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Bristol (5)
Cumberland (2)
Devonshire (1)
Durham (1)
Hampshire (1)
Lancashire (8)
London (2)
Middlesex (2)
Norfolk (1)
Northumberland (5)
Staffordshire (1)
Surrey (1)
Sussex (1)
Warwickshire (2)
Yorkshire (3)
Scotland (5)
Wales (2)
BRISTOL
Sarah Hopkins
Date of Trial: 12 April 1817
Where Tried: Bristol Session of Peace Oyer and Terminer Gaol Delivery
Crime: Receiving stolen goods
Sentence: 14 years
Surgeon’s Remarks: A prostitute without the least shame
Lucy Mears and Sophia Richards – Sisters
Lucy Mears
Date of Trial: 12 April 1817
Where Tried: Bristol Session of Peace Oyer and Terminer Gaol Delivery
Crime: Receiving Stolen Goods
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: A prostitute, sister to the above [Sophia Richards] and of a most infamous disposition
Sophia Richards
Date of Trial: 12 April 1817
Where Tried: Bristol Session of Peace Oyer and Terminer Gaol Delivery
Crime: Receiving Stolen Goods
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: A prostitute Leader of the Mutinous Spirit shown last July
Profiles-Lucy Mears and Sophia Richards
Sarah North
Date of Trial: 13 January 1817
Where Tried: Bristol Quarter Session
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: A prostitute and bad disposition
Elizabeth Patrick
Date of Trial: 13 January 1817
Where Tried: Bristol Quarter Session
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: A prostitute with the least shame
CUMBERLAND
Sarah Armstrong
Date of Trial: 21 August 1816
Where Tried: Cumberland Gaol Delivery
Crime: Burglary
Sentence: Life/Death commuted
Surgeon’s Remarks: A thief and liar, filthy
Margaret Sellairs
Date of Trial: 21 August 1816
Where Tried: Cumberland Gaol Delivery
Crime: Uttering forged bank notes
Sentence: Life
Surgeon’s Remarks: Inoffensive
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DEVON
Mary Johnson
Date of Trial: 19 March 1817
Where Tried: Devon Assizes
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Insolent but disposed to work
DURHAM
Barbara Oliver
Date of Trial: 10 August 1816
Where Tried: Durham Assizes Court of Pleas Oyer and Terminer Gaol Delivery
Crime: Having forged bank notes
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Quiet and Industrious
HAMPSHIRE
Mary Lenny
Date of Trial: 3 March 1817
Where Tried: Winchester Assizes
Crime: Having in possession forged bank notes
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: A weak intellected woman and quiet
LANCASHIRE
Mary Bridge
Date of Trial: 31 August 1816
Where Tried: Lancaster Assizes
Crime: Having in possession forged bank notes
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Inoffensive, deviant old woman
Mary Ann Buckley
Date of Trial: 30 January 1817
Where Tried: Lancaster Quarter Session
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: A good disposition, but (?) devoid of reflection
Sarah Gordon
Date of Trial: 31 August 1816
Where Tried: Lancaster Assizes
Crime: Having in possession forged bank notes
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Mutinous, seditious and bad disposed woman
Jane Jones
Date of Trial: 20 January 1817
Where Tried: Lancaster Quarter Session
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Quiet and industrious
Margaret Lang
Date of Trial: 22 January 1817
Where Tried: Lancaster Quarter Session
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: A helpless old woman
Ann Ross
Date of Trial: 22 January 1817
Where Tried: Lancaster Quarter Session
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Lazy, scrophulous, and epileptic, and very bad temper
Sarah Marshall
Date of Trial: 24 July 1816
Where Tried: Lancaster Quarter Session
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Prostitute (not(?) insolent or bad disposed), industrious
Catherine Welch
Date of Trial: 22 January 1817
Where Tried: Lancaster Quarter Session
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Quiet and industrious
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LONDON
Grace Blaker
Date of Trial: 18 September 1816
Where Tried: London Gaol Delivery
Crime: Having a forged bank note
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: A shameless prostitute, insolent, bad disposition
Elizabeth Macginnis
Date of Trial: 15 January 1817
Where Tried: London Gaol Delivery
Crime: Receiving stolen property
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Rather insolent but a good mother, humane
