Summary
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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Robert Lovelock was transported on the Andromeda, departing 13th Nov 1832 and arriving 11th Mar 1833 with 189 passengers.
Also, same day, from Cork, whence she sailed May 25th, the ship Andromeda, 401 tons, Benjamin Gales master, with 173 female prisoners; Henry Kelsawl, Esq., Surgeon-superintendant. Passengers — Fourteen free females, viz. Mary Manning, Martha Morron, Margaret Mahon, Margaret Sheedy, Mary Ann Nixon alias Welsh, Catherine Kiernan, Mary Cassock, Catherine Stanton, Johanna Neville, Mary Lyons alias Hynes, Maria Moran, Catherine O'Donnel, Margaret Kennedy, and Mary Sullivan, and twenty-six children; also twenty-three children belonging to the prisoners. Sydney Monitor, 20 Sept 1834.
Andromeda (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/8, Page Number 458 |
| 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
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/51/12. Date. 1832. Prisoner name: Robert Lovelock. Prisoner age: 17. Court and date of trial: Surrey Summer Assizes, Guildford, August 1832. Crime: Stealing cotton. Initial sentence: Transportation for Life. Gaoler's report: Character Bad, convicted before. Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Petitioner(s): Stephen and Elizabeth Lovelock, Parents supported by 15 others including former employers of the prisoner. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): In an unguarded moment, the prisoner yielded to the enticement of two young abandoned characters to steal a few yards of cloth from the shop of Mr Kerry, a linen draper. His father had been unable to guide him due to a bodily affliction.