Mary Ann Pearce [7519] ²

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  Noted events in her life were:

• Court: Deposition Registers, 1857 Apr 3, Goulburn, Argyle County, New South Wales. ⁵ Registration Number 1253
Surname PEARCE
Firstname Mary Ann
Place of Committal Goulburn
Date of Committal 3 Apr 1857
Alleged Offence Horse stealing
Committed for trial at Goulburn
Page Number 068
Series No NRS 849
Item No 1
Reel No 2760

• Newspaper: APPREHENSION OF AN ABSCONDER FROM BAIL.-, 1857 Aug 29, Sydney District, New South Wales. ⁶ SOUTHERN DISTRICT. (1857, August 29). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 -1954), p. 8. Retrieved July 27, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article12999945>

APPREHENSION OF AN ABSCONDER FROM BAIL.-Some time ago a female named Mary Anne Pearce, alias Robinson, was with a lad named James Cramp, committed by the Goulburn bench on a charge of horse-stealing. Bail was applied for, granted, and put in for toe appearance of the accused at the last Quarter Sessions. Cramp appeared on his recognisances, but as Mary Anne Pearce, who the Crown considered was the only guilty party in the felony, failed to surrender, the lad was discharged. Up to last Monday the female managed to elude a very vigilant search for her ; on that day, however, from information received by the police she was apprehended about eight miles on the other side of Tuena Creek. It appears that the Binda constabulary having got wind of the whereabouts of the " wanted" party, Dis-strict Constable Pagett, in company with Sergeant Williams and trooper Watts, of the Gold Police, started in pursuit. Having, on Sunday week, procured fresh horses at Mr. Giblett's, of Cook's Vale, they got upon the track of a cart which had been sent to Tuena by Mrs. Robinson for supplies. They followed this for some distance in the direction of Mr. Isaac Fenton's farm, and, early on Monday morning, some delay having occurred owing to the loss of their horses, they came up to where the cart was at camp. They found there a load of all sorts of provisions in the charge of a man, an old woman, and two or three boys. Leaving Constable Pagett and Trooper Watts in charge, Sergeant Williams proceeded a little dtstance further on, when he fell in with a bough gunyah. Under shelter of this were Mrs. Robinson and a man whom he believes to have been Gabriel Izzard, who effected his escape some time since from the Picton Lock-up, while under escort to Sydney to undergo a sentence for cattle stealing; However, the man, whoever he was, made a precipitate retreat as soon as he saw the sergeant, land, jumping on a horse, bare backed, galloped away. Mrs. Ro-binson was then secured and forwarded, under charge of District Constable Pagett, to Goulburn.

Brian Yap's Note: James Cramp, the younger brother of George Cook Cramp died in his first year of life. So was the James Cramp in this story actually George Cook Cramp, or perhaps one of the other brothers?

• Newspaper: THE LOST FOUND, 1857 Sep 1, Sydney District, New South Wales. ⁷ SOUTHEEN DISTRICTS. (1857, September 1). Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 -1875), p. 2. Retrieved July 27, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64983576>

THE LOST FOUND.-Mary Anne Pearce, alias Robinson, was committed to take her trial at the last Court of Quarter Sessions, on a charge of horse-stealing. She was admitted to bail, and forfeited her recognizances. Her sureties had each to pay £40 into the Treasury on account of her default. Rumours occasionally reached the police authorities of Goulburn, that she was travel-ling with that notorious scoundrel, Gabriel Izzard, and many fruitless expeditions, were made in search of the parties. At length reliable information was obtained, and District Constable Pagett accompanied by Sergeant Williams and Trooper Watts, of the Gold Police, suc-seeded in apprehending the woman at night in a rough gunyah, near a tilted cart, camped in a secluded spot in the neighbourhood of Tuena. There is no truth in the statement made by a contemporary that Izzard was with Mrs. Robinson at the time, and that when the alarm was given he jumped on a bare-backod steed, and escaped. Mrs. Robinson is now under lock and key in Goulburn Goal. A reward was offered by one of the sureties for the woman's apprehension, and the money be has paid will, it is hoped, be refunded.

