NSW List of Absconded and Apprehended Prisoners (Convicts) to 25th March 1833

PRINCIPAL SUPERINTENDENT OF CONVICTS' OFFICE,
SYDNEY, 25th MARCH, 1833.

THE undermentioned Prisoners having absconded from the Individuals and Employments set against their Names respectively, and some of them being at large, with stolen Certificates, and Tickets-of-Leave, all Constables and others are hereby required and commanded to use their utmost exertions in apprehending and lodging them in safe custody.

Any Person harbouring or employing any of the said Absentees, will be prosecuted as the Law directs :—

Kelly Mary, 16, Hooghley, No. 31-465, Nursemaid, Waterford, 4 feet 5, brown bair, brown eyes, ruddy freckled and pock-pitted comp. from Escort to Factory

Hester John, 33, Exmouth, No. 31-1426, Musician, Newbury, 5 feet 8, brown to grey hair, grey eyes, sallow comp. mermaid on right arm, man and woman on left, from No. 2 Stockade, Cox's River, in irons, from Hospital

Brinkley Charles, 19, Surry (5), No. 31-1803, Bricklayer, London, 5 feet 5, brown hair, grey eyes, pale freckled comp. diagonal scar over right eye, scar across point of chin underneath, from Mr. Lawson, Bathurst

Hanlon or Kelly John, 13, Waterloo, No. 31-670, French Varnisher, Dublin, 4 feet 4¾, dark brown hair, dark brown eyes, sallow freckled comp. diagonal scar on left eyebrow, from Carters' Barrack

Dacey James, 14, Camden, No. 31-994, Errand Boy, Saint Helena, 4 feet 7¼, light brown hair, grey eyes, fair freckled comp. J D jug, glass, and pipes on right arm, heart, darts, and M C on left, from Carters' Barrack

Gardener or Garner John, 19, Royal Admiral, No. 30-2055, Iron Turner and Filer, Rochester, 5 feet 2, brown hair, dark brown eyes, dark freckled comp. horizontal scar over each eyebrow, oak leaf and anchor on left arm, blue dots between left thumb and fore-finger, from Road Party, Emu Plains

Williams Sarah, 36, Louisa, No.27-3755, Washerwoman, Bristol, 5 feet 2, dark brown hair, brown eyes, ruddy comp. nose inclined to right, fiom Mrs. Tibby, Parramatta

Lang William or Alexander, 19, Florentia, No. 26-149, Seaman, Aberdeen, 5 feet 4, black bair, dark eyes, ruddy comp. mermaid on right arm, from Mr. G. T. Palmer, Limestone Plains

Denham or Harrington Henry, 25, John, No. 29-1892, Painter, London, 5 feet 0½, light brown hair, blue eyes, ruddy fair comp. small raised mole over right eye, small scar on left corner of nose, from Penrith Gaol, employed as Wardsman

John Cook, from Mr. Forbes, Liverpool Fay alias Bergan Margaret, 19, Edward, No. 29-59, General Servant, Antrim, 4 feet 11½, brown Hair, grey eyes, ruddy comp. scar of cut under and over right eye, from Sophia Hamilton, Sydney

Harrison William, 23, Norfolk, No. 27-1792, Tailor, Sheffield, 5 feet 7¼, brown hair, grey eyes, dark pock-pitted comp. horizontal scar over left corner of mouth, large scar on right cheek, dark mole inside left arm, from Moreton Bay

Mepstead John, 22, Mellish, No. 29-789, Labourer, Kent, 5 feet 6½, brown hair, blue eyes, ruddy comp, number of letters on right arm, woman, dove, and other marks on left, sun, moon, and stars on breast, small scar on right eye, from Moreton Bay.

Froom Edward, 24, England, Looking-glass Grinder, London, 5 feet 3¾, light brown hair, dark grey eyes, fresh fair comp. mole on lower neck and breast, long scar on left hand, from Moreton Bay.

Blackwell or Blackwood Eliza, 22, Roslyn Castle, No. 30-204, Servant of All-work, London, 5 feet 0¼, brown to grey hair, light hazel eyes, ruddy freckled and pock-pitted comp. from Mr. Edward Hallen, Sydney

Towers George, 20, Asia, Tailor, Sunderland, 5 feet 6½, dark brown hair, brown eyes, pale sallow comp. from William Pendray, Sydney

Alexander John, 27, Speke (1), Shoemaker, Edinburgh, 5 feet 11¼, sandy hair, hazel eyes, florid and freckled comp. from No. 12 Road Party

Morgan Francis, 32, Recovery (1), Tobacconist, Liverpool, 5 feet 7¾, dark brown hair, dark eyes, dark ruddy comp. from No. 7 Road Party

Wall Richard, 39, Recovery (1), Brick and Tile Maker, Coventry, 5 feet 7½, black hair, hazel eyes ; dark sallow comp. from Hyde Park Barrack

Judd Robert, 41, Marquis of Hastings, No. 27-1348, Dairyman and Brewer, Tyrone, 5 feet 8, brown hair, brown eyes, fresh ruddy comp. from Dr. Hill, Inverary; charged with destroying his master's property

Lock Matthew, 27, Albion, Ploughman, Cambarwell, 5 feet 7, brown hair, grey eyes, dark ruddy comp. from Road Party, Emu Plains

Wilson John, 23, Eliza (4), No. 26-2102, Labourer, Liverpool, 5 feet 6, brown hair, grey eyes, sallow comp. from No. 12 Road Party

Wetherall or Hawkins Elizabeth, 28, Sovereign, No. 29-362, Cook, Kingston, 5 feet 2, light brown to grey hair, hazel eyes, ruddy freckled comp. scar upper part right arm inside, from James Hawkins, Sydney

Brett Sarah, 18, Roslyn Castle, No. 30-240, Housemaid, Essex, 5 feet 2, dark brown hair, brown eyes, dark ruddy freckled comp. from Mr. Nash, Parramatta

Latham Samuel, 31, Nithsdale, No. 30 904, Farmer and Butcher, Stafford, 5 feet 11, brown hair, brown eyes, dark ruddy comp. large burnt mark on right shoulder, blue mark, between right thumb and fore-finger, from Jervis Gladdon, Parramatta

LIST OF RUNAWAYS APPREHENDED DURING THE PAST WEEK.

William Deaton, Camden, from D. Campbell, Fairy-hill,

John Williams, Asia, from George McLeay, Esq.

Elizabeth Gilligan, Hooghley, from Mrs. Howells, Sydney

William Macdonald, Forth, from Race-course Gang

James Ferguson, York, from Road Party Goulburn Plains

Bryan Beddy, Mangles, from No. 8 Road Party

Benjamin Baxter, Asia, from John Jones, Bathurst

Robert Robinson, Minerva, from Edward Hunt, Sydney

William Kennealy, Eliza (5), from Captain Dumaresq, Hunter's River

Thomas Standish, Larkins, from No. 5 Road Party

Jonathan Jones, Katherine Stewart Forbes, from No. 1 Stockade Emu Plains; in irons

Maurice Tighe, Morley, from Depot Parramatta

John Dwyer, Norfolk, from Carters' Barracks

John Atkins, Dick, from Hyde Park Barracks

Edward Braithwaite, Minerva, from Road Department.

F. A. HELY, J. P.

Principal Superintendent of Convicts.


Source: Government Gazette Notices (1833, March 27). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 111.

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