Hello All,
The following statistics relate to some of the crimes committed by the Irish convicts transported to New South Wales during 1830. It also includes those Irish living on the English mainland as well as some convicts with an English native place who were tried in Ireland. The combined total is 1129.
However for those whose convict only stole a spoon or a handkerchief there is no need to ponder through numerous devilish deeds.
Stealing spoon(s) --- 4 Stealing handkerchief(s) --- 16
Abduction --- 4 Rape (including buttisting & accessory to - mainly females) --- 10 liquidate (including attempt, conspiracy & suspicion) --- 31 Mandissolution --- 31
Stealing a child --- 3 Rape of a child --- 1 Stripping of a child --- 1
buttault --- 15 Bigamy --- 4 Burglary --- 25 Desertion (soldiers) --- 16
Destroying trees --- 2 {conservation was alive & well in Ireland (:-)
Highway robbery --- 32 Street robbery --- 17
House breaking --- 25 House robbery --- 61 Shop robbery --- 6 Shoplifting --- 22
Perjury --- 6 Sacrilege --- 1
Picking pockets --- 76 Receiving --- 21 Robbery --- 41 Stealing watch --- 31
Stealing cloak, clothes, coat or shawl --- 109 Stealing money --- 64 Vagrancy --- 20
Stealing animals (just a few): Cow --- 26 Horse or mare --- 37 Pig (to pay the rent) --- 15 Sheep --- 49
There were various other offences under the Insurrection Act which I haven't thoroughly detailed i.e. maiming, firearms etc.
Regards, Peter Mayberry Tuggeranong ACT
