Date of Conviction: 01/07/1819

Age at Conviction: 60

Crime Convicted of: Theft

Court Convicted at: Lancaster Quarter Sessions (held at the New Bailey, Salford)

Sentence Length: 7 Years

Ship Transported on: Remained in England

Where Arrived: N/A

Departure Date: N/A

Arrival Date: N/A

Biography: Mary was a widow from London. She had stolen a purse containing four shillings and sixpence along with Mary Ann Ashton and two other men from Hannah Mulliner. Mary Ann and the two men were transported but Mary remained at Lancaster. In August 1821, Mary petitioned for freedom due to her advanced age (62 at the time of the petition) and two years imprisonment thus far. She explained the background to what occurred stating that she had left Shoreditch, London where she lived (having been born at Windsor) to visit friends in Liverpool and Manchester, meeting Mary Ann Ashton and John Moreton en-route. Forming a friendship, Mary, her friend George Wakeman from Manchester and Mary Ann and John visited a racecourse there together. After this visit they were all apprehended with Mary Ann having the stolen purse on her person. Mary, who had no stolen property on her person, had come from a respectable family whose many children were all in equally respectable businesses and positions and she had no criminal history whatsoever.

The victim, Hannah and her husband John supported the petition to free Mary and returned a sworn affidavit supporting her release. Petition granted, Mary was given a free pardon in October 1821, almost certainly a victim of a miscarriage of justice along with her friend George (ship- Coromandel) who was sent to New South Wales.