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Transportation
Michael Sheales was transported on the Sophia, departing 15th Sep 1828 and arriving 17th Jan 1829 with 194 passengers.
Sophia (generic)References
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Convict Notes
The following convicts passed through Belfast on Monday, on their way to the hulks at Kingstown, near Dublin:- Sentence of death recorded, but commuted to transportation- James Hamill, Hugh M'Cann, John M'Ginley, Michael Sheals, William Martin, Robert Harper, James Thompson, John Flemming.-Fourteen years' transportation - Arthur Kinney, Thomas M'Gibbon, William Whitla, Philip Nugent.- Seven years' transportation-Arthur M'Conville, William Mc'Bride, Patrick Burns, Thomas Wallace, Robert Campbell William Whiteford, Alexander O'Boyce, Wm. Stockman, John McBride, Andrew Conry, John Dougan, James Graham, Archibald M'Neill. County or the Town of Carrickfergus- Seven years' transportation-James M'Illroy. Belfast News-Letter, 9 May 1828.
County of Antrim Assizes. Michael Sheale, for assault John Downey also, for stealing from him 7s 6d in Belfast, on 18th November last. Guilty; transportation for life. Belfast Commercial Chronicle, 31 March 1828.
Native of Belfast, 20 and single.