For his part in the Chartist march on Newport he was sentenced to death, but his sentence was commuted and he was transported for life to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia), arriving at the colony on the last day of June 1840.
For his part in the Chartist march on Newport he was sentenced on the 16 January 1840 with the verdict of'guilty of high treason'-sentencing to death by hanging, drawing, and quartering. But his sentence was commuted and he was transported for life to Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia), arriving at the colony on the last day of June 1840.