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Voyage
Transportation
Peter Roberts was transported on the Elizabeth, departing 11th Aug 1820 and arriving 31st Dec 1820 with 173 passengers.
1828 - Elizabeth arrived from Ireland with Female Irish Convicts. Total No Embarked; 194. Drowned on voyage; 1 Died on Board; 1. Total mustered 192 on arrival at Sydney Cove 12 January 1828. 16 Children on Board Walter Cock - Commander Joseph H Hughes - Surgeon Superintendent.
Elizabeth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 366 |
| 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
Supreme Criminal Court, Monday, February 27th. Charles Patient, Peter Roberts, Duncan McCallum, William Morrison, William Corbett, John Clark and Thomas Bennett, as accessory after the fact, were indicted under the statute of the 3rd of William and Mary, for a robbery in the house of Mr. William Hayes, at South Creek, in the district of Melville, and putting the inmates in bodily fear, on the 26th. day of January last. the property carried off consisted of two notes for 100 dollars each, some smaller notes and spanish dollars, a silver watch, various articles of jewellery, a silver soup ladle and some silver tea spoons, a chest of tea, a cask of tobacco, 24 blankets, 12 pairs of sheets, a number of books, some firearms and a quantity of wearing apparel to a considerable amount., &c. ... For full report of case, follow link, sydney Gazette, 4 March 1826: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/2185354?searchTerm=Charles PAtient
7 March 1826 – Hanged at Sydney for robbery at South Creek
Above news report in Lancaster Gazette, 1 April 1820.
Lancaster Assizes The following prisoners have been tried since our last : ...Robert Jones, 15, George Carnes, 15, Thomas Thompson, 10, Peter Roberts, 17, John Jones, 11, John Burrowes, 19, John Murphy, 14, Eliza Adams, 18, Mary Tittle, 20, and Susannah Mil legan, 17, for a burglary in the house of Richd. Williams, at Liverpool. —Roberts, Guilty, the others Acquitted.