Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1822
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW. Microfiche 649. (Ancestry)
Details:
John Shea age 19. Tried in Cork City Spring Assizes 1822. Sentenced to 7 years transportation
Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1822
Source:
NSW Courts Magistrates, Newcastle Police Court: 1823-1825, 1826-1827 (Ancestry)
Details:
John Shea per ship Countess of Harcourt, in government service, charged with drunkenness which caused him to lose a shovel, the property of the Crown. James Wilkins, overseer of the Town Gang states - Yesterday after the dinner hour, I was employed loading the schooner Darling. Shea is one of my gang but perceiving him to be very tipsy, I told him to remain on shore, but at the moment I was shoving off the launch from the wharf, he jumped in. On his attempting to board the vessel he missed his hold and fell into the water; he had a shovel in his hands which was lost when he fell overboard. Admitted by the prisoner. Sentenced to one month in the gaol gang
Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1822
Details:
Obtained Ticket of Leave
Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1822
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4008]; Microfiche: 649
Details:
Shearer and ploughman aged 25 from Kings Co., Sentenced to transportation for life
Surname:
Spunner (Spooner)
Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1822
Details:
Labourer aged 30. Assigned to George Sparke