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Countess of Harcourt 1824
Source:
Application to marry
Details:
Thomas Cousens age 33, free by servitude, application to marry Charlotte Sharr (Skarr) per Henry Welleslley, age 23. Note - Sharr must obtain the consent of the visiting Justice of the Factory at Newcastle where she is now supposed to be
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Countess of Harcourt 1824
Details:
Aged19. Groom assigned to Archibald Bell
First Name:
John, the younger
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Countess of Harcourt 1824
Details:
Obtained Ticket of Leave
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Countess of Harcourt 1824
Details:
Thomas Eastow, age 26; native of Colchester; grey eyes, flaxen hair, pale pock pitted complexion; absconded from Robert Lowe Esq., at Newcastle
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Countess of Harcourt 1824
Details:
Granted Certificate of Freedom
Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1824
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4009A]; Microfiche: 654
Details:
Thomas Eastowe age 25. Occupation Brazier and brassfounder from Colechester. Tried at Hull April 1823. Sentenced to 7 years transportation. Orderly conduct on the voyage out. Assigned to Bathurst district on arrival
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Countess of Harcourt 1824
Details:
Obtained Ticket of Leave
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Countess of Harcourt 1824
Details:
Aged 28. Bullock driver assigned to G. Forbes
Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1824
Source:
Register Book of Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle. p68
Details:
Marriage of Thomas Everill aged 37 of Darlington and Olympia Edwards aged 36. Witnesses William Smith and Thomas Harrison
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Countess of Harcourt 1824
Details:
Granted Conditional Pardon. Dated 31st December 1847
Surname:
Everill (Everell)
Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1824
Source:
Application to Marry
Details:
Thomas Everell aged 43, arrived per Countess of Harcourt, application to marry Elizabeth Housman aged 33, arrived per John Renwick
Surname:
Everill (Everhill)
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Countess of Harcourt 1824
Details:
Tried in Worcester. Aged 34. Ticket of leave holder
Surname:
Everill (Everhill)
Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1824
Source:
State Archives NSW Convict Indents. Microfiche 654
Details:
Groom. Native place Herefordshire. Tried in Worcester in July 1823 and sentenced to transportation for life. Orderly conduct on the voyage to Australia. Assigned to John Bingle on arrival
Surname:
Ferries (Ferres) (Ferris)
Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1824
Details:
Tried in Aberdeen. Assigned to Benjamin Singleton
Surname:
Ferries (Ferres) (Ferris)
First Name:
Peter (alias John)
Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1824
Source:
State Archives NSW; Gaol Entrance Book, Item: 2/2020; Roll: 757 (Ancestry)
Details:
Admitted to Newcastle gaol. Supposed to be a runaway from Hyde Park Barracks. Sent to HPB for identification
Surname:
Ferries (Ferres) (Ferris)
First Name:
Peter (alias John)
Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1824
Source:
State Archives NSW Convict Indents. Microfiche 654
Details:
Age 19. Bleacher from Aberdeen. Tried 19 September 1823 and sentenced to transportation for life. Disorderly conduct on voyage. Sent to Windsor for distribution on arrival. Note - A lunatic. see letter 46 - 2669. 3 April 1846
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Countess of Harcourt 1824
Place:
Perley, Upper Hunter
Details:
Shepherd aged 25. Assigned to G. Blaxland
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Countess of Harcourt 1824
Details:
Sentenced to hang for the brutal murder of his wife.
Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1824
Source:
Convict Indents. State Archives NSW; Series: NRS 12188; Item: [4/4009A]; Microfiche: 654
Details:
Thomas Finny age 21. Occupation shepherd, ploughs, fencer. Native place Hinckley. Tried at Leicester January 1824. Sentenced to 7 years transportation. Orderly conduct on the voyage out. Assigned to George Blaxland on arrival. Note - executed for murder in Sydney.
Ship:
Countess of Harcourt 1824
Details:
During the whole of yesterday Mr. Justice Stephen and a military jury were occupied with the trial Thomas Finney, for the murder of his wife at Cock fighters Creek, on the 29th of April last. The details of this case are too horrible and disgusting to lay before our readers. Mr. Justice Stephen took pains to point out the discrepancies in the evidence of the witnesses, who were also subjected to very sever cross examinations by Mr. Foster and Mr. Winder who were counsel for the prisoner, The case against the prisoner rested principally on the evidence of man named Lauglin, who swore that he was at eye-witness to the whole of the awful transaction, a a woman named Eather who has been convicted keeping a sly grog-shop. It appears that the victim of this tragedy lost her life in the sequel but too often enacted in these grog-shops on the roads. Mr. Justice Stephen said that in the whole of his experience - in the whole of his reading he never had known a case in which the details were so horrible. If the witnesses were to be believed, it was the most cruel and cold-blooded-the vilest and awful murder that had ever been en-acted. It was for the jury to judge of their credibility. If they were not to be believed the tissue of perjury which had woven was of too foul a nature to comment upon His Honor left it with the jury to decide whether their evidence was credible; if so, the prisoner is guilty of foul murder.; If they were not satisfied with the evidence, they must acquit him of the charge, and consider whether or not he was guilty of manslaughter. The jury retired for a few minutes and returned with a verdict of Guilty of murder. His Honor proceeded to pass sentence on the prisoner. He said, You have been found guilty, of murder-and of a murder which I shudder at; the details are repugnant to human nature, and never, either in my experience or my readings have I met with such a case. Throughout, you have proved yourself a monster, not a man.
