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Transportation
Mary Ann Whitacre was transported on the Kains, departing 5th Jul 1830 and arriving 11th Mar 1831 with 121 passengers.
353 tons. 1831 voyage from Britain to Australia: Capt William Lushington GOODWIN. Surgeon: Thrasycles CLARKE. Several children of the female convicts accompanied them. One of the seamen, Charles Picknell, kept a diary of the voyage and excerpts have been published.
Kains (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 89, Class and Piece Number HO11/7, Page Number 441 (223) |
| 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
Sarah Edwards and Mary Whittaker two notorious thieves charged with a robbery and assault upon the person of a young man named Archer, a pocket-maker. Between two and three o’clock on Sunday morning the prisoner was induced by the invitations of Edwards to accompany her home to a house in in London Apprentice-street. He there met with Whittaker and upon the joint solicitation of her and his companion, sent out for some ale suspecting however that he got into queer quarters expressed to leave the house. This, his lair detainers prohibited, unless he paid half-a-crown for the time he had simply enjoyed their company; and his refusing to comply with their demand, they commenced a most violent assault upon his person. The prosecutor however, proved himself bruiser, and in the course of a bustling up and down fight, inflicted some severe blows on the frontispieces of his antagonists. Ultimately, the ladies triumphed, and compelled Mr. Archer to pay five shillings, the total of the whole cash he had in his pockets. On leaving the house, he obtained the assistance of the watchman and both prisoners were apprehended. each was found half-a-crown, the exact money stolen from the prosecutor. They were both committed to take their trials for the robbery. Whittaker, is the same woman who was brought on charge of robbery few weeks ago. and who narrowly escaped sentence of death when tried by Justice Best a few assizes ago. Birmingham Journal, 13 Feb 1830. The undermentioned female convicts left our County Gaol the 21st of June inst were put on board the ship Kains at Woolwich the 22d June (viz) Phoebe Smith, Sarah Edwards, Mary Dial and Mary Ann Whitacre for their natural lives; ... Birmingham Journal, 26 June 1830.