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Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Sydney Harris was transported on the Enchantress, departing 6th Apr 1833 and arriving 31st Jul 1833 with 200 passengers.
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| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/9, Page Number 52 |
| 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 Online SIDNEY HARRIS. Theft; stealing from master. 6th September 1832. Text type Trial account Defendants SIDNEY HARRIS Offences Theft > Stealing from master Session Date 6th September 1832 Reference Number t18320906-213 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 1924. SIDNEY HARRIS was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of August , 4 yards of fringe, value 13s., the goods of John Peters , his master . JOHN PETERS. I am a fringe manufacturer . The prisoner had been three weeks in my service before the 1st of August, and he had been with me before he went to sea - he had a box of goods to sell for me, and on the 1st of August, when he came home with his box, he put it down close by a quantity of worsted fringe; he told me he wanted a gross of Waterloo cord braid; I stepped for it - he went out with it, and when he was gone I missed the articles stated - he was to have returned with the money for the braid which he had of me, but he did not; I thought he might have put it into his box, but I looked, and found the box was emptied of what he had taken out in it in the morning; I went out, and a friend directed me to a public- house, where the prisoner was smoking a cigar; I called him out, and asked what he had done with my property; he said he did it with a view to get transported - he afterwards offered me 3s. in part of payment; he had a commission on what he sold. Prisoner. Q. Did you ever receive money from me? A. Yes, when you returned home, and gave an account of what you sold. COURT. Q. Was any body on the premises who could have taken it but him? A. No; he put his box on the ground on the counter, close to the fringe - I missed 4l. worth of goods out of his box. WILLIAM HOWARD . I was in the Police, but am now going to sea. I received the prisoner on the 1st of August - I found on him 3s.; he said he supposed he should be transported. GUILTY . - Aged 21. Transported for Seven Years .
Description Born 1811. Place of birth London. Gender male. Hair brown. Eyes grey (l grey). Distinguishing marks mark (hope anchor s.h. 1832 ins left arm half moon 7 stars c.m.c. sun ins rt. arm <[x: bro.]> natural mark of a sucking pig on chest). Has tattoo yes. Tattoo subjects naval, year, names and initials, astronomy. Tattoo written words initials. Tattoo descriptions moon, half, anchor, hope, sun. Tattoo body locations arm. First recorded 1832.