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Edward Sharpe was transported on the Countess Of Harcourt, departing 14th Feb 1827 and arriving 28th Jun 1827 with 198 passengers.
Ship of 517 tons, built in India 1811. Voyages to NSW and VDL 1821, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1828. Researchers please note that sailings direct from Ireland to Australia are not recorded under British data, and therefore not all details of people are on this web site (they are being added in, by volunteers, so please check thoroughly or send a message on community fb if you have queries).
Countess Of Harcourt (generic)References
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Convict Notes
Recorder’s Court, Sept 15. Edward Sharp, for stealing a flute and a classical dictionary—one the property of Mr. D Comyn, and the other the property of Mr William Hamerton, from the house of Mr. George Stokes, of Upper Mount-street. Mr. Stokes stated that he kept an academy in Mount-street, and that he had employed the prisoner at the bar to glaze and clean his windows. That he had worked for three days in his house, and having mentioned that the sun was too strong on the windows to permit him to proceed, he went away Saturday, and promised to return on the following Monday; that he came on the Monday a few minutes after six o’clock in the morning, and went away without completing his business. The flute, which was a very valuable one, and which usually lay on a table in the parlour, was missed at half past nine o'clock on that morning. It was afterwards found in a pawnbroker’s in Meath street, where it had been pledged for a pound by a person fully answering the description the prisoner. A boy in the service of Mr Stokes, proved that he had let the prisoner into the house few minutes after six o’clock, and that no other person had been admitted on that morning. John Franklin, a policeman, proved that had arrested the prisoner in a public-house in Golden lane, and that he asked him what became of the gentleman’s flute which he had stolen, to which he replied, what’s that to you, you may get it the best way you can. He was found guilty, and sentenced to be transported for seven years. Saunder’s News-Letter, 19 Sep 1826.
Irish Convict Database by Peter Mayberry. Edward Sharpe, alias Sharp, age on arrival, 28, per Countess of Harcourt (4) 1827, Tried 1826, at Dublin City, 7 years for Stealing clothes. DOB, 1799, native place, Dublin. Married, no family. Protestant, Trade, House painter.