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 )