RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - EDWARD CORBET FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1764 - d. 1788 Edward was tried on two charges at Hertford in Hertfordshire on the 2nd of March 1786, for stealing a scarlet cloth cardinal and a sack of wheat worth a total value of 8 shillings. Edward was sentenced to transportation for 7 years. He left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. Edward's occupation was listed as labourer. Edward was executed when he tried to escape in 1788.