Patrick Bennett after 1879

[shelleyf]

I’m looking for Patrick Bennett who was convicted of robbery in 1879. I can’t find him in any census of Scotland or England in prison in 1881. I’m wondering what happened to him. 

Name   Patrick Bennet
Trial Age   29
Birth Date   1850
Birth Place   Down, Ireland
Role   Accused
Crime Committed   Theft and Previous Conviction
Trial Date   9 Sep 1879
Trial Location   Lanarkshire, Scotland
Court House   Glasgow
Verdict   Guilty
Sentence   Penal Servitude - 3 Years
Notes   Previous Convictions: Theft
Related Trial Papers   Jc26/1879/119
Related Precognitions   Ad14/79/130


Any thoughts about where I should look?

Thanks
Shelley

[Milliepede]

Sentence   Penal Servitude - 3 Years

Was he transported to a penal colony.

[CaroleW]

Was he married?  Did he return to Ireland?  There is a Patrick Bennett aged 52 in Down on the Irish 1901 - born Armagh

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000753408/

[GR2]

Sentence   Penal Servitude - 3 Years

Was he transported to a penal colony.

The number of people transported greatly reduced from the 1850s and the last ones were sent to Australia in 1868.

[MonicaL]

He was a bit busy wasn't he 

Have you seen the details from 1876?

Precognition against Patrick Bennett for the crime of assault, and previous conviction and robbery, or theft, and previous conviction - AD14/76/120

Patrick Bennett, Age: 25, puddler, Address: Dundyvan, Lanarkshire, Origin: Born in County Down, Ireland

Related records JC26/1876/214 JC26/1876/214

Patrick received 15 months for this 1876 charge, served at Airdrie Prison.

Monica

[shelleyf]

Sentence   Penal Servitude - 3 Years

Was he transported to a penal colony.

From this article, I would have expected him to be in England in 1881. It says “ From 1879 to 1884, male convicts were again removed immediately to England.”

https://www.acrosswalls.org/notes/scottish-male-convicts-penal-servitude-england/

[shelleyf]

Was he married?  Did he return to Ireland?  There is a Patrick Bennett aged 52 in Down on the Irish 1901 - born Armagh

http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000753408/

Hmm, a possibility. I’ll follow it up.

[shelleyf]

He was a bit busy wasn't he 

Have you seen the details from 1876?


Monica

Yes, saw this. Thanks, Monica. In fact, he was in prison in the 1871 census. Not sure what that conviction was for.

[MonicaL]

A clip from the Falkirk Herald, 23 Feb 1871: