David Murrells
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Re: David Murrells
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Posted: 9 Oct 2008 4:34PM GMT |
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Hi
Thanks for your help I learnt a lot on the ticket-of-leave and it is very interesting.
This is what I discovered so far about David.
And I suppose if it is our David who died in Liverpool Sydney he could easely have lied about his birth hehehehe was a bit of a lad.he should have been 86 not 95
Born 16 Mar 1799 and baptised 10 Apr 1814 in Earls Colne
At the age of 36 he was convicted to seven and half years for David Murrells was 36 years old when he was convicted of stealing at the Essex Quarter Session in January 1835. He had no prior convictions and was sentenced to 14 years transportation.
He was sent to New South Wales as an Australian convict on the Royal Sovereign 2 which set sale on 29th July 1935 and arrived 12th Dec 1835, on 11th Mar in 1844
He was issued with a ticket of leave for the district of Port Stephens in 1841 and for Murrurundi in 1845.
In 1847 he was convicted of Cattle stealing.
Following is an account of the trial:
David Mars (Murrells) was indicted for stealing a bullock, the property of Francis Little at Scone on the 8th September
Mr. Purefoy appeared on behalf of the prisoner.
It appeared that about two years back a man named Job Hatherall, a stockman in the employment of Captain Dumaresq, sold a bullock to Mr. Francis Little. It was a red bullock inclined to brindle, brand FS off rump JH with D under of off ribs and 68 on off shoulder and an indistinct brand on the off rump apparently DNI. It was a working bullock called Captain. In September last Hatherall met the prisoner on Doughboy Hill having the bullock in his team on the off side . He asked prisoner where he got the bullock and prisoner replied that it was his own. Hatherall then said that it was Mr. Francis Little's property, when prisoner said that he was only bouncing. Hatherall then went to look at the bullocks brand, when prisoner told him that he was only a poor man, and begged him to say nothing about it; that one of his team had died and he was obliged to get another to carry him on the road. Hatherall told him that the bullock was the property of Mr. Francis little of Invermein and unless it was given up there and then other steps would assuredly be taken. Prisoner said he could not get on without the bullock and would not give it up.
Mr. Purefoy urged for the defence that there was no felonious taking in as much as there was no intention on prisoners part to make away with the bullock, but merely to use it to take him on the road for a time, when he afterwards intended to return him. He also questioned the identity of the bullock not being fully proved by the witnesses.
The Chairman, in summing up said that if the jury were convinced that the prisoner had taken the beast off the road merely to have a turn out of him they certainly could not find him guilty of stealing, but the evidence went to rebut such a presumption inasmuch as he had claimed the bullock as his own, when first taxed with stealing it
The jury after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilt and the prisoner was sentenced to be worked in irons for three years.
About the Royal Soverigne
The Royal Sovereign 336 tons departed Portsmouth 29th July 1835 and arrived in Sydney 12 December 1835.
Captain: Moncrieff
Assistant Surgeon: Francis Logan
Convicts: 169
Guard: 32 soldiers of 17th and 28th Regiments including Captain Wheeler, Ensign Hilliard, Sergeant Joyce, Corporal John Kelly, Private John Corrigan (died), Private Thomas Macgrath, Private John Lehy
Passengers: 7 women and 8 children
Of 169 Convicts who disembarked at Port Jackson 75 could read and write and 37 could read only.
48 were married in England before transportation
41 of the convicts left children in England.
48 were farm workers – servants and labourers
75 convicted of stealing
28 convicted of housebreaking
33 had prior convictions
144 received tickets of leave or certificates of freedom
Hunter Valley received largest number 39 convicts.
Bathurst received 24 convicts
Also possible that he fathered Henry Murrells born 1817 at the age of 17 but no records or document found for this 1861-71-81 .
Henry married Charlotte in Halstead Jul-Sept 1838 12-152
In 1871 niece, Fanny Amey, lived with him and not confirmed if any children
Many thanks again
Hans and Hilda
Thanks for your help I learnt a lot on the ticket-of-leave and it is very interesting.