MIDDLESEX
Jane Barns
Date of Trial: 13 July 1816
Where Tried: Clerkenwell Session (Hicks Hall)
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: A character unworthy of any trust except what concerns her profession (a thief)
Harriet Garva
Date of Trial: 18 September 1816
Where Tried: Middlesex Gaol Delivery
Crime: Receiving stolen goods
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Industrious
NORFOLK
Susannah Mason
Date of Trial: 21 April 1817
Where Tried: Norfolk, Borough of Kings Lynn Quarter Session and Gaol Delivery
Crime: Receiving stolen goods
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Conducts herself with propriety
NORTHUMBERLAND
Maria Courtney
Date of Trial: 24 July 1816
Where Tried: Berwick upon Tweed Borough Gaol Delivery
Crime: Coining
Sentence: Life
Surgeon’s Remarks: Tolerably quiet and industrious
Margaret Duffey
Date of Trial: 24 July 1816
Where Tried: Berwick upon Tweed Borough Gaol Delivery
Crime: Coining
Sentence: Life
Surgeon’s Remarks: Insolent and indolently inclined
Jane Granger
Date of Trial: 15 August 1816
Where Tried: Northumberland Assizes
Crime: Coining
Sentence: Life
Surgeon’s Remarks: Inoffensive and industrious
Mary Moen
Date of Trial: 24 July 1816
Where Tried: Berwick upon Tweed Borough Gaol Delivery
Crime: Coining
Sentence: Life
Surgeon’s Remarks: A good mother but a blasphemous and bad disposition
Mary Smiles
Date of Trial: 16 April 1817
Where Tried: Northumberland Quarter Session
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Inoffensive and industrious
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STAFFORDSHIRE
Mary Jackson
Date of Trial: 1 August 1816
Where Tried: Stafford Assizes
Crime: Forgery
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Industrious
SURREY
Amey Barfoot
Date of Trial: 27 March 1817
Where Tried: Surrey Assizes
Crime: Burglary
Sentence: Life
Surgeon’s Remarks: Well behaved and industrious
SUSSEX
Jane Rogers
Date of Trial: 24 March 1817
Where Tried: Sussex Assizes
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Inoffensive, very sickly
WARWICKSHIRE
Ann Dudley
Date of Trial: 12 August 1816
Where Tried: Warwick Assizes
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Quiet and indolent
Mary Eginton
Date of Trial: 12 August 1816
Where Tried: Warwick Assizes
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: A thief and prostitute
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YORKSHIRE
Mary Buxton
Date of Trial: 23 October 1816
Where Tried: York, West Riding Quarter Session
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: An indolent, inoffensive woman
Hannah Hammond Crampton
Date of Trial: 8 March 1817
Where Tried: York Assizes
Crime: Having forged bank notes
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Conducts herself with propriety and is very industrious
Profile-Hannah Hammond Crampton
Rosannah Euden
Date of Trial: 16 January 1816
Where Tried: York, Kingston upon Hull Quarter Session
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Prostitute, shameless and mutinous
SCOTLAND
Elizabeth Brodie
Date of Trial: 20 April 1817
Where Tried: Glasgow Court of Judiciary
Crime: Theft
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Mutinous and a prostitute
Mary Cain
Date of Trial: 26 April 1817
Where Tried: Glasgow Court of Justiciary
Crime: Theft
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Industrious
Jean Hume
Date of Trial: 26 April 1817
Where Tried: Glasgow Court of Justiciary
Crime: Theft
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Industrious
Jean Macdonald
Date of Trial: 19 April 1817
Where Tried: Perth Court Justiciary
Crime: Reset of Theft
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: A good nurse but given to theft
Elizabeth Robertson
Date of Trial: 23 September 1816
Where Tried: Stirling Court of Justiciary
Crime: Larceny
Sentence: 7 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: Well behaved and industrious)
WALES
Sarah Chandler
Date of Trial: April 1817
Where Tried: Radnor Great Session
Crime: Forgery and escape from gaol
Sentence: Life
Surgeon’s Remarks: Quiet
Margaret Jones
Date of Trial: 5 April 1817
Where Tried: Denbighshire Great Session
Crime: Having forged bank notes
Sentence: 14 Years
Surgeon’s Remarks: A very industrious and well-disposed woman (Nurse)
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The Convicts
The Van Diemen’s Land Contingent
“Non Arrivals”
