NSW List of Absconded and Apprehended Prisoners (Convicts) to 4th March 1833

PRINCIPAL SUPERINTENDENT OF CONVICTS' OFFICE
Sydney, 4th 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: —

Burns Thomas, No.30 613, Forth, 22, Stable Boy, County of Kerry, 5 feet3½, light hazel eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy freckled complexion, scar on left cheek, opposite lower part of nose, from Escort to Myrtle Creek, a notorious runaway.

Chinn William,

Collins Patrick, No. 27 885, Countess of Harcourt, 20, Errand Boy, Dublin, 4 feet 10¾, very dark brown eyes, dark brown hair, fresh complexion, scar over nose, from Patrick Carlow.

Dempsey Michael, Regalia, 30 Farmer's Labourer, Meath, 5 feet 9½, grey eyes, light brown hair, ruddy freckled complexion, from No. 10 Road Party

Freeman J. No. 32-2397, Hercules (4), 30, Ploughman, Nottingham, 5 feet 4, grey eyes, brown hair, sallow complexion, breast and arms hairy, from John Brown Patrick's Plains; charged with a robbery

Finley Archibald, No. 31-565, Lady Harewood, 17, Tap Boy, Glasgow, 4 feet 9¼, blue eyes, fair hair, ruddy freckled complexion, small perpendicular scar near centre of forehead, left side, from No. 6 Road Party

Hornett William, No. 29-2515, Layton, 19, Errand Boy, Jersey, 5 feet l¼, grey eyes, brown hair, ruddy freckled complexion, horizontal star over left eye, M H on right arm, from from No. 7 Road Gang

Mollis Samuel, No. 31-146. York, 23, Butcher, &c. Birmingham, 5 feet 6¼, hazel grey eyes, brown hair, dark freckled complexion, slight scar under right eye, from Mr. Buckland, Stone Quarry; 2d time of running 

Hall Thomas, Countess Harcourt (2), 29, Farming Man, Gloucester, 5 feet 7½', light grey eyes, light brown hair, brown freckled complexion, from Hyde Park Barrack

Harty Patrick, Castle Forbes, 31, Farming Man, Limerick, 5 feet 7½, brown eyes, dark brown hair, pale freckled complexion, from Parramatta Hospital, in irons

Hall Edward, No 32-2478, Planter, 20, Ploughs and Reaps, Oxfordshire, 5 feet 6½, chesnut eyes, brown hair, sallow and freckled complexion, sear inner comer of right eyebrow, scar back of 4th finger of left hand, from Mr. Charles Marsden, Penrith

Hely James, Guildford, from No. 6 Road Party

Hughes Joseph, No. 30-2044, Royal Admiral,22, Plough man, Hereford, 5 feet 5½, grey eyes, light brown hair, ruddy much pock-pitted complexion, left little finger crooked, scar in centre of forehead, from No. 14 Road Party

Haycroft John or Charles, No. 27-1559, Manlius, 27, Blacksmith, London, 5 feet 3, hazel eyes, red hair, fair freckled complexion, G H, heart and darts and other marks on right arm, from Hospital, Bathurst, belonging to Iron Gang

Jones William, No. 300-956, Nithsdale, 23, Blacksmith, Surry, 5 feet 5¾, hazel eyes, light brown hair, ruddy complexion, from Walter Thompson, Bateman's Bay

Jones John, or Oswald Hitchcock, No. 30-1098, Lady Faversham, 21, Carpenter, London, 5 feet 5½, hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy freckled complexion, from No. 7 Road Party

Johnstone Samuel, No, 25-616, Fergussoa, 19, Errand Boy, Belfast, 4 feet 7½, brown eyes, red hair, ruddy and much freckled complexion, from No. 11 Road Party

Jones Jonathan, No. 30-239, Katherine Stewart Forbes, 21, Stable Boy, Monmouth, 5 feet 6¼, hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion, Jonathan Jones, and many marks on right and left arms, from No. I Stockade, Emu Plains, in irons

Kennedley William, No. 29-1240, Eliza (5), 30, Labourer, Tipperary, 5 feet 9½, grey eyes, brown hair, ruddy and pock-pitted complexion, scar on right side upper lip, small scar in center of forehead, from Escort to Captain Dumaresq, Hunter's River

Keogh John, Medina, 43, Farming Man, Waterford, 5 feet 3¾, blue eyes, brown hair, brown complexion, from Mr. K. Siddons, South Head 2d offence

Kehoe James, No. 28-605, Fergusson, 23, Errand Boy, Wexford, 5 feet 0½, hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy freckled complexion, scar on left eyebrow, from No. 9 Road Party

King Daniel, No. 30 579, Forth, 23, Weaver, County of Clare, 4 feet 11, hazel eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy and pock-pitted complexion, from No. 10 Road Party

