The Tin Ticket_ The Heroic Journey of Australia's Convict Women - Deborah J. Swiss [144]
Confirmed this female was placed in a situation of great trust under promised indulgence of the Principal Superintendent considering her to be a fit subject, to be placed under this sentence to separate confinement vide Lieutenant Governor’s decision 23 June 1842.
Ticket of Leave 15 May 1844
Conditional Pardon for Australian Colonies recommended 27 May 1845
Approved 22nd May 1846
Certificate of Freedom 21 December 1848
28.4.42 Principal Superintendent office 25.6.42 Principal Superintendent office 8.6.43 Superintendent 13/2/44 Morven 29.2.44 Principal Superintendent 8/3/45 Launceston
Transcription provided by Female Factory Research Group. Reference: AOT, CON 40-1-10 p. 113
APPENDIX 4
Bridget Mulligan
Description List (Blackfriar, AOT CON 19/1/9)
Transcription provided by Female Factory Research Group.
Conduct Record
POLICE No. 1231
1 MARCH 1855 NEW NoRFoLK
Mulligan Bridget
Tried Co. Cavan 1 March 1850
Embarked 10 years
Arrived 29 May 1851
Roman Catholic neither read nor write
Transported for having stolen goods in possession. Gaol Report: never convicted before, very good, single. Stated this Offence: receiving a milk can prosecutor unknown at Cavan. Single. Surgeon’s Report: very good.
Services: 5 June 1851 Brickfields Hiring Depot; 17 October 1851 House of Correctiona; 10 November 1851 Brickfields Hiring Depot; 30 January 1852 H Martyn, Battery Point; 20 August 1852 Brickfields Hiring Depot; 11 September 1852 John Gill, Davey Street; 15 October 1852 House of Correction; 12 November 1852 J Bandall, New Norfolk; 18 March 1853 Mr Charles Menzie, New Norfolk; 12 July 1853 J Randall, New Norfolk
Offences & Sentences 3 January 1854 Marriage with George Jones approved.b Ticket of Leave 1 May 1855 Ticket of Leave revoked 15 March 1859 absent &
Certificate of Freedom to self 1 December 1862.
Transcription provided by Female Factory Research Group. Reference: AOT, CON 41/1/30 Blackfriar
Description List (Tortise 19 Feb 1842, AOT CON 18-1-30 p. 80)
APPENDIX 5
Rules and Regulations for the Management of the House of Correction for Females
HOBART TOWN COURIER
Saturday 10 October 1829, page 4
Rules And Regulations
(The regulations for the management of the House of Correction for females being in themselves so excellent, and so many of our readers having expressed a desire that they should be printed in the Courier, we have determined, though they occupy a very large share of our Journal of this week, to give them at large.)
1. A House of Correction having been erected for the reception of Female Convicts, and for the punishment and reformation of female offenders, the following rules and regulations are to be observed for the due management of the establishment,
2. The Principal Superintendent of convicts being a magistrate, is charged with the general direction of the house of correction. He is to visit it daily for the purpose of hearing and determining offences committed within the walls, of seeing that all the records hereinafter described are correctly kept, of examining minutely into the state of the establishment, and of issuing instructions in writing, to the superintendent upon all such matters as requite his interference.
3. He is to countersign all requisitions, examine the accounts, (and certify that he has so done) as well of the articles supplied for the use of the establishment, as of those manufactured by the women, and he is to transmit such reports and returns as shall place the Lieutenant Governor in possession of the requisite information as to the increase or decrease of crime amongst the female convicts, the quantity of work performed, the general state of the establishment, and most especially the expense of the institution.
4. He is to submit, for the more efficient control, or for the reformation of the females,