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Transportation
Elizabeth Smith was transported on the Grenada, departing 1st Sep 1826 and arriving 23rd Jan 1827 with 88 passengers.
Grenada (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/6, Page Number 70 |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 28 December 2021), December 1825, trial of ELIZABETH SMITH (t18251208-124). ELIZABETH SMITH, Theft > theft from a specified place, 8th December 1825. 124. ELIZABETH SMITH was indicted for stealing, on the 11th of November , 2 sheets, value 5s.; 1 counterpane, value 12s.; 1 blanket, value 1s. and 1 quilt, value 1s., the goods of James Frazer , in a lodging-room . MARIA FRAZER . I am the wife of James Fraser. I let a furnished room to the prisoner in Albion-street, St. George's , for one week only, as I was going to move then. On the morning of the 11th of November, between seven and eight o'clock, I went up to her room, and found the bed and bolster rolled up - two sheets, a counterpane, blanket, and quilt, were gone - they were a part of the furniture I had let to her with the room - I saw her afterwards at the watch-house, and asked her about the things - she at first said she knew nothing about them, and then she said she was very sorry, and told where she had pawned them. The tickets were given to the watch-house-keeper. JAMES COLE . I am the watch-house-keeper. The prisoner was given into my custody on the 11th of November - Mrs. Frazer told me she had robbed her that morning, but she denied it, and then said she had pawned the things - the sheets at Mr. Cording's, in Ratcliff-highway, and the others at Mr. Smallie's - I went and found them there. JOHN LAWSON . I am shopman to Mr. Smallie, a pawnbroker. I have a blanket, a counterpane, and a quilt, which were pawned on the 11th of November, but not by the prisoner. BENJAMIN BLABY . I have two sheets which were pawn - at Mr. Cording's.(Property produced and sworn to.) Prisoner's Defence. The prosecutor keeps a house of ill fame. I was coming home - I was taken in by another girl, but I did not take the things. GUILTY . Aged 18. Transported for Seven Years . -------------------------------------------------- ADM 101/30/6/1 Medical journal of the Grenada, female convict ship, for 4 August 1826 to 1 February 1827 by Alexander Nesbet, Surgeon and Superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed in a voyage to New South Wales. (Described at item level). Folio 1: Elizabeth Smith, aged 18, Convict; sick or hurt, Opthalmia; put on sick list, 29 August 1826; discharged 10 December1826 to duty.