Murray Joseph, No. 30 62, James Pattison, 16, Weaver's Boy, County of Dublin, 5 feet 4½, brown eyes, black to grey hair, ruddy freckled complexion, diagonal scar over each eye, from Escort on Roads to Batburst

Maclean John, No. 29-1516, America, 23, Carter's Boy, Edinburgh, 5 feet 3, light hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy freckled complexion, J M L A S on right arm, from No. 10 Road Party

Oram Frances, No. 32-107, Pyramus, 21, Nursemaid, Bath, 4 feet 8, hazel eyes, sandy hair, ruddy freckled complexion, blue spots on back of right hand, and scar on ball of right thumb, from R. Broad, Sydney

Pendergast Thomas, Mangles (4), 27, Labourer, Limerick, 5 feet 6¾, hazel eyes, light brown hair, sallow freckled complexion, from Port Macquarie

Palmer William, No. 28-1620, Bussorah Merchant, 24, Labourer, Nottingham, 5 feet 3¼, brown eyes, dark brown hair, fair complexion, nose crooked, blue ring on middle finger of left hand, from No. 31 Road Parly

Quigley Hugh, Dunvegan Castle, from No. 6 Road Party Roberts Robert, No. 28-86, Florentia, 24, Carpenter, Cheltenham, 5 feet 5, brown eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion, small horizontal scar under right eye, woman, C P, heart and darts, with anchor on left arm, from No.11 Road Party

Spong George, No. 29-2476, Morley, 31, Labourer, Lincolnshire, 5 feet 4¼, blue eyes, light brown hair, ruddy freckled complexion, scar on right eyebrow, large burnt scar outer part right aim at elbow joint, from Mr. Buckland, Stone-quarry

Sheedy John, No. 32-1972, Eliza (6), 26, Labourer, County of Galway, 5 feet 6½, hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy freokled complexion, scar top of right side of forehead, from Messrs. Scotts, Glendon,

Saunders William, No. 29-1852, John (2), 19 Errand Boy, Dublin, 4 feet 6, grey eyes, light brown hair, ruddy freckled and pock-pitted complexion, crucifixion on right arm, from No. 6 Road Party

Sears Henry, Asia (5), 25, Brickmoulder, Sunbury, 5 feet 4¾, grey eyes, flaxen heir, pale complexion, from Bathurst Hospital, belonging to Iron Gang

Smith John, No. 39-2593, Burrell, 34, Labourer, Londonderry, 5 feet 2¾, hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy freckled complexion, large diagonal scar right side upper lip, scar on left jaw, from No. 10 Road Party

Shiel James, No. 31-711, Waterloo (2), 25, Pedlar, Drogheda, 5 feet 8¼, dark hazel eyes, dark brown hair, ruddy freckled and pock-pitted complexion, small scar inside upper part left arm, from No. ll Road Party

Robinson John James, No. 132-2496, Dunvegan Castle, 19, Hawker, Dublin, 5 feet 6, grey eyes, dark brown hair, sallow to ruddy complexion, scar top of forehead, from Dennis O'Brien, Appin

Fleming Patrick, No. 27-1928, Cambridge, 20, Pedlar, Athlone, 5 feet 4, hazel eyes, brown hair, sallow complexion, little finger right hand broken at joint, from Port Macquarie

Wright Robert, No. 50-1047, Nithsdale, 19, Slater, London, 5 feet 5, hazel eyes, brown hair, ruddy complexion two small scars in centre of forehead, from Mr. Buckland Stonequarry. 2d time of running

Willcock John, Hebe, 33, Shoemaker, Birmingham, 5 feet 6, dark brown eyes, dark hair, fair pale complexion, from Mr. Buckfend, Stonequarry

Walton George, from Archibald Bell, Esquire, Invermein, 

LIST OF RUNAWAYS APPREHENDED UP TO THE 

4th MARCH, 1833 

Owen Savage, per Forth, from Escort to Myrtle Creek

Bryan Ready, Morley, from No. 8 Road Gang 

John Burrows, Katherine Stewart Forbes, from Road Department 

Charles Kelly, Morley, from Road Department 

John Doyle, York, from Road Department 

John Grant, Hooghley, from Windsor Gaol 

George Worthington, Exmouth, from G. Townshend, Patterson's Plains 

James Doyle, Asia (9), from Road Department 

John Brown, England, from Major Druitt 

Robert Parker, Sarah, from Mr. John O'Have, Windsor 

Andrew Conway, Sophia, from Street Gang 

John Shelly, Jane, from South Head Road Party 

Benjamin Baxter, Asia, from Mr. John Jones, Bathurst 

Judith O'Neal, Hooghley, from Mt. Murphy, Maitland 

George Johnston, York, from Mr. H. Brooks. 

F. A. HELY, J. P. 
Principal Superintendent of Convicts.



Source: Government Gazette Notices (1833, March 6). New South Wales Government Gazette (Sydney, NSW : 1832 - 1900), p. 88.

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