Legal documents relating to a dispute between D'Arcy Wentworth and Patrick Gould Hogan, 1817

MLMSS 8371

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1817

971146

0.01 metres of textual material (one folder) - Manuscript

D'Arcy Wentworth (ca.1762-1827), medical practitioner, was born in Ireland. He came to Australia in 1790 on the ship 'Neptune'. He travelled to Norfolk Island where he was appointed an assistant in the hospital and later Superintendant of convicts. He returned to Sydney in 1796. Wentworth was appointed principal surgeon of the Civil Medical Department in 1809 and held a number of civil and medical posts during his career. He died at Homebush on 7 July 1827.

Patrick Gould Hogan (1777-1860), public servant and farmer, was born in Ireland. He joined the clerical staff of the Commissary's Office in London in June 1810 and in 1812 was ordered to New South Wales. Hogan arrived in Sydney in June 1813 and in September went to Van Diemen's Land as Deputy Assistant Commissary General. His command of the Van Diemen's Land commissariat was short: accused of drunkenness and of irregular use of commissariat bills, he was himself superseded in 1816, tried by court martial in Sydney, convicted of neglect of duty and of fraudulent use of his powers, and dismissed from office.
After a long illness Hogan died at Riverview, Hobart, Tasmania, in January 1860.

Barron Field (1786-1846), judge, was born in England. Barron Field was educated as a barrister and was called to the Bar on 23 June 1814. He was a great student of poetry and frequently contributed to the press, being for a time theatrical critic for The Times. In May 1816 he was commissioned to the Supreme Court of Civil Judicature in New South Wales, and reached Sydney in February 1817 on the female convict ship 'Lord Melville'.
Field returned to England in the 'Competitor' in February 1824 without waiting for the arrival of his successor or for the reconstitution of the Supreme Court, and so, in effect, deserted his post. He died on 11 April 1846

Reference: Australian Dictionary of Biography Online (accessed 29 March 2012)

Includes (1) Warrant of attorney, signed by P.G. Hogan, 19 July 1817 (2) a Promissary note issued by the Supreme Court of N.S.W for £120, Wentworth v Hogan, 15 August 1817 (3) 2 documents addressed to William Gore Esq., Provost-Marshall, signed by judge Barron Field, regarding the debt owed by P.G. Hogan.

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