Ship:
Bussorah Merchant 1831
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4016]; Microfiche: 680
Details:
Michael Byrne age 28. Tanner for 10 years. Native place Dublin. Tried at Dublin 8 April 1831. Sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing. Assigned to A. Turner at Argyle on arrival
Ship:
Bussorah Merchant 1831
Details:
Assigned to D. McIntyre
Ship:
Bussorah Merchant 1831
Source:
Invermein Court of Petty Sessions. Deposition Books 1833 -1834 (Ancestry)
Details:
John Campbell per ship Bussorah Merchant, assigned to Donald McIntyre, charged with neglect of duty. Joseph Tree states - I am overseer to Mr. McIntyre and the prisoner is employed as a watchman and yesterday morning I saw a ram running about the bush; in going to the hurdles I met the prisoner and asked him if the sheep were all right. He replied they were. I went on to the hurdles and saw one flock not out. A short time after my master came; he and the shepherd counted them out and found two sheep short; one was found to be the ram which I saw and the other was a ewe found dead about 600 yards from the hurdles apparently recently killed by a native dog. Joseph Tree further deposes that whenever he appoints a watchman he invariably explains to them the nature of their duties. Amongst them that the sheep are always to be out of the hurdles at sun rise and this was explained to the prisoner and on this occasion it was an hour after sunrise when I found them in the hurdles. The prisoner states in his defence that he is unable to count the number of sheep and that the overseer did not give him precise instructions to turn the sheep out at sun rise and that he does not consider that on this occasion the sheep were longer in than usual. The Bench find the prisoner guilty of not putting the sheep out at sun rise and remand the case until next week for the attendance of the other shepherds to determine the reason
Ship:
Bussorah Merchant 1831
Source:
Invermein Court of Petty Sessions. Deposition Books 1833 -1834 (Ancestry)
Details:
John Campbell per ship Bussorah Merchant, case remanded from previous week. - John Finn states - I am a shepherd; on the morning of the 7th May my flock was detained in the fold longer than usual in consequence of having to take out a blind ewe belonging to another flock. I likewise told the prisoner who is the watchman to go to the house for some milk for the purpose of feeding the lambs. The Bench dismiss the case
Surname:
Campbell (Boyce)
Ship:
Bussorah Merchant 1831
Details:
Granted Ticket of Leave
Surname:
Campbell alias Boyce
Ship:
Bussorah Merchant 1831
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4016]; Microfiche: 680
Details:
John Campbell alias Boyce age 22. Labourer from Donegal. Tried 31 March 1831. Sentenced to 7 years transportation for cow stealing. Assigned to James Wright at Sydney on arrival
Ship:
Bussorah Merchant 1828
Details:
Aged 30. Tutor. Assigned to William Ogilvie
Ship:
Bussorah Merchant 1828
Details:
Granted Ticket of Leave
Ship:
Bussorah Merchant 1828
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4013]; Microfiche: 669
Details:
Age 30. Native place Yarmouth. Married with 2 children. Shp and Insurance broker. Tried in London 13 September 1827 and sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing 5 spoons. Assigned to William Ogilvie at Merton on arrival
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1835......
Details:
Granted Ticket of Leave
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Details:
Granted Ticket of Leave
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Source:
Convict Indents (Ancestry)
Details:
Age 21. Reads. Chimney Sweep from London. Tried at Surry Quarter Sessions 4 December 1837 and sentenced to 7 years transportation for stealing clothes. 1 previous conviction. Pale and freckled, dark brown hair, hazel eyes.
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838
Source:
Gaol Description and Entrance Books, 1818-1930; Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757
Details:
Admitted to Newcastle gaol from Wollombi. To be returned to government service after absenting from his district
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838....
Details:
Obtained Ticket of Leave
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Source:
UK Prison Hulk Registers and Letter Books. Ancestry
Details:
Age 19. Tried at Preston 18 October 1837 and sentenced to 14 years transportation for housebreaking, 2 indictments. Occupation - file cutter. Remarks - Character bad, convicted before. Admitted to the Fortitude hulk from Preson on 2 November 1837 and transferred to the convict ship Bengal Merchant 20 March 1838 for transportation to NSW
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838......
Source:
Convict Indents (Ancestry)
Details:
Age 21. Reads and writes, R/C Single. One previous conviction of 9 months. Remarks Brother James Caton, a prisoner per 'Exmouth' (*Note - This may be James Caton who arrived on the Camden in 1833)'
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838.......
Details:
Obtained Ticket of Leave
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838........
Details:
File cutter aged 23 from Lancashire. Fair and freckled compl., brown hair, brown eyes, small scar centre of forehead, ears pierced, chin declining, mermaid with comb and glass in hands inside lower left arm, etc., Absconded from Felix Wilson 15 July
Ship:
Bengal Merchant 1838..........
Details:
Ticket of leave cancelled for being out of his district illegally
Source:
Maitland Gaol Entrance Books.State Archives NSW; Roll: 2368
Details:
Margaret Cavender admitted to Maitland Gaol on a charge of murder. To be sent for trial
