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Voyage
Transportation
John Stewart was transported on the Portland, departing 21st Feb 1833 and arriving 26th Jun 1833 with 199 passengers.
The 'Portland' ship was built at Bristol, England in 1822, 385 tons. The 'Portland' transported convicted from Britain to Australia in 1832 & 1833. The 1833 voyage came direct from Cork, Ireland therefore all of the passengers are not yet listed on this web site.
Portland (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. National Archives. Criminal Petitions. |
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Convict Notes
War Office Records. Registers Court Martial. Private Jno. Stewart, 6th. Drns, Tried at Cork Bks, 7 July 1832, for Drunkenness & violence. Sentence: Transportation as a felon for 14 years & sent to NSW; Case sent 19 July 1832 for confirmation before the King.
NSW Convict Index. John Stewart, Portland 1833, Ticket of Leave, No 42/2451. District, Port Macquarie; Treid, Cork C.M. John Stewart, Portland 1833, Conditional Pardon, 1 Mar 1844, No 48/844. Convict Death Register. John Stewart, per Portland (2), Date: 1/1849. District, Port Macquarie. Vide letter no 726, Dated 31/1/1849.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. John Stewart, alias Stuart, age 22, per Portland (2), 1833. Tried in Cork Court Martial, 1832, 14 years for Mutiny. DOB, 1811, native place, Antrim Co. single, Trade, Soldier shoemaker. Protestant. Remarks: Iron gangs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/51/42. Date. 1832 Sept 5. Prisoner name: John Stewart. Prisoner occupation: Soldier, 6th Regiment of Enniskillen Dragoons. Court and date of trial: Military Court Martial at Cork, June 1832. Crime: Striking his Sergeant. Initial sentence: Transportation for 14 years. Annotated (Outcome): Nil. Petitioner(s): Jane Stewart, Ballymoney, County Antrim, mother of the prisoner. Grounds for clemency (Petition Details): The prisoner, who had behaved himself as a soldier and a son, was the sole support of his widowed mother and her family.