North Dublin to Van Diemen's Land

Corsendonk

With the recent threads on increasing crimes and policing concerns expressed in the election thread I thought I would draw peoples attention to past policing methods in Dublin North under the old management.


'Ireland-Australia transportation database'- National Archives

Rush
Last name: MC CANN

First name: NICHOLAS

Full name: NICHOLAS MC CANN

Sex: U

Age: 35

Trial place: Co Dublin

Trial date: 08/01/1842

Crime desc: Burglary

Sentence: Transportation 15 yrs

Document ref1: TR 4, p 52

Document ref2: CRF 1842 Mc 11

Comment1: Convict lived at Rush in Co. Dublin.

Last name: CROSLEY

First name: PATRICK

Full name: PATRICK CROSLEY

Sex: M

Imprisonment place: A tender in Dublin

Document date: 10/04/1799

Crime desc: Concerned in a robbery

Petitioner: Prisoner

Document ref1: SPP 499

Comment1: Son of Patrick Crosly, Farmer, Rush, Co. Dublin


LuskLast name: BISSETT

First name: CHRISTOPHER

Full name: CHRISTOPHER BISSETT

Sex: M

Imprisonment place: Provost, Dublin

Document date: 03/12/1798

Petitioner: Prisoner

Document ref1: SPP 338

Comment1: A native of the parish of Lusk, Co. Dublin

Last name: KEANE

First name: LAWRENCE

Full name: LAWRENCE KEANE

Sex: M

Imprisonment place: Provost, Dublin

Document date: 03/12/1798

Petitioner: Prisoner

Document ref1: SPP 338

Comment1: A native of the parish of Lusk, Co. Dublin

Last name: ROUSE

First name: JOHN

Full name: JOHN ROUSE

Sex: M

Imprisonment place: Provost Prison, Dublin

Document date: 03/07/1799

Crime desc: Concealing arms

Petitioner: Self

Document ref1: SPP 812

Comment1: Prisoner resided in Lusk, Co. Dublin.

Last name: MC MAHON

First name: NICHOLAS

Full name: NICHOLAS MC MAHON

Sex: M

Trial place: Dublin

Document date: 25/08/1831

Ship: MANGLES 1826

Document ref1: FS 1831 1

Comment1: List of wives and families of convicts in New South Wales who are recommended by

Comment2: the Governor of that colony to be provided with a free passage for the purpose

Comment field number: of joining such convicts. Wife, Honora Kelly, residing at New Haggard, parish of Lusk.

Swords
Last name: MAGEASE

First name: THOMAS

Full name: THOMAS MAGEASE

Sex: M

Document date: 18/09/1800

Document ref1: PPC 511

Comment1: Convict is a labourer by trade and resides at Swords, Co. Dublin statement

Comment2: signed by four to the effect that the convict had attended his work and was

Comment field number: never absent from his family during the rebellion.

Last name: REGAN

First name: MARTIN

Full name: MARTIN REGAN

Sex: M

Ship: TYNE 1819

Document ref1: FS 1835 List 1

Comment1: List of convicts who have applied for their wives and families to be sent to New

Comment2: South Wales at the expense of Government. Wife, Catherine Mc Grane, residing in

Comment field number: Swords, Co Dublin

Last name: LESLIE

First name: JOHN

Full name: JOHN LESLIE

Alias: Robert

Sex: M

Age: 21

Trial place: Dublin

Imprisonment place: Kilmainham

Document date: 00/11/1844

Crime desc: Possession of stolen keys

Sentence: Transportation 7 years

Petitioner: Elizabeth Leslie

Relationship: Mother

Document ref1: CRF 1844 L 30

Comment1: The prisoner was convicted of possessing keys belonging to Rev William Jamison

Comment2: of Swords, Co Dublin. While in prison, he was examined in order to determine

Comment field number: if he was insane.

