Finding court records for convicts

[wombat_stew]

Hi, I am hoping someone may be able to direct me to court (azzise?) records for convicts transported to Australia. Cork, Ireland (DALY, Mary) and West Riding. Yorkshire, England (THOMAS, William) are my particular intrests at the moment.

[t mo]

hi w welcome to rootschat , have found these records for firstly a mary daly [age 27 ]trial at the old bailey , may sessions  convicted of larceny 7 years transportation [ she had been in newgate before it says ] convicted 26 may 1819 voyage date 23 oct 1819 ships name janus .
and  a william freeman alias thomas summer sessions yorkshire north riding 14 years transportaton for having forged bank notes conviction date 8 july 1826  voyage date 10 ocy 1826 ships name andromeda going to van diemans land .
both these are on ancestry records , also have a look at this site AUSTRALIAN CONVICTS it,s title says it all and it,s well worth a look do a google search it should be the first on the list of several other sites plus if you have others to look for look at the site old bailey online it has trial info plus write ups on lots of them it makes great reading just to see how crims were dealt with back in the old days and the petty crimes they did .
hope this helps in some way
regards
trevor

[wombat_stew]

Wow ! T mo THANKS for your time, I have made an error it was THOMAS, James not THOMAS, William (talk about visiting the sins of the father upon the son) I was lead to believe he got LIFE at West Riding Azzise, Yorkshire also he was tried with two others WATERWORTH, Robert and JOHNSON, William all receiving the same penalty. As to DALY ( DALEY ), Mary she was supposed to have been 20yrs old (but lots of women lie about their age) she was tried for stealing clothes at Cork Court, Cork Co.

[t mo]

hi w s

don,t get too excited i could be wrong with those records so will go back and look again just in case as there could easily be 2 mary daley,s  or william thomases speaking of which help an old man out  you do mean william thomas !?  as i can,t work out where the name james comes from!? but now you,ve given those other 2 names of felons tried with william it does make it easier to search providing they were all in the dock together  speak soon

regards
trevor
ps i think my 1 brain cell has kicked in you mean james thomas not william thomas  it,s your fault writing the names down backerds  well i have to blame somebody 

[t mo]

hi ws
been back and found the correct records for james thomas  at york west riding assizes trial date 24 july 1819  crime stealing bank notes and promissary notes / burglary  , given transportation for life .
discharged prison hulk bellerophon   12 april 1820 voyage date sep 1820
robert waterworth age 47 convicted of sheep stealing
william johnson age 23 convicted of highway robbery
all on bellerophon all tried on same day and all left england on agamemnon sep 1820
now mary daly i have found 2 records in the national archives of ireland which may well be her but not a lot of info on them .
mary daly age 17 trial date 8 / 8 / 1843  convicted of larceny  [stealing ]  given 7 years transportation  doc ref tr5, p228
and
mary daly  no age given convicted cork of larceny  given 7 years transportation  doc ref crf 1843 , d39 .
comment on record , convict lives with mother johanna at merry lane cork .
you can check in national archives ireland it,s all free what i found .
going back to the 3 felons above they all were listed together in the trial register but no reason of what they were tried for was given i got that info from the prison hulk register .
if you want to tell me more on why you are looking for these records especially i,d like to be nosey and know why
regards

trevor 

[wombat_stew]

You are a wizard, these good folk are Australian royalty, My Convicts . James Thomas is my G,G,G,Grandfather and Mary Daly is my G.G.G.Grandmother, yjey did quite well for themselves in Australia, they even founded a town in the snowy mountains "Lobs Hole". The reason I am still trying to find out more is I would like to see how far I can get back, I tooo am nosey.

[blanchy]

i am also  the grt  grt grt grandaughter of james thomas and mary daly i can be contacted at   ^(*) looking forward to hearing from you lynette 

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