Part 9 (1/2)
APPENDIX 3.
Ludlow Tedder Description List (Hindostan, AOT CON 19/1/13 p. 299)
Transcription provided by Female Factory Research Group.
Conduct Record POLICE No. 151 .
Tedder Ludlow Hindostan 11 September 1839 Central Criminal Court 17 December 1838 10 years Transported for larceny. Gaol Report: poor connexions. Surgeon's Report: the most attentive & best behaved on board doing duty as nurse; widow & 5 children. Stated this Offence: stealing plate from my master Mr F Kenneth, Keppel Street on Banister; widow & 5 children.
22 June 1842 (Nursery, Liverpool Street) Misconduct in taking advantage of her situation as nurse in the Hospital at the House of Correction to obtain articles & money for the purpose of clandestinely delivering the same to ”Eliza Morgan,” a prisoner of the crown then in confinement, the articles having been obtained from Mr Smith in Elizabeth Street - 12 months hard labour in the House of Correction and to be placed in the separate working cells until the Lieutenant Governor shall be pleased to consider her case (PS) Confirmed this female was placed in a situation of great trust under promised indulgence of the Princ.i.p.al 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 Princ.i.p.al Superintendent office 25.6.42 Princ.i.p.al Superintendent office 8.6.43 Superintendent 13/2/44 Morven 29.2.44 Princ.i.p.al 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 & 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 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.
Sat.u.r.day 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 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 Princ.i.p.al 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 quant.i.ty of work performed, the general state of the establishment, and most especially the expense of the inst.i.tution.
4. He is to submit, for the more efficient control, or for the reformation of the females, such measures as he may be enabled from time to time to suggest from his own observations, or from the information of the superintendent; and on the Lieutenant Governor's sanction being notified to him by the Colonial Secretary, he is to record the instruction in order that it may thenceforth be observed as a standing regulation of the establishment.
5. Cleanliness, quietness, regularity, submission and industry are inserted in the general regulations, as being expected by the government to be observed throughout the establishment, and therefore they are to be uninterruptedly enforced by the princ.i.p.al superintendent, and he is to allow no excuse whatever in justification of the slightest occasional departure from the strict observance of all these essential points which are required un-varyingly to characterise [sic] the house of correction.
6. With all the attention that can be bestowed, the establishment must necessarily be a heavy charge up on the government, and the most scrupulous attention to economy is therefore expected to pervade the whole system of the establishment.
7. It is alone by frequently visiting the different cla.s.ses, and by constantly inspecting the treatment, the food, and the employment of the women, that the princ.i.p.al superintendent can conscientiously satisfy himself, or faithfully a.s.sure the government, that they are neither allowed improper indulgences, nor subject to unnecessary harshness, and that the rules and regulations for the management of the establishment, and for the punishment and reformation of the female offenders, are duly observed and punctually enforced in every department.
8. For the management of the establishment, the following officers are or will be appointed-a superintendent, a matron, an overseer and task mistress for the crime cla.s.s, a porter, a clerk and two constables.
The Superintendent-He is intrusted [sic] with the immediate management of the establishment, under the directions of the princ.i.p.al superintendent of convicts, and held responsible for the safe custody of the women, and for the strict observance of the rules and regulations for the house of correction.
Every article within the walls is also intrusted [sic] to his charge, and he is responsible that the public property is carefully preserved and accounted for.
He is to communicate to the subordinate officers, in writing, such instructions as he may receive from the princ.i.p.al superintendent, and to see that they are duly carried into effect.
He is to keep a regular journal, noting in it all occurrences of importance, especially cases of misconduct, and the measures thereupon adopted. This book is to be submitted to the princ.i.p.al superintendent whenever he visits the establishment.
Before breakfast every morning, and after supper every evening, he is to read to all the cla.s.ses a.s.sembled in the chapel, a portion of Scripture, accompanied by a short prayer; if the chaplain should be present, this duty will of course be performed by him.
He is to inspect all the rooms and yards of the building after the women have proceeded to their morning's labour, and see that they are kept in order, and perfectly clean throughout the day.
He is from time to time during the day to visit all the cla.s.ses while at work, to satisfy himself that quietness is observed, that idleness is not permitted by the task women, and that in every way good order is strictly maintained.
He is to inspect the provisions when issued to the cooks, and again when divided into messes, and to be present during dinner for the purpose of preventing any irregularity.
He is to give instructions daily to the overseer of the crime cla.s.s, and through the matron to the several task women respecting the employment of the convicts under their charge; and at the close of the day, is to require from each a report of the manner in which the work has been performed, and of the general conduct of each cla.s.s, and comparing them with his own personal observations during the day, is to note the result in his journal.
He is, with the a.s.sistance of some of the well-conducted task women, to devote a portion of every alternate evening during the week to the instruction of such women as may be inclined to learn, and on Sundays he is to cause such as cannot read to be a.s.sembled and instructed.
He is to inspect all articles of provisions when furnished for the use of the establishment, and to satisfy himself that they are wholesome, and supplied according to the terms of contract. When any of an unwholesome or inferior quality are supplied, he is to reject them, reporting the circ.u.mstance to the princ.i.p.al superintendent.
He is empowered to confine any female in a solitary cell, for disobedience of orders, neglect of duty, or other improper conduct, for a period not exceeding 24 hours, but he is to enter the full particulars of each case in his journal, and to report the same to the princ.i.p.al superintendent, on his visiting the establishment.
He is to visit the females confined in the cells every morning, to satisfy himself that they are in health, and that their punishment is duly enforced. Should any female, while confined in a cell, represent herself to be sick, he is to report the same to the medical officer when he visits the establishment, and, immediately, if the case be urgent, remove her to the hospital yard.
He shall be allowed a clerk for the regular keeping of the undermentioned books: 1. A victualling book according to the scale of rations allowed the establishment, (in the form furnished by the commissariat).
2. A register in which shall be entered the names of the females as they shall be received into the establishment, with the date of entry, and the day on which they shall be a.s.signed or discharged, (Form A).
3. An alphabetical book which shall contain the names of all females received into the establishment, their offences, general conduct, description, temper and habits during their confinement, (B).
4. A record of all offences committed within the walls, distinguis.h.i.+ng the cases adjudged by the princ.i.p.al superintendent, from the minor offences disposed of by himself.
5. A book in which shall be entered the receipt and expenditure of all articles furnished for the employment of the females, and which shall exhibit their daily employment, the proceeds of their labour, and the value and appropriation of the articles manufactured.
6. The convicts' private property book, in which all articles received shall be entered, and their mode of disposal recorded.
7. A book in which shall be inserted these regulations, together with such additional regulations as shall from time to time be issued for the government of the establishment.