Hello Shirley, Reasonably sure, a book it mentions he was sentenced to go to Bermuda but I understand the same ship went to both areas. The dates fit perfectly. I am hoping that any background details will mention his extreme deafness as it does in the other sources I have. The trial date on the transportation index gives the same month and year for the Thomas Beckham (murderer) as 9th July 1850 , same crime robbery, same sentence 15 years transportation, age 40 , which makes him 57 ish when the murder happened, at that time his ages was given as 50 to 60 or 61 in one report. All just hints of the same person, no definite answer. Tom -----Original Message----- From: irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Shirley Arabin Sent: 17 November 2006 22:35 To: irl-dublin@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] Thomas Beckham of Limerick Don't forget newspapers as a source for such a newsworthy item. In those days they printed great details of court cases and might be your only source if the public records were lost. If he was transported to Australia in 1850 are you sure it is the same man who committed the 1862 crime? Shirley Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] Thomas Beckham of Limerick > Hello List, > I am trying to locate details of the background of Thomas Beckham who was > executed in 1862 for murder. >> Thomas Beckham was 61 at the time of the murder and the murder took place >> on > the 16th of May 1862. > > Earlier in 1850 he was in trouble and was supposed to have been sent to > Bermuda, but seems to have gone to Australia! ( this entry is from the > online index only, the records have not been viewed ) ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

interesting that you mention his extreme deafness. In NZ it has been found that a high proportion of prisoners have a hearing loss to some extent. Looks like they missed out learning at school for the same reason. Shows there is nothing new in the world. best of luck with your research. Shirley ----- Original Message ----- From: "THOMAS BECKHAM" <thomas.l.beckham@btinternet.com> To: <irl-dublin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, November 18, 2006 7:55 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] Thomas Beckham of Limerick > Hello Shirley, > Reasonably sure, a book it mentions he was sentenced to go to Bermuda but > I > understand the same ship went to both areas. The dates fit perfectly. I am > hoping that any background details will mention his extreme deafness as it > does in the other sources I have. The trial date on the transportation > index > gives the same month and year for the Thomas Beckham (murderer) as 9th > July > 1850 , same crime robbery, same sentence 15 years transportation, age 40 , > which makes him 57 ish when the murder happened, at that time his ages was > given as 50 to 60 or 61 in one report. > > All just hints of the same person, no definite answer. > > Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Shirley Arabin > Sent: 17 November 2006 22:35 > To: irl-dublin@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] Thomas Beckham of Limerick > > Don't forget newspapers as a source for such a newsworthy item. In those > days they printed great details of court cases and might be your only > source > > if the public records were lost. If he was transported to Australia in > 1850 > > are you sure it is the same man who committed the 1862 crime? > Shirley > Subject: [IRL-DUBLIN] Thomas Beckham of Limerick > > >> Hello List, >> I am trying to locate details of the background of Thomas Beckham who was >> executed in 1862 for murder. >>> Thomas Beckham was 61 at the time of the murder and the murder took >>> place > >>> on >> the 16th of May 1862. > >> Earlier in 1850 he was in trouble and was supposed to have been sent to >> Bermuda, but seems to have gone to Australia! ( this entry is from the >> online index only, the records have not been viewed ) > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >