HI I'm doing research into Susan ROBERTS who was convicted 15-4-1801 for theft at Buckeridge St. St Giles. Susan was lodging at this address for a period of 5 weeks prior to the theft with Mrs Mary Hamilton. Susan was found guilty and sent to NSW in 1803 onboard the "Glatton". She apparently left a husband behind in London, she was aged 18 and was an Irish girl from Mullingar. I imagine she was in Newgate Prison I'm hoping to find any newspaper report on the incident in the local paper at the time. (Would that be the Times?). I would also like to find out when she married if indeed it was in the Middlesex/London area. Any help very much appreciated kind regards Dianna

Hi Dianna >From your email address it seems you are in Australia ? If you are an Australian resident you can gain free access to a wide range of online newspapers via your national library of Australia (as opposed to your State library who may also have access) Included on the NLA are the 19th Century Newspapers, the 18th Century and the Times plus various other useful publications Once joined you can use them online from home 24/7 Whether your convict gets a mention in any papers is another matter of course, convictions were an every day event Then as now it depended on what else was happening on the day and how interesting the case was as to its inclusion in the newspaper Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > HI > I'm doing research into Susan ROBERTS who was convicted 15-4-1801 for > theft at Buckeridge St. St Giles. Susan was lodging at this address for a > period of 5 weeks prior to the theft with Mrs Mary Hamilton. > > Susan was found guilty and sent to NSW in 1803 onboard the "Glatton". She > apparently left a husband behind in London, she was aged 18 and was an Irish > girl from Mullingar. I imagine she was in Newgate Prison > > I'm hoping to find any newspaper report on the incident in the local > paper at the time. (Would that be the Times?). I would also like to find > out when she married if indeed it was in the Middlesex/London area. Any help > very much appreciated kind regards Dianna

Hi again >From what you posted you may have the entry already but its on the Old Bailey site <http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/browse.jsp?id=t18010415-127-defend1246&div=t18010415-127#highlight> There is no mention in that of her being married, where does that come from? If she was convicted as ROBERTs I presume that was her married name, do you have any idea of her maiden name Could she have lied about the marriage to try and get some sort of sympathy from someone? In the various databases on Ancestry I did not come across a ROBERTS marrying a Susan in the period Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > HI > I'm doing research into Susan ROBERTS who was convicted 15-4-1801 for > theft at Buckeridge St. St Giles. Susan was lodging at this address for a > period of 5 weeks prior to the theft with Mrs Mary Hamilton. > > Susan was found guilty and sent to NSW in 1803 onboard the "Glatton". She > apparently left a husband behind in London, she was aged 18 and was an Irish > girl from Mullingar. I imagine she was in Newgate Prison > > I'm hoping to find any newspaper report on the incident in the local > paper at the time. (Would that be the Times?). I would also like to find > out when she married if indeed it was in the Middlesex/London area. Any help > very much appreciated kind regards Dianna