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Transportation
John Stapleton was transported on the Eliza, departing 10th May 1832 and arriving 6th Sep 1832 with 196 passengers.
The Eliza was a 511-ton (later 538 ton) merchant ship built in British India in 1806. She made five voyages transporting convicts from England and Ireland to Australia.
Eliza (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
At Clonmel Assizes, on Saturday, …. Sentence of death was recorded against John Stapleton and John Barrett, for burglary in the house of Edmond Daniel, Dublin Evening Packet, 31 March 1832. John Stapleton, John Barrett and John Daniel, charged with administering an unlawful oath to Wm. Myers, and compelling him to quit his employment of a keeper, and for a burglary in the house of a person named Daniel, were found Guilty, and sentenced 7 years transportation. Clonmel Herald, 24 March 1832.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Stapleton, age on arrival, 22, per Eliza II (4)(1832), Tried 1832 at Tipperary, Life for Burglary DOB, 1810. Native place, Tipperary Co. Catholic. Single. Ploughman reaper sower.