Rose O'hara

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 23rd August 2021

Sydney, Australia, Anglican Parish Registers, St John's Parramatta. Year 1826 No; 71 Name; Rose O'Hara Abode; Parramatta When Buried; 1826, 6 Nov Age; 30 Ships Name; Maria Quality or profession; Convict By whom the Ceremony was performed; Samuel Marsden

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 25th July 2020

New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 List of female convicts from the transport Maria and forwarded to Parramatta Sent to the Factory - ----------------------------------------- Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 25 July 2020), January 1818, trial of ROSE O'HARA MARGARET HUMPHREYS HANNAH BRIANT (t18180114-109). ROSE O'HARA, MARGARET HUMPHREYS, HANNAH BRIANT, Violent Theft > highway robbery, 14th January 1818. 275. ROSE O'HARA , MARGARET HUMPHREYS , and HANNAH BRIANT were indicted for feloniously assaulting James Redman , on the 14th of December , at St-Paul's, Shadwell, putting him in fear, and taking from his person, and against his will, 15s. in monies numbered , his property. JAMES REDMAN . I am a carpenter , and live at Cottage-place, Poplar. On the 14th of December, about seven o'clock in the morning, I went to the Ship and Shears, public-house, at Shadwell ; the prisoner, O'Hara, was there, and asked me several times to go home to breakfast with her - She lived opposite the Ship and Shears. I went home with her, but saw no preparation for breakfast; it was between eight and nine o'clock. I had been at the Ship and Shears sometime. She asked me to go up stairs with her daughter, who is the prisoner Briant; I went up, and, not liking the appearance of the place, I wanted to go down, when she struck me several times in the face with her fist. O'Hara came up, and struck me across the breast, and held me while Briant took some halfpence out of my waistcoat pocket. I went down stairs, they followed me-O'Hara demanded 2s. for the use of the room, which I gave her. Briant struck me several times again - I went towards the door, which I found fast. O'Hara, Briant, and Humphreys (whom I had not seen before), came to the street-door, and knocked me down-O'Hara put her knee on my breast, and held me down-Humphries held me also, while Briant took my silver out of my trowsers pocket. I called out murder several times, when she put her apron into my mouth to stop my breath; a great many people came about the door and windows - A young man came up, and called through the window to them; they rose from me-the young man said he would fetch an officer-an officer was brought, and they were taken to Shadwell-office. This was on the ground-floor-the window is close to the door. Q. Why did you not call out when you was up stairs - A. I did, but nobody came to my assistance till I got down. I was not in liquor - I lost 15s; WILLIAM HENRY STEVENS. I am a butcher. I was cleaning my horse in Elbow-lane, and heard a man crying out; being used to hear disturbances at Mrs. O'Hara's house, I did not notice it particularly. After some time, hearing him again, I went to the door, and found it fast; I went to the window, looked through a broken pane of glass, and saw the prosecutor in the act of getting up from the floor, with his mouth bleeding in a very violent manner-his pockets were turned inside out, and his money laying on the floor. I saw the prisoners, Briant and Humphreys, take it off the floor, and carry it to the fire-place, where O'Hara was sitting. O'Hara turned her head, and saw me overlooking her; she gave the other two to understand that somebody was overlooking them, and then they stood still as if nothing had happened. I told them they ought to be ashamed of themselves to treat a man in that way, as not to be satisfied with robbing him, but wanted to murder him. They denied what I accused them of, and used very bad language. I went to Shadwell-office, and got Brown - We went into the house; it is in Elbow-lane, opposite the Ship and Shears. Prisoner O'HARA. Q. Was I drunk or sober - A. Sober, and so was the prosecutor. All the prisoners lived in the house. THOMAS BROWN . I am an officer. I was sent for, andtook the prisoners in charge. Briant denied taking the money; when I was going to search her she gave me 7s. 6d., which she said she picked off the floor. O'Hara was not drunk, she had been drinking-the prosecutor was perfectly sober; his mouth was cut, and bled much - He was crying; the flap of his trowsers and pockets were torn off. I found 10d. in copper on O'Hara, but nothing on Humphreys. I afterwards learned that O'Hara was spending money for liquor, and went to the watch-house to her, and found 2s. 7d. on her. There were two 3s. pieces among the money which Briant gave me; the prosecutor said there were two 3s. pieces among his money. O'HARA'S Defence. The prosecutor came to my house between eleven and twelve o'clock. Humphreys was sitting in a chair - He behaved very rude to her, and made a great noise, which brought Briant down from bed. I told him to go home - He pulled out two 3s. pieces, a 1s., and a 6d., saying he had money, and he would stop. He struck Briant, she got up and struck him - He fell on the floor, and called out murder-the two women picked the money up, and gave it to him - He would not take it, saying there was more, and pulled his pockets out. He laid the money on the table till the officer came - I never touched it. HUMPHREYS'S Defence. It is as she has said. BRIANT'S Defence. The noise awoke me, I came down stairs - He laid hold of us, and asked us to go up stairs with him. I told him to go home, he struck us, and pushed us about - I pushed him, and he called out murder. He was not sober. WILLIAM HENRY STEVENS re-examined. The prisoners are not relations. O'HARA - GUILTY . - DEATH . Aged 38. HUMPHREYS - GUILTY . - DEATH . Aged 20. BRIANT - GUILTY . - DEATH . Aged 28. Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.