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Dennis Slattery was transported on the Sir Godfrey Webster, departing 11th Jul 1825 and arriving 3rd Jan 1826 with 196 passengers.
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| Primary Source | New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents. Sir Godfrey Webster - 1826 / NSWBDM 3429/1857 |
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National Archives, Ireland. Ireland – Australia Database. ------- Slattery. Trial Place, Co. Clare. Doc Date; 22/10/1835. Doc Ref: FS 1835 List 6. List of Free Settlers (convicts wives with their children) for whom a free passage has been provided on board the Roslyn Castle to New South Wales. Wifes name Honorah Slattery.
CONVICT SHIP INDENT: Dennis Slatery Age: 30 years; Cannot read or write; Roman Catholic; Married with five children; Born at Tipperary; Labourer; Crime: Cow stealing, Tried: Waterford County, 14 March 1825, Sentence: 7 Years; No previous convictions. Personal details not given on the indent. Slattery was assigned in the Hunter Valley by the time of the 1828 Census (to Henry Eckford at Wallis Plains) so may have been assigned there off the ship in 1826. 1828 Census - Dennis Slattery aged 53, Sir Godfrey Webster; Life, Roman Catholic, Employment: Labourer with Henry Eckford at Wallis Plains His 1834 Ticket of Leave was for the Maitland District, as was his 1841 ticket. From his 1834 ticket of leave onwards, he worked for a farmer, Mr James Halfpenny at ‘Mulberry Creek”. This is also Mulberring Creek, and later Mulbring, in the Hunter Valley south of Kurri Kurri. In 1843 evidence, Halfpenny said Slatery had worked for him for about ten years, he was his stockman at Mulberry Creek, was "inoffensive and industrious". When Dennis Slatery was a ticket of Leave holder he worked for a farmer, Mr James Halfpenny at ‘Mulberry Creek”. This is also Mulberring Creek and later the area was called Mulbring, in the Hunter Valley south of Kurri Kurri. In 1843 evidence, Halfpenny said Slatery had worked for him for about ten years, he was a stockman for him at Mulberry Creek – Inoffensive and industrious. His age varied in different documents. Indent in 1826 said “30”. Therefore in 1844 he would be close to fifty years of age, however on his own evidence in 1844 he said he was “near 60 years old” (Maitland Mercury 18/3/1844). Dennis may not have been as inoffensive as James Halfpenny had said: In 1845 he had an altercation with the neighbouring farmer, over him having driven his cows over the neighbour’s pumpkins. Both traded blows, but Dennis was convicted of assault and fined 10 shillings because he had struck the neighbour first. Mr Halfpenny’s nephew had joined him and supported hum though by throwing stones. (Maitland Mercury 8 February 1845 p 2) In January 1847 he was robbed at the Wollombi by two prisoners who were given 15 years for this and two other attacks. Maitland Mercury 16 January 1847 p 4 In February 1847 he had a falling out with Mr Halfpenny over payment: (Maitland Mercury 24 February 1847 p 2) By March 1850 he had left Mr Halfpenny’s employment and was working as a milkman. From a court case in which his friend, Riley, had charged a woman with theft of Dennis’s watch, he may not have been living too respectably. He got drunk at Riley’s house with several other men and a woman, then went to the woman’s house and stayed a while then went on his milk rounds and then went back to Riley’s house where Dennis noticed his fob watch was missing. The friend Riley later persisted with the theft accusation against the woman but later admitted he was too drunk to really know what was going on. In 1853 there was another assault charge: Maitland Mercury 13 April 1853 p 2 "MALICIOUS MISCHIEF.-—Yesterday Dennis Slattery appeared before the bench, charged with maliciously breaking down the fence of Thomas Whitty Toby, on the 8th instant. Mr Toby said Slattery and a blackfellow broke down his four railed fence, in order to let cattle through his pasture land. The defendant was convicted and fined 20s. and costs, or seven days' imprisonment." In 1857, Dennis Slattery died at Stanhope in the Hunter Valley, about halfway between Maitland and Singleton.
NSW 1828 Census Index. Denis Slattery, age 53, G.S. Sir Godfrey Webster, 1825. Life, catholic, Labourer, Henry Eckford, Wallis Plains district.
Convict Index. Denis Slattery, Sir Godfrey Webster, 1826, Ticket of Leave, 34/560. District: Maitland; Tried, Clare. Denis Slattery, Sir Godfrey Webster, 1826, Ticket of Leave, 41/1015. District: Maitland; Tried, Clare. Denis Slattery, Sir Godfrey Webster, 1826, Conditional Pardon, 15 Feb 1849. 49/641.