• Newspaper: SOUTHERN DISTRICT, 1857 Sep 5, Sydney District, New South Wales. ⁸ SOUTHERN DISTRICT. (1857, September 5). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 -1954), p. 3. Retrieved July 27, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13000266>

SOUTHERN DISTRICT.
… Mary Anne Pearce, alias Robinson, whose escape and capture was lately noticed in our columns, will be tried at the Quarter Sessions. …

• Newspaper: GOULBURN QUARTER SESSIONS, 1857 Oct 17, Sydney District, New South Wales. ⁹ GOULBURN QUARTER SESSIONS. (1857, October 17). The Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 -1954), p. 4. Retrieved July 27, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28633310>
Mary Ann Pearce, alias Hobson, was indited for having, at Gurrunds, on the 30th December, stolen one horse, the property of Henry Alexander Tuner. Mr. Denlehy defended the prisoner. Mr. C. H. Walsh assisted Mr. Dowling in the prosecution, His Worship having summed up most minutely and impartially, the Jury retired to their private room. After a few minutes' de-liberation, the Jury returned into Court with a verdict of acquittal. The prisoner was then discharged, and the Court adjourned.

• Newspaper: GOULBURN QUARTER SESSIONS, 1857 Oct 17, Sydney District, New South Wales. ¹⁰ GOULBURN QUARTER SESSIONS. (1857, October 17). Empire (Sydney, NSW : 1850 -1875), p. 3. Retrieved July 27, 2012, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article60266918>
GOULBURN QUARTER SESSIONS.
(Abridged from the Chronicle.)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 12.
(Before the Chairman.)
HORSE-STEALING
Mary Ann Pearce was arraigned on an information which charged her with stealing on the 30th September, at Gurrnnda, one horse, the property of Henry Alex-ander Turner. -A second count charged the prisoner with feloniously receiving,.
Mr. D. H. Deniehy defended the prisoner.
The case had been before the court on a previous occasion. Evidence was now taken at some length, but the prosecution failed to establish the charge to the satisfaction of the jury, who acquitted the prisoner on both counts.

• Registration: Death, 1914, Crookwell District, New South Wales, Australia. ¹¹ 13516/1914
CRAMP, MARY A
PEARCE 75 YRS CROOKWELL

CROOKWELL

Mary married George Cook Cramp [7518] [KLV8-S1W] [MRIN: 5400], son of Jury Cramp [234] [LZJK-G9Y] and Mary Anne Edmonds [3946] [LZL5-6MB], on 1861 Mar 6 in Goulburn, Argyle County, New South Wales.¹ (George Cook Cramp [7518] [KLV8-S1W] was born on 1836 May 22 in Myrtle Creek, Cobbity, New South Wales,¹² died on 1915 Dec 6 in Crookwell, King County, New South Wales, Australia ¹³ and was buried in Binda Cemetery, Georgiana County, New South Wales, Australia ¹⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Registration: Marriage, 1861, Goulburn District, New South Wales. ¹⁵ 1780/1861
CRAMP, GEORGE
PEARCE, MARY ANN
GOULBURN

• Newspaper: Family Notices, 1861 Mar 9, Goulburn District, New South Wales. ¹⁶ Family Notices. (1861, March 9). Goulburn Herald (NSW : 1860 - 1864), p. 2. Retrieved August 4, 2014, from <http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article102587701>

MARRIED,
ON 6th instant, at St. Saviour's Church, Goulburn,
by the Rev. W. Sowerby, Mr. GEORGE CRAMP,
to Miss MARY ANN PIERCE, of Crookwell.

  Marriage Notes:

St Saviour's, Church of England, Goulburn.

Mary Ann Pearce 22 the granddaughter of John Pearce, at the time of her brother Richard's death in Sydney was living in Crookwell not far from her Uncle Thomas McGuiness's Sheep Station at Bigga. On 6th March just over a month after brother Richard's death she married George Cook Cramp 24, at St Savour's Cathedral at Goulburn. Witnesses were: Charles Baker signed the register and hannah Cramp, signed with her mark X. George stated he was a fettler and Mary Ann a Spinster.
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