The Conveyance of Prisoners (Ireland) Act 1837 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 6) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, signed into law on 23 December 1837. It directed that the expenses of conveying prisoners were to be paid by the paymaster of the appropriate constabulary force, and then repaid by grand jury presentment.
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