HowthLast name: MADDEN

First name: NICHOLAS

Full name: NICHOLAS MADDEN

Sex: M

Imprisonment place: Dublin Castle

Document date: 26/05/1798

Petitioner: prisoner

Document ref1: SPP 202

Comment1: Petitioner is a native of Howth parish and is a smith by trade. Petition was

Comment2: taken and confined without trial

Balbriggan
name: O'HARE

First name: BRIDGET

Full name: BRIDGET O'HARE

Sex: F

Trial place: Dundalk

Trial date: 04/03/1820

Document date: 19/04/1820

Sentence: Transportation 14 yrs

Petitioner: Convict

Document ref1: PPC 1536

Comment1: Convict is a widow with two daughters, Living at Balbriggan.


Last name: HAYES

First name: RICHARD

Full name: RICHARD HAYES

Sex: M

Imprisonment place: Provost Prison

Document date: 26/06/1799

Crime desc: Making treasonable toasts in the houses

Document ref1: SPP 637

Comment1: The report of Henry Echlin of Balbriggan concerning the conduct of the prisoner.


Match 3 from 'Ireland-Australia transportation database' Last name: KETTLEWELL

First name: JOHN

Full name: JOHN KETTLEWELL

Sex: M

Imprisonment place: Provost

Document date: 01/11/1799

Petitioner: Prisoner

Document ref1: SPP 676 A

Comment1: Late of Balbriggan, Co. Meath. SPP 670 A- 699 A are to be found afterSPP 699 on

Comment2: the microfilm, ref no. roll 23

Last name: HUGHES

First name: EDWARD

Full name: EDWARD HUGHES

Sex: M

Trial date: 00/00/1826

Document date: 05/10/1835

Document ref1: FS 1835 9

Comment1: Convicts wife, Mary Hughes, residing in Balbriggan, Co Dublin. She requests a

Comment2: free passage to Australia.


Match 5 from 'Ireland-Australia transportation database' Last name: FLOOD

First name: EDWARD

Full name: EDWARD FLOOD

Sex: M

Trial place: Co Meath

Ship: PRINCE REGENT 1824

Document ref1: FS 1828 2

Comment1: List of prisoners of the Crown in the colony of New South Wales who salicit the

Comment2: favour of having their wives and families sent out to them. Wife, Bridget Flood

Comment field number: residing near Balbriggan





These two records show how tough "justice" was at the time
Last name: BEAHAN

First name: JAMES

Full name: JAMES BEAHAN

Sex: M

Age: 19

Trial place: Co. Dublin

Trial date: 28/04/1837

Crime desc: Theft of handkerchief
Sentence: Transportation 7 yrs

Document ref1: TR 2, P 50

Last name: MALONE

First name: PATRICK

Full name: PATRICK MALONE

Sex: M

Trial place: Dublin

Imprisonment place: Smithfield

Trial date: 05/08/1844

Document date: 00/12/1844

Crime desc: Stealing two cloaks

Sentence: Trans 14 years

Petitioner: Self

Document ref1: CRF 1844 M 52

Comment1: The crime was committed at Lusk Races on 31 July 1844

LeoB

Corsendonk wrote: »

With the recent threads on increasing crimes and policing concerns expressed in the election thread I thought I would draw peoples attention to past policing methods in Dublin North under the old management.


'Ireland-Australia transportation database'- National Archives

Rush
Last name: MC CANN

First name: NICHOLAS

Full name: NICHOLAS MC CANN

Sex: U

Age: 35

Trial place: Co Dublin

Trial date: 08/01/1842

Crime desc: Burglary

Sentence: Transportation 15 yrs

Document ref1: TR 4, p 52

Document ref2: CRF 1842 Mc 11

Comment1: Convict lived at Rush in Co. Dublin.


LuskLast name: BISSETT

First name: CHRISTOPHER

Full name: CHRISTOPHER BISSETT

Sex: M

Imprisonment place: Provost, Dublin

Document date: 03/12/1798

Petitioner: Prisoner

Document ref1: SPP 338

Comment1: A native of the parish of Lusk, Co. Dublin

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