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Personal Information
Crime
Voyage
Transportation
Francois Zavier Leclair was transported on the Sarah, departing 29th Nov 1836 and arriving 29th Mar 1837 with 270 passengers.
Sarah (generic)References
| Primary Source | Australian Joint Copying Project. Microfilm Roll 90, Class and Piece Number HO11/10, Page Number 415 (210) |
| Source Description | This record is one of the entries in the British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database compiled by State Library of Queensland from British Home Office (HO) records which are available on microfilm as part of the Australian Joint Copying Pro |
| Original Source | Great Britain. Home Office |
| Compiled By | State Library of Queensland |
| Database Source | British convict transportation registers 1787-1867 database |
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Convict Notes
https://stors.tas.gov.au/CON31-1-25$init=CON31-1-25p229 Conduct Record: Zavier Francois Leclair. Tried Montreal Lower Canada, 25 Feb 1836. 7 years (To be computed from the 16 April) Transported for Housebreaking. Gao; Report , Very bad in every respect. Hulk Report; Good. Single. Stated this offence, Housebreaking once for picking pockets 6 months, Surgeon’s Report: one of the mutineers and a scoundrel. Sent to Port Arthur immediately on landing for being one of the ring leaders in the Mutiny on board the Prison ship Sarah when on her passage from England. Vide Memo 5 April 1837. A number of offences recorded. Free Certificate N898/1846.
François Sevier Le Clere, and William Dunbar, two as ill-looking knaves as the sun ever shone upon, or the rain ever wetted, were each sent to Port Arthur in irons, for l8 months, for robbing the house of Mr. F. Smith, the Barrister, of some silver spoons. They are well known (we mean the men) to his worship and the police. Colonial Times, Hobart, 29 Mar 1845.
Medical and surgical journal of His Majesty's convict ship Sarah for 1 November 1836 to 8 May 1837 by James McTernan, Surgeon. (Described at item level). ADM 101/66/6/31836-1837 Folios 11-12: F Havr Le Clair, aged 21, convict; case number 8; disease or hurt, erysipelas. Put on sick list, 25 January 1837 at sea. Discharged 8 February 1837.