Summary
Personal Information
Voyage
Transportation
Laurence Woods was transported on the Earl St Vincent, departing 29th Apr 1823 and arriving 9th Sep 1823 with 161 passengers.
Earl St Vincent (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
NSW Convict Index. Laurence Woods, per Earl St Vincent, 1823, Certificate of Freedom, 5 Jan 1830, No 30/0003. Renewed CF 38/265. Laurence Woods, per Earl St Vincent, 1823, Certificate of Freedom, 4 April 1838. No 38/0265. in lieu of CF 30/3. -------------------------------------------------- NSW 1828 Census Index. Lawrence Woods, age 39, G.S. Earl St Vincent, 1822, 7 years, catholic, Labourer, Rd. Cooper, Sydney.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. Laurence Woods, age on arrival, 34, Per Earl St Vincent, (3) 1823. Tried at Dublin City, 1822, Life. Crime: Administering unlawful oaths. Irish Rebel. DOB 1789, Native place, Louth Co. Trade, Coach man. Remarks: Colonial sentence, 1830. -------------------------------------------------- The Irish Database appears to have some errors, as Laurence was convicted of TAKING an unlawful oath, and sentenced to seven years transportation, and not for ADMINISTERING an unlawful oath, and senteced to be transported for Life. -------------------------------------------------- Important Trial. Ribbonism. Houses of Meeting, Oath &c., Disclosed. Yesterday the first prisoners put on their trial were, Edward Browne, William Crilly, William Flinn, John O’Neill, Daniel Moore, and Edward Hughes, They were indicted for administering an unlawful oath to Laurence Woods. Saunders’s News-Letter, 6 Nov 1822. On Tuesday, Edward Brown, a working Smith, William Flinn, William Creely, John O'Neil, Daniel Moore, and Edward Hughes, labourers; were convicted of a similar offence, in administering the oath to Lawrence Wood. They were all sentenced to transportation for life; and Wood, who was convicted of taking the oath, was sentenced to transportation for seven years. Baldwins’ London Weekly Journal, 9 Nov 1822. -------------------------------------------------- The report of the Trial of Laurence Woods was reprinted in the Australian newspaper"The Sydney Monitor" on 29 November 1829: Follow Link: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/32072836?searchTerm=Laurence Woods