Summary
Personal Information
Crime
Transportation
Ann Ward was transported on the Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough And Alexander, departing 31st Dec 1786 and arriving 22nd Jan 1788 with 356 passengers.
Lady Penrhyn, Scarborough And AlexanderReferences
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 87, Class and Piece Number HO11/1, Page Number 11 (7) Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0), December 1786, trial of ANN WARD (t17861213-8). |
| 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
t17861213-9 ANN WARD, Theft > grand larceny, 13th December 1786. 9. ANN WARD was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 24th day of November , one furr muff, value 20 s. the property of Joseph Thompson . JOSEPH THOMPSON sworn. I am a haberdasher in Oxford-street ; I deal in muffs as a part of my business; I lost a red fox skin muff, that is a furr muff, on the 24th of November. JOSEPH WEEDON sworn. I keep a shop in Oxford-street; on the 24th of November, about five in the evening, the prisoner came to my shop for some trifling articles; I served her; I had lost a muff prior to this a week before; the person that took it was described to me, and I had a suspicion of this woman; and she went out of the shop; and in about half an hour she came in again disguised with the hood of her cloak up, for some trifling article; her face was hardly visible; that confirmed my suspicions; I called a person forward that served her at the time the muff was stolen; she said, she suspected it was the person; upon that I followed her; she joined company with another woman; I followed them down the street to Mr. Thompson's shop; they went in there to buy something; I stood pretty near the window; I saw a muff taken from the window; I was not clear it was taken by her; when she came out of the shop I secured her. Was there any body else in the shop? - No customer. How long did she stay in the shop? - Not above two minutes; then I secured her, and took the muff from her; she endeavoured to force it between the bars of the area; I got assistance and secured her. (The muff produced and deposed to.) It cost twenty-five shillings; it is very well worth twenty shillings. PRISONER's DEFENCE. There was another woman in the shop; I never touched the muff. Weedon. The person that was in company with her was what they call at the office a standing bulk, to receive what she stole; she stood at the door; I secured her, but nothing being found on her, she was discharged. GUILTY Of stealing, but not privately . Transported for seven years . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Baron HOTHAM.