George Scarr

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 26th September 2021

New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Age; 25 Native Place; Middlesex Trade or calling; Shipwright & Labourer Height; 5 ft. 7 in Eyes; Hazel Hair; Brown Completion; Fair Ruddy 1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. 1825 Name; George Scarr Age; No Details Class; F. S. Vessel; Mariner - 1816 - 7 years Employment/Remarks; LEFT the Colony

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Maureen Withey on 29th July 2020

Tasmanian Conduct Record. https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-38$init=CON31-1-38p12 No 22. George Sear (or Scar) per Mariner & Kangaroo. Tried 1815, 7 years. Aug 19 1819. T.L. Burglary breaking & entering the D-house of E. Lord Esq. 100 L & 2 years G. Gang. Dec 8 1820. Disorderly in Gaol- one week on bread and water. Jan 24 1821. Neglect of duty. To labor the same hours as the G. gang for 14 days. Aug 31 1821. Absent from muster for church. Reprimanded. S.C. 20 Jan 1821- Not guilty. ------------------------------------------------------ Court of Criminal Jurisdiction. Saturday. Edward Shortland and George Scarr were indicted for privately stealing in the dwelling-house of Charles Hardman, a tailor, a quantity of cloth, valued £10, which be had for the purpose of making it up into wearing apparel for several persons, to whom it belonged.— George Scarr Acquitted; Edward Shortland found guilty, and sentenced to 7 years hard labour to Newcastle. Hobart Town Gazette, 27 Jan 1821.

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Maureen Withey on 29th July 2020

