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Transportation
Ann Wilson was transported on the Lord Sidmouth, departing 7th Sep 1822 and arriving 27th Feb 1823 with 98 passengers.
A Barque built in Jersey (Briton) 1815. Tonnage 194. Built by Matthew le Boeuf. Three (3) voyages to Australia transporting convicted persons. (The 1821 does not yet have complete details on this web site.)
Lord Sidmouth (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 88, Class and Piece Number HO11/4, Page Number 202 |
| 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
National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/6/51 1822 Apr; 1822 Aug Prisoner name: Ann Wilson (or Ann Moore). Court and date of trial: Circuit Court of Justiciary, Glasgow, 19 September 1822. Crime: Uttering two forged notes of 30/- each on the Belfast Bank. Initial sentence: Death; commuted to 14 years transportation. Petitioner(s): Ann Wilson (the convict). Grounds for clemency: The sentence was commuted to 14 years transportation but she now seeks further mitigation on the grounds of declining health caused by her imprisonment for 16 months; she was recommended to mercy by the jury on account of her former good character. Other papers: A surgeon's certificate from James Corkindale as to her state of health is appended to the foot of the petition. Additional Information: Held in the Glasgow Tolbooth. Wife of Hugh Moore of Belfast.
Conduct Record: https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON40-1-7/CON40-1-7P22 No 35. Ann Moore or Wilson, per Lord Sidmouth, 1823. Glasgow 9 Sept 1821. 14 years. Conditional Pardon No 491. 9th October 1832. Muster Roll. https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/CON13-1-2/CON13-1-2P246 Ann Wilson, alias Moore, Glasgow Court of Justiciary, 9 Sept 1821. Fourteen years.
Ann Wilson, alias Moore, indicted for passing two forged 30s. notes of the Belfast Bank, one in the shop of Messrs. William and Alexander Campbell, merchants, Saltmarket, and one in the shop of William Green, straw hat manufacturer, Nelson Street, on the 3d  May, pleaded Guilty of passing the notes, but declared she did not know they were bad, as she had got them for cloth. After one witness had been examined, Lord Gillies, advised the woman to think seriously of her situation, and the plea she had put up, before the case went any farther. Mr Dixon, her Counsel, went and talked with her a few minutes ; but she persisted in her plea, And the trial went on. The Jury retired about two o'clock, and re-entered the Court after an hour's absence, with a unanimous verdict of Guilty, and by a plurality of voices recommended the prisoner  to mercy. Lord GILLIES, in passing sentence, observed that that was just such a verdict as the Court had to expect, and he must say with sorrow that, consistent with their public duty, they had no other alternative than pass upon the unhappy woman the last sentence of the law.  Caledonian Mercury, 22 Sept 1821. Ann Wilson, alias Moore, presently under sentence of death at Glasgow, for issuing forged notes, has received a respite. The Scotsman 20 Oct 1821.
The following Criminal Petition mentions Ann Moore at the end. "The report of the Lord Justice Clerk also refers in depth to another unconnected case in the name of Ann Wilson [or Ann Moore] convicted and condemned to death (but reprieved) at Glasgow Circuit Court in the autumn of 1821 for the forgery of bank notes." National Archives. Criminal Petitions. HO 17/6/47 1822 Aug; 1822 Oct Prisoner name: John Thomson. Prisoner details: Merchant of Dundee. Court and date of trial: Circuit Court of Justiciary at Perth September 1822. Crime: Forgery - of a signature on an attestation as to the sufficiency of sureties on a bond lodged for him at court in 1818, relative to a suit in which he was a defendant. Initial sentence: Seven years transportation. Annotated: 'Considered by Mr Peel 8 Nov 1822, nil'. Petitioner(s): John Thomson (the convict) supported by a character signed by 16 inhabitants of Dundee. A second application by the convict for removal to an infirmary. A further application [unsigned and largely illegible]. Grounds for clemency: Ill-health and temporary insanity; unlikely to survive on the hulks or at sea. Other papers: Extract of Sentence by J A Anderson, (Court Clerk). Report on the case by the Lord Justice Clerk. Additional Information: Held in the gaol at Dundee for debt, then in the Perth Tolbooth, then returned to the gaol at Dundee. The report of the Lord Justice Clerk also refers in depth to another unconnected case in the name of Ann Wilson [or Ann Moore] convicted and condemned to death (but reprieved) at Glasgow Circuit Court in the autumn of 1821 for the forgery of bank notes.