RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY
CONVICT - JAMES HEADING
FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEEb. 1757 - d. 1790
James was tried at Chelmsford in Essex on the 9th of March 1785, for stealing livestock (4 horses) worth 820 shillings.
James was sentenced to death which was commuted to transportation for life. He left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander.
James's occupation was recorded as a labourer.