THE TABLES TURNED.- On Tuesday last an old man named Denis Slatterie, a ticket of leave holder, residing at Mulberry Creek, in the service of Mr. James Halfpenny, appeared at the police office to answer the charge of a woman named Mary Monnox, who resides at the same place. The woman stated that about three weeks ago the prisoner accused her of breaking into his hut and stealing a bag of flour, two sheets, and some beef, and that she was a woman of dissolute habits and improper conduct, with sundry other charges of a similar nature. Another woman was called to support the evidence of Mrs. Monnox, who stated that about a month ago she heard the prisoner call Mrs. Monnox some very improper names. The bench here stopped the case, remarking that it appeared to be one of a very trumpery description, and it was clear the prosecutrix could not have sustained much injury, or she would have sought reparation sooner. Mr. Halfpenny, the employer of the prisoner, was then called, who stated that Slatterie had been in his service for ten years, during the whole of which time he had held a ticket of leave ; that he was a very inoffensive and industrious man, particularly watchful over his master's property, and that he believed that was the reason why the prosecutrix and some other parties wished to get him off the creek. Mr. H. further stated that he and his nephew rode over to Mulberry Creek, and on entering Slatterie's hut he placed a pair of loaded pistols which he carried with him on the table; shortly afterwards Mrs. Monnox and her sister came into the hut, with some corn, and without the slightest provocation began to abuse the old man, and charged him with stealing some turkeys, which it afterwards appeared had never been missing, and one of them attempted to push Slatterie upon the fire, while the other seized one of the pistols and presented it at him to shoot him. On hearing this statement the bench directed summonses to be issued against the prosecutrix and her sister for the assault; the case to be heard on Friday. Yesterday Mary Monnox appeared at the police office to answer the charge, and the assault having been proved against her she was fined £2, or to be imprisoned in Newcastle gaol for one month. She was allowed a week to pay the fine in. A woman named Mary Ann Clifton, who came for the purpose of giving evidence on, behalf of Monnox, was summoned to attend the court next Friday on a charge of perjury. Maitland Mercury, 18 Nov 1843. The trial of the woman for perjury is also reported in the Maitland Mercury 18 Mar 1844. The full report: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/665174?searchTerm=Denis Slattery Dennis Slatterie gave evidence as follows: Denis Slatterie : I am a labourer, residing at Mulberry Creek, in the service of Mr. Halfpenny ; I am near sixty years of age ; I have been in the colony eighteen or nineteen years ; I hold a ticket-of-leave ; I have been in the service of Mr. Halfpenny three or four years ; I I know Mrs. Monnix ; she came into the hut one day when Mr. Halfpenny was there ; she attempted to put me on the fire, and assaulted me ; the prisoner was not there at all ; I did not kick Mrs. Monnix at all, neither that day nor any other ; they were only there one day ; Mr. Halfpenny and his nephew were there the whole time, and saw every thing that occurred. Cross-examined : I did not kick the woman at all ; I did not see you at the house that day ; you have been there before; your house is about thirty yards from mine; if you was standing at your own door you could not see into my house. James Halfpenny, farmer : I reside in West Maitland ; Slatterie is in my employment as a stockman, at Mulberry Creek ; ….
At the Assizes of Ennis,... The following were also convicted: ... John Dwyer, Michael Dwyer, and Patrick Slattery, For burglary and robbery, and attempting to roast the owner of the house —Death. Saunders Newsletter, 14 March 1820. ---------------------------------------------------- A respite has been received for Michael and Pat. M'Grath and Denis Slattery, now under sentence of death in Ennis Jail. Saunders News-Letter, 25 March 1820. -------------------------------------------------- A man calling himself Denis Long, was on Tuesday transmitted from Kilruah to Ennis gaol, on suspicion of being one of the prisoners who escaped from the Depot at Cork, some time since. On his arrival at the gaol, he was immediately recognised by Mr. D’Arcy, the gaoler, as Denis Slattery, a person who was convicted at the Ennis Spring Assizes of 1820, for a burglary and robbery, and who, afterwards, with others, escaped from the Depot. Slattery was convicted of the same crime, and sentenced, with his brothers-in-law, John and Michael Dwyer, who were hanged at Callaghan’s Mills, on the 1st of April, 1820, but had his sentence commuted for transportation. Dublin Morning Register, 5 Feb 1825
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Dennis Slattery, age on arrival, 30, Sir Godfrey Webster (2) 1826. Tried Clare, 1825, Life, DOB 1796.