This is what I discovered so far about David.
And I suppose if it is our David who died in Liverpool Sydney he could easely have lied about his birth hehehehe was a bit of a lad.he should have been 86 not 95
Born 16 Mar 1799 and baptised 10 Apr 1814 in Earls Colne
At the age of 36 he was convicted to seven and half years for David Murrells was 36 years old when he was convicted of stealing at the Essex Quarter Session in January 1835. He had no prior convictions and was sentenced to 14 years transportation.
He was sent to New South Wales as an Australian convict on the Royal Sovereign 2 which set sale on 29th July 1935 and arrived 12th Dec 1835, on 11th Mar in 1844
He was issued with a ticket of leave for the district of Port Stephens in 1841 and for Murrurundi in 1845.
In 1847 he was convicted of Cattle stealing.
Following is an account of the trial:
David Mars (Murrells) was indicted for stealing a bullock, the property of Francis Little at Scone on the 8th September
Mr. Purefoy appeared on behalf of the prisoner.
It appeared that about two years back a man named Job Hatherall, a stockman in the employment of Captain Dumaresq, sold a bullock to Mr. Francis Little. It was a red bullock inclined to brindle, brand FS off rump JH with D under of off ribs and 68 on off shoulder and an indistinct brand on the off rump apparently DNI. It was a working bullock called Captain. In September last Hatherall met the prisoner on Doughboy Hill having the bullock in his team on the off side . He asked prisoner where he got the bullock and prisoner replied that it was his own. Hatherall then said that it was Mr. Francis Little's property, when prisoner said that he was only bouncing. Hatherall then went to look at the bullocks brand, when prisoner told him that he was only a poor man, and begged him to say nothing about it; that one of his team had died and he was obliged to get another to carry him on the road. Hatherall told him that the bullock was the property of Mr. Francis little of Invermein and unless it was given up there and then other steps would assuredly be taken. Prisoner said he could not get on without the bullock and would not give it up.
Mr. Purefoy urged for the defence that there was no felonious taking in as much as there was no intention on prisoners part to make away with the bullock, but merely to use it to take him on the road for a time, when he afterwards intended to return him. He also questioned the identity of the bullock not being fully proved by the witnesses.
The Chairman, in summing up said that if the jury were convinced that the prisoner had taken the beast off the road merely to have a turn out of him they certainly could not find him guilty of stealing, but the evidence went to rebut such a presumption inasmuch as he had claimed the bullock as his own, when first taxed with stealing it
The jury after a short deliberation, returned a verdict of guilt and the prisoner was sentenced to be worked in irons for three years.
About the Royal Soverigne
The Royal Sovereign 336 tons departed Portsmouth 29th July 1835 and arrived in Sydney 12 December 1835.
Captain: Moncrieff
Assistant Surgeon: Francis Logan
Convicts: 169
Guard: 32 soldiers of 17th and 28th Regiments including Captain Wheeler, Ensign Hilliard, Sergeant Joyce, Corporal John Kelly, Private John Corrigan (died), Private Thomas Macgrath, Private John Lehy
Passengers: 7 women and 8 children
Of 169 Convicts who disembarked at Port Jackson 75 could read and write and 37 could read only.
48 were married in England before transportation
41 of the convicts left children in England.
48 were farm workers – servants and labourers
75 convicted of stealing
28 convicted of housebreaking
33 had prior convictions
144 received tickets of leave or certificates of freedom
Hunter Valley received largest number 39 convicts.
Bathurst received 24 convicts
Also possible that he fathered Henry Murrells born 1817 at the age of 17 but no records or document found for this 1861-71-81 .
Henry married Charlotte in Halstead Jul-Sept 1838 12-152
In 1871 niece, Fanny Amey, lived with him and not confirmed if any children
Many thanks again
Hans and Hilda