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Sarah Collins was transported on the Janus, departing 23rd Oct 1819 and arriving 3rd May 1820 with 109 passengers.
Rig Type: S. Built: New York 1810 Size (tons): 308 The Janus was also a whaling ship. 1819/20 voyage: Female convicted women embarked in England and then in Cork, Ireland. One Rebecca Connolly embarked at Cork but due to ill health was returned to Depot. Sailed on 19 Dec 1819. Arrived at Port Jackson, NSW 3 May 1820. On 20th May, 68 of the women was boarded on the Princess Charlotte bound for Van Diemen's Land, to Port Dalrymple and Hobart. A formal enquiry was held as to the treatment of the women by the Captain and his crew. Note: Not all of the women from Ireland have been included yet on this Register. Currently being updated. Two of the Women convicts, Mary Long, and Lydia Elsden claimed to be in a pregnant condition on arrival. Mary Long claimed the Captain, thomas Mowat, was the father of her child, and Lydia Elsden claimed the Chief Officer, John Hedges, was the father of her child, to which they both swore before the Magistrate.
Janus (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 242 |
| 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
New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary’s Papers, 1788-1856 Copies of Letters Sent Within The Colony, 1814-1827 18/5/1820 On a list of 43 convicts transferred per ship Princess charlotte to VDL Hobart states 32 in this corrospondence
Old Bailey Online (DoB from here) 519. SARAH COLLINS was indicted for stealing, on the 15th of March , one watch, value 1 l.; one ribbon, value 1 d., and one seal, value 6 d., the goods of James Adlard , from his person . JAMES ADLARD. I am a tailor , and live at Pimlico. On the 15th of March, about eleven o'clock at night, I turned out of Pall-Mall , to go into the Park , in my way home. Three men came along, who appeared in a bustle; I made way for them - they just brushed me. At that time the prisoner caught hold of my right arm, and asked me to go with her? I said, "No - I have no money, it is money you want, and not me;" she said I had got a trifle. By this time we had got through the narrow entrance, by the chapel, she let go my arm, as I thought to leave me, and then snatched my watch, and ran off to the men, as hard as she could; I followed her, she was stopped by a guard. I saw the men push her,; my watch was not found, but I am certain she snatched it. I never lost sight of her. Prisoner's Defence. He wanted me to go with him, I refused, and he called Stop thief! GUILTY . Aged 21. Transported for Life . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.