Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of highway robbery (feloniously making an assault upon william m'donald , in the king's highway, on the 6th of july, putting him in fear, and feloniously taking from his person, a dollar, value 5 s. three shillings, and two bank-notes, value 1 l. each, the property of the said william m'donald). Found guilty. Sentenced to death. Sentence outcome was transported.