Catherine Ferris

Life archive ID obpt18250630-7-defend122
Born 1805. Place of birth Jamaica. Gender female. Height 5' 3.25". Religion Protestant (unspecified). Has tattoo no. First recorded 1825.
Born
1805
Place of birth Jamaica.
Tried
30th June 1825
Age 20.
Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of highway robbery (feloniously assaulting james marsh , on the king's highway, on the 4th of june, at st. mary matfellon, alias whitechapel, putting him in fear, and taking from his person, and against his will, a purse, value 3 d.; eight sovereigns, four half-sovereigns, one 30 l., and one 5 l. bank notes, his property, against the statute). Found guilty. Sentenced to death. Sentence outcome was freed.
Petitioned
30th June 1825
Age 20.
Sentence respited
2nd August 1825
Age 20.
Freed
27th March 1826
Age 21.
Tried
11th June 1829
Age 24.
Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of theft from a specified place (stealing, on the 6th of june, 1 bag, value 1d., and 50 dollars, value 11l. 4s., the property of john macartney , in the182906110065dwelling-house of stephen bath). Found guilty, lesser offence. Sentenced to transportation. Sentence outcome was transported.
Sentenced to seven years. Sent to New South Wales.
Arrived in Australia
29th November 1829
Age 24. Religion Protestant (Protestant (unspecified)). Place of birth Jamaica.
Sent to New South Wales.