To send into banishment, esp. to a penal colony. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy Keating-Butler" <peggyann47@earthlink.net> To: <countycork@rootsweb.com> Cc: <IRL-CORK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [CO CORK] Cork Assizes September 1822 > Hi Dennis-- > > What an eye-opener! I have no in-depth historical knowledge of the > times related and so am interested in knowing what is meant by > "to be transported for life." Does this mean a "life sentence"? > Likewise, I see "seven years transportation." What is the > significance of the term "transported" or "transportation" associated > with these jail sentences? > > Thanks! > > Peggy (aka "Georgia Anne Butler," author of the trilogy Of the Wing). > > http://www.ofthewing.com > > On Nov 23, 2009, at 10:00 AM, Dennis Ahern wrote: > >> >> The Constitution or Cork Morning Post, 4 September 1822 -- >> >> CORK (POSTPONED) ASSIZES. [continued] >> >> COUNTY. >> Thomas Duvall, assault, twelve months imprisonment. >> Charles M'Carthy, Patrick Sullivan, John Sullivan, >> abduction--to be hanged 7th Sept. >> Darby Gallavan, Darby Quinlan, Robin Quinlan, John >> M'Auliffe, Bryan M'Auliffe, Anthony Gibbons, Jeremiah >> Dawley, administering oaths, to be transported for life. >> James M'Carthy and Timothy M'Carthy, assault, six months >> imprisonment. >> William Duhigg, manslaughter, twelve months imprisonment, >> and to give security. >> John Hayes, stealing a shirt, one month's imprisonment. >> John Austen, stealing wearing apparel, nine months >> imprisonment. >> John Brien, stealing a shirt, to be transported for seven years. >> Mary Herlihy, stealing shirts, one month's imprisonment. >> Thomas Allen, sheep stealing, seven years transportation. >> Mary Fitton, stealing wearing apparel, six months >> imprisonment. >> Daniel Wholahan and Patrick Wholahan, sheep stealing, seven >> years transportation. >> Catherine Sweeny, stealing wearing apparel, do. >> Daniel Neal, stealing money, do. >> Daniel Keeffe, forcible possession, 6 months imprisonment. >> John Savage, stealing wearing apparel, seven years >> transportation. >> William Lamb, horse stealing, to be hanged 5th Oct. >> Michael Crowley and Cornelius Crowley, for cow stealing, to >> be transported for seven years. >> Dennis Duggan, horse stealing, to be hanged 5th Oct. >> John Cahill, murder, to be hanged 21st Sept. >> Michael Buckley, sheep stealing, to be hanged 1st Oct. >> Timothy Regan, sheep and goat stealing, seven years >> transportation. >> John Callaghan, sheep stealing, nine months imprisonment. >> Mary Hart, stealing cotton, seven years transportation. >> Wm. Casey, stealing leather, three months imprisonment. >> Bart. Donovan, stealing lambs, seven years transportation. >> William Mahony, Andrew Casey, and John Hassett, illicit >> distillation, one month's imprisonment. >> John Swiney, illicit distillation, fined 6d. >> William Duggan, manslaughter, twelve months imprisonment. >> David Sillis, burglary, to be hanged 28th Sept. >> Cornelius Crowley and Cornelius Donovan, sheep stealing, >> seven years transportation. >> Joseph Morris, manslaughter, six months imprisonment. >> Timothy Donovan, burglary, to be hanged 14th Sept. >> William Costello and Walter Fitzmaurice, for the abduction of >> Miss Goold, to be hanged 7th Sept. >> William Griffin, administering an oath, transportation for life. >> Jeremiah Slattery, stealing money, twelve months >> imprisonment. >> Jeremiah Duggan, manslaughter, seven years transportation. >> Ellen Connor and Ellen Hyde, for stealing thread, six months >> imprisonment. >> >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> Dennis Ahern | Ireland Newspaper Abstracts >> Acton, Massachusetts | http://www.IrelandOldNews.com >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >> Check out the Ireland GenWeb County Cork Website at: >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ >> It is a good place to find information related to your family >> research. >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> COUNTYCORK-request@rootsweb.com >> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > Check out the Ireland GenWeb County Cork Website at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~irlcor/ > It is a good place to find information related to your family research. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > COUNTYCORK-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.508) > Database version: 6.13760 > http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/ E-mail message checked by Spyware Doctor (7.0.0.508) Database version: 6.13760 http://www.pctools.com/en/spyware-doctor-antivirus/