RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - JOHN BRINDLEY FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1760 - d. ?? John BRINDLEY was tried at Warwick in Warwickshire on the 21st of March 1785, for assault and robbery of unknown value. Originally sentenced to death, James's sentence was commuted to transportation for 7 years. John left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. John's occupation was not recorded.