327 Sir Robert Peel refuses the extension of the Royal Mercy to John Miller, a prisoner "under sentence of Transportation on board the Hulks": 7 June 1823 mss signed letter from Peel at "Whitehall" to a John Buchanan, who had sent a Petition and Letter to Peel, in his capacity as Home Secretary. Miller was sentenced to be transported for Life at the Sussex Special Sessions; he arrived in New South Wales in October 1824 aboard the convict ship "Mangles" along with 189 other convicts. Peel went on to serve twice as British Prime Minister. In Britain today policemen are commonly referred to as ‘Bobbies’! Originally though, they were known as ‘Peelers’ in reference to Sir Robert Peel (1788 – 1850). $300–500 328 JOHN BULL [Newspaper] January 18, 1824 [London, 8pp] Includes a full page report titled "The Tread Mill" being a comprehensive coverage of the evidence from prisoners who had been punished on this instrument of torture, as presented to the official investigation conducted by Magistrate Briscoe of Surrey. $75–100 ❖ 329 CAPPER, John Henry Two Reports of John Henry Capper, Esq. Superintendent of Ships and Vessels Employed for the Confinement of Offenders Under Sentence of Transportation: dated 16th July 1825. [London, House of Commons. 1826.] 11pp. Folio. British Parliamentary Paper. HC36. Contains lists of convict hulks at Portsmouth, Gosport, Sheerness, Chatham, Woolwich & Deptford with numbers of convicts. Summaries of work performed, health etc. $100–150 ❖ 330 Jean MOFFATT - Transported for 14 years: Between 1824 and 1837 the convict ship, Sir Charles Forbes, made 4 voyages to Australia to deliver convicts to Van Diemen’s Land (3 voyages) and Botany Bay. Her second voyage, departing in August 1826 arrived at Hobart Town with 72 female convicts of whom Jean Moffatt was number 55. She had various aliases: Wilson, Donnelly and McDonald. She had received her sentence of 14 years transportation for theft following her trial at Glasgow Court of Justiciary in September 1825. This document is the official manuscript of her various interactions with the legal system from her 1825 conviction, the issuance of her Conditional Pardon in 1836, her Certificate of Freedom in 1839 and her subsequent trial and conviction in March 1845 resulting in her final sentence of "Hard Labor for 3 years - to be sent to the House of Correction for Females at Launceston." The document also discloses that Jean’s "husband", James Donnelly had arrived aboard the convict ship "Woodman" in April 1826, having been transported for life. $500–750 331 BRIDGET MAGAHAN had a bad temper and liked a drink: Magahan’s Convict Record indicates that, following her trial at Middlesex in May 1827 , where she was found guilty of larceny, Magahan was sentenced to be transported for 7 years, arriving in Van Diemen’s Land in November 1827 aboard "Sovereign", along with 80 other female convicts, many of them also having passed through the court at Middlesex. Her offence, which she admitted, was stealing a gown. Despite periods in the Cascades Female Factory and being "free by servitude" her record indicates a tendency to gross and disorderly conduct (including striking her husband, William Peel, a fellow convict), being drunk and disorderly, removal "to the other side of the Island", receiving wine and spirits taken from the Government Stores, etc.,. The final entry of November 1841 (14 years after her arrival in the Colony) was for a sentence of 10 days in solitary confinement for disorderly conduct while she was working as a laundress at the Colonial Hospital at Launceston. $400–600 332 The Hobart Town Gazette: 12 Jan.1828 edition with the lead article annoucing the re-opening of NORFOLK ISLAND “ ...to be the place to which any Offender convicted in Van Diemen’s Land......shall be sent or Transported. ” as well as other convict-related reports; 19 Sept.1844 edition carries news of land allocations, but mainly reports on Court proceedings, Convict Houses of Correction, Ticket of Leave Musters, Absconders, Wanted Notices and a list of convicts granted permission to marry; and the edition of 26 Aug.1845. Also, New South Wales Government Gazette of 5 June 1833, also containing much news regarding the administration of the convict system, in particular with reference to convicts returning to their Masters after a period in an “Ironed Gang” , “ ...that Families who are in want of Female Servants, may be supplied from the Prisoners arrived in the ship Diana... ”; a list of all male convicts assigned in the month of March 1833; tickets of leave cancelled; a report on the State of the Female Factory at Parramatta (467 Women; 110 children under 3); and a long list of Prisoners who had absconded from their place of employment. (4 items). $200–300 ❖ 327 330 331 47