTY . Aged 30. - Transported for Seven Years .