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Transportation
Thomas Slattery was transported on the Calcutta, departing 19th Apr 1837 and arriving 5th Aug 1837 with 342 passengers.
HMS Calcutta was the East Indiaman Warley (1795), converted to a Royal Navy ship. This ship of the line served for a time as an armed transport. She also transported convicts to Australia. The French Magnanime captured Calcutta in 1805. In 1809, after she ran aground during the Battle of the Basque Roads and her crew had abandoned her, a British boarding party burned her. In 1803 the Calcutta sailed into Port Phillip bay where at least 4 convicts escaped , in Sydney in April 1804 it was reported that 8 had died on the trip. Of the four known escapees one was shot on escape, 2 turned back after 2 days to reattach to the group at the camp in bay before the boat left , one continued on ...into Australia's history books. At least 13 convicts were transferred on to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania), Australia.The ship also carried officers, wives and free settlers.
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| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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FORGERY: Thomas Slattery was indicted for forging a £50 bill on the Tipperary National Bank. in March 1836. Morrissy, Esq. sworn—Is a Director of the National Bank and the bill now in his hand to be the same presented by the prisoner, and for which prisoner got cash, Andrew Kirwan, who is the supposed acceptor of the bill, sworn—The Prisoner is witness’s brother in law— never put his name to the bill now in bis hand, nor never the prisoner to do so—never accepted a bill for him. Verdict—Guilty—to be transported for life. Tipperary Free Press, 25 March 1837.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Thomas Slattery, age on arrival, 43, per Calcutta II, 1837. Tried at Tipperary, 1837, Life for Forging & accepting a bill of exchange. DOB, 1794, native place, Tipperary. Married, 5 male, 4 female children. Catholic. Cattle dealer.