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Transportation
Mary Sweet was transported on the Sovereign, departing 15th Apr 1829 and arriving 3rd Aug 1829 with 121 passengers.
Sovereign (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 44 |
| 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
Convict Index. Mary Sweet, Sovereign, 1829, Ticket of Leave, 31/871. District, Sydney; Born, Cork Co; Trade, General Servant; Tried, MGD. ------------------------------------------------------ Convict Applications to Marry. Alexander Jones, per Guildford (5), age 33, Life, Bond; and Mary Sweet, per Sovereign, age 30, 7 years, T. of L. Date of permission, 8 June 1833, Sydney; RCC. Revd. W. Ullathorne. --------------------------------------------------
Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 21 February 2020), January 1829, trial of MARY SWEET (t18290115-131). MARY SWEET, Theft > simple larceny, 15th January 1829. 396. MARY SWEET was indicted for stealing, on the 5th of January , 29 yards of lace, value 18s., and 2 handkerchiefs, value 2s. , the goods of John Graham . WILLIAM FORD . I am in the employ of John Graham, a linen-draper , of High Holborn . On the 5th of January, about four o'clock in the afternoon, the prisoner was in the shop - I believe I had forty customers; I cannot tell whether she came in alone, or not - she came to me for some silk handkerchiefs; I shewed her three different parcels - she did not like any, and sent me back for another parcel; while I was gone she took two silk handkerchiefs, with my mark on them - I saw her put them under her gown into her pocket; when I came back I taxed her with it - she denied it, and asked if I meant to insult her; I jumped over the counter, and she dropped them on the floor, with this piece of lace - these are the two handkerchiefs; here are twenty-nine yards of lace - I had seen a young man on the opposite side shewing her some lace, not five minutes before. Cross-examined by MR. PHILLIPS. Q. Is that young man here? A. No - his name is Elim; there were some people near her: the firm is not Graham and Nixon - it is Mr. John Graham only; she had bargained for one handkerchief with me - she came from the window, and was to have paid 9 1/2d. for it; she did not say she was putting her hand into her pocket to pay me - this could not have fallen by accident. WILLIAM BROWN EDWARDS . I took the prisoner - she gave me 22s.; she said she knew nothing of the charge; after we took her to the watch-house, we recollected she lived at the Hat and Tun public-house. GUILTY . Aged 26. Transported for Seven Years . Government Notice. Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 14th October, 1831. THE undermentioned Female Prisoners of the Crown have obtained Tickets of Leave, in compliance with the Regulations of 17th March, 1829, for good conduct in the situations respectively stated ; viz. : — County of Cumberland. SYDNEY Sweet Mary, Sovereign, service.