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 29 July 2020), September 1815, trial of GEORGE SCARR THOMAS SCARR (t18150913-56). GEORGE SCARR, THOMAS SCARR, Theft > grand larceny, Theft > receiving, 13th September 1815. 829. GEORGE SCARR was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 30th of July , one hundred and seventeen yards and a half of linen cloth, value 5 l. and ninety eight pounds weight of thread, value 10 l. the property of John Fenn ; and THOMAS SCARR for feloniously receiving on the same day the same goods, he knowing them to have been feloniously stolen . SECOND COUNT. Against GEORGE SCARR for stealing the linen cloth the property of Alexander Morrison , and the like thread, the property of Andrew Brooks . And THOMAS SCARR for receiving the before mentioned goods knowing them to be stolen. JOHN FENN . I am a Scotch Factor, and my premises are at 55, Lothbury . I left them at a quarter before eight o'clock on the evening of Saturday the 28th of July; the property was then all safe. I returned on Monday morning, at about half past ten; there are three locks to the outer door of my premises, a top one, a bottom one, and one in the middle. I usually unlocked the middle lock, but when I put in the key, I found it was not locked; I had locked it I am certain on the Saturday night. I could neither unlock the top nor the bottom locks, they were both spoiled. I suspected all was not right. I accordingly went to the back part of the premises, and perceived the doors which I had locked on the Saturday evening, were broken open. I got in, and on examining the goods, found twenty seven dozen pounds weight of thread, and one hundred and seventeen yards of linen gone. The whole of what was taken away was worth forty pounds, and what I got back, might be worth eighteen pounds. WILLIAM DRINKWATER . I am a City constable. On the 30th of July, at about a quarter before seven o'clock in the morning, I saw a chaise cart standing at the door of the Punch-bowl, just opposite Little Queen-street in Holborn. There was a man in it, and presently I saw George Scarr come out of the house which is his father's, and the man in the cart gave him a large black canvas bag which appeared to contain bundles of something and which he took into the Punch-bowl. On the Tuesday morning following, I accompained Salmon and Wilson, two other officers, with a search warrant at about six in the morning, to search the Punch-bowl, Old Scarr's house. Salmon told him, we came to search his house, and he said very well, and he would accompany us, and he would just go and call his wife, to mind the business. He went up stairs, we followed him close and met him just coming out of the room where his wife was in bed, with the same dark canvas bag in his arms which I had seen his son carry in on the Sunday morning. Salmon told him to put it down, which he did, and I was sent to call Davis, the clerk to the prosecutor, who was waiting outside; he came in immediately, and said the contents was his master's property. I searched the bedroom, and in a box, I found a quantity of linen,which Davis also said was his master's property. The father told me that a man named George Madden , brought the goods into the house, and his son carried them up stairs, as he did not choose to trust Madden up. He said, if we went to the public-house where they both slept, in Angel-alley, we should find them there. Soon after we went to that public-house, and George Scarr , was in the bar; we told him he must go into the tap-room, and sit down, which he did, and we asked the landlord's permission to search the house; he said, by all means, and we went into George's own room. The bed was not made, and only appeared to have been slept in by one person. In his box, I found this bunch of skeleton keys, and these bottles of phosphorus; I knew it was his box, for his shirts were in it, and when we were taking him away, he wanted a clean shirt out of that very box. We told him not to mind it then, as he could have it another time. He then went with us. WILLIAM SALMON . I am an officer, and was with the last witness, at the execution of the search warrant at Old Scarr's house and at the apprehension of George. Old Scarr behaved very civily. Wilson was with us. JOHN EDMOND WILSON . I am an officer. I was with the two last witnesses at Old Scarr's house, and afterwards in Angel alley, to get young Scarr. I searched a cupboard in the back room on the ground floor; Old Scarr was with me; before I opened it, he said there was nothing there belonging to this business, but said he would go and fetch the key to unlock it; I told him there was no necessity for that, and would not let him go; I took out a knife to open it, but found that it was not locked. In this cupboard, there was a piece of green baize, under which I found these three separate parcels of linen, each of them wrapped up in a silk handkerchief. I said to him, that this is what we were in search of. I next searched the bar, and there I found a pound of whitey-brown thread, and a remnant of linen. I then searched the cellar, but found nothing there. Here are all the things we found. THOMAS LAME . I live in Wood street, Cheapside, and on Sunday morning, being about to accompany a party of friends, upon an excursion of pleasure, I set out at about a quarter before six in the morning. As I passed the door of the prosecutor, I observed a one horse cart standing there with a man in it; presently, I saw two men bring a dark canvass bag, out of the house, and put it on the shafts of the cart, and the man in the cart took it in; presently a fourth man came, brought something and put it into the cart, and they then drove away with only one in it. I was taken to Newgate subsequently; and thought the prisoner George Scarr was one who assisted in bringing out the first parcel. WILLIAM DAVIS . I am clerk to the prosecutor, and identified these things to be his property, when they were first found, at Thomas Scarr 's. These things were consigned to his care, by Mr. Morrison, and Mr. Brooks, of Edinburgh. George Scarr 's Defence. I took those things to my father's house, and he knew nothing about them. They were found just where I left them. Thomas Scarr's Defence. I knew nothing of my son having deposited these things in my house. GEORGE SCARR , GUILTY . Transported for Seven Years . THOMAS SCARR , GUILTY . Transported for Fourteen Years . First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant.

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Maureen Withey on 29th July 2020

Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 29 July 2020), September 1815, trial of GEORGE SCARR THOMAS SCARR (t18150913-56). GEORGE SCARR, THOMAS SCARR, Theft > grand larceny, Theft > receiving, 13th September 1815. 829. GEORGE SCARR was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 30th of July , one hundred and seventeen yards and a half of linen cloth, value 5 l. and ninety eight pounds weight of thread, value 10 l. the property of John Fenn ; and THOMAS SCARR for feloniously receiving on the same day the same goods, he knowing them to have been feloniously stolen . SECOND COUNT. Against GEORGE SCARR for stealing the linen cloth the property of Alexander Morrison , and the like thread, the property of Andrew Brooks . And THOMAS SCARR for receiving the before mentioned goods knowing them to be stolen. JOHN FENN . I am a Scotch Factor, and my premises are at 55, Lothbury . I left them at a quarter before eight o'clock on the evening of Saturday the 28th of July; the property was then all safe. I returned on Monday morning, at about half past ten; there are three locks to the outer door of my premises, a top one, a bottom one, and one in the middle. I usually unlocked the middle lock, but when I put in the key, I found it was not locked; I had locked it I am certain on the Saturday night. I could neither unlock the top nor the bottom locks, they were both spoiled. I suspected all was not right. I accordingly went to the back part of the premises, and perceived the doors which I had locked on the Saturday evening, were broken open. I got in, and on examining the goods, found twenty seven dozen pounds weight of thread, and one hundred and seventeen yards of linen gone. The whole of what was taken away was worth forty pounds, and what I got back, might be worth eighteen pounds. WILLIAM DRINKWATER . I am a City constable. On the 30th of July, at about a quarter before seven o'clock in the morning, I saw a chaise cart standing at the door of the Punch-bowl, just opposite Little Queen-street in Holborn. There was a man in it, and presently I saw George Scarr come out of the house which is his father's, and the man in the cart gave him a large black canvas bag which appeared to contain bundles of something and which he took into the Punch-bowl. On the Tuesday morning following, I accompained Salmon and Wilson, two other officers, with a search warrant at about six in the morning, to search the Punch-bowl, Old Scarr's house. Salmon told him, we came to search his house, and he said very well, and he would accompany us, and he would just go and call his wife, to mind the business. He went up stairs, we followed him close and met him just coming out of the room where his wife was in bed, with the same dark canvas bag in his arms which I had seen his son carry in on the Sunday morning. Salmon told him to put it down, which he did, and I was sent to call Davis, the clerk to the prosecutor, who was waiting outside; he came in immediately, and said the contents was his master's property. I searched the bedroom, and in a box, I found a quantity of linen,which Davis also said was his master's property. The father told me that a man named George Madden , brought the goods into the house, and his son carried them up stairs, as he did not choose to trust Madden up. He said, if we went to the public-house where they both slept, in Angel-alley, we should find them there. Soon after we went to that public-house, and George Scarr , was in the bar; we told him he must go into the tap-room, and sit down, which he did, and we asked the landlord's permission to search the house; he said, by all means, and we went into George's own room. The bed was not made, and only appeared to have been slept in by one person. In his box, I found this bunch of skeleton keys, and these bottles of phosphorus; I knew it was his box, for his shirts were in it, and when we were taking him away, he wanted a clean shirt out of that very box. We told him not to mind it then, as he could have it another time. He then went with us. WILLIAM SALMON . I am an officer, and was with the last witness, at the execution of the search warrant at Old Scarr's house and at the apprehension of George. Old Scarr behaved very civily. Wilson was with us. JOHN EDMOND WILSON . I am an officer. I was with the two last witnesses at Old Scarr's house, and afterwards in Angel alley, to get young Scarr. I searched a cupboard in the back room on the ground floor; Old Scarr was with me; before I opened it, he said there was nothing there belonging to this business, but said he would go and fetch the key to unlock it; I told him there was no necessity for that, and would not let him go; I took out a knife to open it, but found that it was not locked. In this cupboard, there was a piece of green baize, under which I found these three separate parcels of linen, each of them wrapped up in a silk handkerchief. I said to him, that this is what we were in search of. I next searched the bar, and there I found a pound of whitey-brown thread, and a remnant of linen. I then searched the cellar, but found nothing there. Here are all the things we found. THOMAS LAME . I live in Wood street, Cheapside, and on Sunday morning, being about to accompany a party of friends, upon an excursion of pleasure, I set out at about a quarter before six in the morning. As I passed the door of the prosecutor, I observed a one horse cart standing there with a man in it; presently, I saw two men bring a dark canvass bag, out of the house, and put it on the shafts of the cart, and the man in the cart took it in; presently a fourth man came, brought something and put it into the cart, and they then drove away with only one in it. I was taken to Newgate subsequently; and thought the prisoner George Scarr was one who assisted in bringing out the first parcel. WILLIAM DAVIS . I am clerk to the prosecutor, and identified these things to be his property, when they were first found, at Thomas Scarr 's. These things were consigned to his care, by Mr. Morrison, and Mr. Brooks, of Edinburgh. George Scarr 's Defence. I took those things to my father's house, and he knew nothing about them. They were found just where I left them. Thomas Scarr's Defence. I knew nothing of my son having deposited these things in my house. GEORGE SCARR , GUILTY . Transported for Seven Years . THOMAS SCARR , GUILTY . Transported for Fourteen Years . First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant.