RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - JAMES BARTLETT FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. ?? - d. ?? James was tried at Winchester in Hampshire on the 1st of March 1785, for stealing rope yarn worth 160 shillings. He was sentenced to death which was cummuted to transportation for 7 years. He left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. James had no occupation recorded.