>From The Hobarton Mercury, 17 October 1856 - LOCAL NEWS Emigrants Breaking their Agreement.--Andrew Aherne, and Ellen Aherne, for being about to leave the Colony, contrary to their agreement. The Solicitor-General said that some notice ought to be taken of the case. It was hard upon the people who were taxed for the purpose of paying these peoples' passages, in order to secure the advantage of their labor. Mr. Rogers further said that there was no necessity for Aherne and his wife leaving the Colony. The man had been engaged at the Public Works Department at £1 1s. per week, and the female bad been in the service of Captain Foster. Mr. Smith the Emigration Agent proved the debt due by the prisoners for their passage. Mr. Burgess fully concurred in the view of the matter adopted by the Solicitor General. He considered it ungrateful on the part of those who came out under the regulations, to endeavour to evade the repayment, and deprive the colony of the services for which it was paid. It was an act of dishonesty. The Solicitor-General suggested to the Bench, that a short sentence would answer the purpose as a warning to others. The male prisoner was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with hard labor ; the female to three days without hard labor. They left the Court in great distress. It was not stated what was to be done with the prisoners' children. ------------------------------------------------ Historic Australian Newspapers, 1803 to 1954 http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper Aherns in Australian Records http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ahcrim.htm ------------------------------------------------

>From The Cornwall Chronicle, 18 October 1856 - Immigration Farce.--Andrew Ahern and Elizabeth Ahern were charged with being about to leave the island before the termination of four years, without repaying the amount of their passage money. They were remanded as the Immigration Agent was not in attendance. This is one of the instances of over legislation, in appropriating a large amount of public money, in bringing people to the colony, and then finding no employment for them. The parties so charged declared their utter ignorance of any agreement to remain any time in the colony. They were sent for, and they came, and they knew nothing more about it. They were required to find securities to appear to-morrow.--H. T. Advertiser. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Irish Maritime News Acton, Mass. | http://immigrantships.net/newsarticles/newsarticles.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

>From The Courier 27, October 1856 - ANDREW AHERNE. The sentence passed upon Aherne has been remitted. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | The Ahern Family Genealogy Website Acton, Massachusetts | http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~aherns/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

>From the Colonial Times, 28 October 1856 - LOCAL INTELLIGENCE Liberation of Aherne.--This man, whose case has excited so much attention, was released from the House of Correction where he had been employed in breaking stones, on Saturday last. It appears that some gentlemen interfered in the case and got him to sign a petition, which the Governor was pleased to grant, Aherne undertaking not to quit the colony until the expiration of the four years, unless the sum due to the Government was first paid. The man and his wife and children are residing in Harrington-street, opposite the "Queen's Arms," and we understand, have been visited by several benevolent individuals. We are informed that it is not true, as stated, that Aherne came out under a fraudulent bounty ticket, and it was not until he had been out of work several weeks, and some relations of his wife undertook to pay their expences to Sydney, where they could make sure of work, that he conceived the idea of going away. The man states, that, as the bounty ticket was sent home to him by a relation from this colony, he had no idea that he was bound to stop here. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dennis Ahern | Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild, Irish Maritime News Acton, Mass. | http://immigrantships.net/newsarticles/newsarticles.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -