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Transportation
Sarah Kirtland was transported on the Morley, departing 17th May 1820 and arriving 30th Sep 1820 with 124 passengers.
The "Morley" was built on the Thames, England in 1811. Convicts were transported to New South Wales on the Morley in 1817, 1818, 1820, 1828 and 1829 and to Van Diemen's Land in 1820 and 1823. 1829 Voyage. 200 Male English Convicts. Commander; Harrison. Richard Lewis; Surgeon Superintendent arrived 2 Dec 1829. All convicts survived the voyage.
Morley (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/3, Page Number 328 |
| 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
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 16 February 2020), December 1819, trial of SARAH KIRTLAND (t18191201-98). SARAH KIRTLAND, Theft > pocketpicking, 1st December 1819. 97. SARAH KIRTLAND was indicted for stealing, on the 28th of October , one watch, value 30 s., and one key, value 2 d., the property of James Day , from his person . JAMES DAY . On the 28th of October, about a quarter after nine o'clock in the evening, I met the prisoner in Holborn with another woman, they accosted me, and asked for something to drink; I said No, for I was going to Aldgate. When I was in Brook-street they wanted me to go with them, I said I could not, and turned down a court to get out of their way. The prisoner took my watch out, and gave it to another woman. I held her - the people said, "Let her go!" She struck me with force; I still held her. The watchman came up, and I gave her in charge. As we went along she said if I did not keep off she would fetch me down. I did not intend to go any where with her. I was sober. THOMAS EDMUNDS . I am a watchman. I was in Brook-street, heard the cry in Fox-court , and saw the prosecutor, who had hold of the prisoner, and gave her in charge for robbing him of his watch and giving it to another girl. Prisoner's Defence. I saw a mob, and went to see what was the matter - the prosecutor was being ill-used by some men, I persuaded him to come away, and he gave me in charge. GUILTY . Aged 25. Transported for Seven Years . Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON13-1-2$init=CON13-1-2p56 and following pages. List of female convicts from Morely (3), Master, Brown, in 1820, who landed at Hobart, not Sydney. Sarah Kirtland, Convicted at Middlesex G.D., 1 Dec 1819, 7 years.
Hobart Town Gazette, 4 Mar 1825 Absconded prisoners Sarah Kertland, wife of Robert Rawley, 24, 5 ft. 3 in. brown hair, brown eyes, 25 years of age, tried in Middlesex, December 1819, sentence 7 years, arrived in the Colony per Morley 1820, native place, London, absconded Feb. 17, 1825, from the service of Dr. Desailly, Jericho.—£2 Reward.