RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - CHARLES JOHNSON FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1764 - d. 1787 Charles was tried at Manchester in Lancashire on the 14th of April 1785 for stealing a linen handkerchief and a piece of ribbon. Charles was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. John's occupation was listed as labourer. He died during the journey.