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Details for the convict Michael Houlahan (1802)

Convict Name:Michael Houlahan
Trial Place:Limerick
Trial Date:
Sentence:Life
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Arrival Details
Ship:Atlas II
Arrival Year:1802
 
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Michael and twelve other convicts absconded from the agricultural settlement at Castle Hill on 15 February 1803 with some entering the nearby home of M Declamb and stealing items. Participants were; Patrick Gammon, Francis Simpson, Patrick Ross, Laurence Dempsey, Patrick McDermott, John Lynch, John Morgan & John Brown (all Atlas 1802) and Thomas Shanks & James Conroy ( both Hercules 1802) and Michael Houlahan, Loughlin Doyle & Timothy Mulcahy ( all Atlas 2 1802). All were convicted on 15 March 1803 and sentenced to death. Source; Sydney Gazette NSW Advertiser 19 March 1803 page 2
Submitted by Researcher (Brian & Toni ) on 20 June 2014

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Research notes

Michael had Ticket of Leave 14/83 and gained Conditional Pardon dated 26 August 1816 with notations as to alias "Galihooly, Houlihan"
Submitted by Researcher (Brian & Toni ) on 20 June 2014
Michael was convicted as accessory on 15 Match 1803 and his death sentence commuted. Source; Sydney Gazette NSW Advertiser 26 March 1803 page 4
Submitted by Researcher (Brian & Toni ) on 20 June 2014
Michael was tried and convicted at Limerick Ireland in 1801 and sentenced to life transportation, he arrived Sydney aboard Atlas 2 on 30 October 1802.
Submitted by Researcher (Brian & Toni ) on 18 June 2014

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