RESEARCHED BY PETER KILLACKEY CONVICT - JOHN CROSS FIRST FLEET TRANSPORTEE b. 1756 - d. 1824 John was tried at Salisbury in Wiltshire on the 5th of March 1785, for stealing livestock worth 20 shillings (1 sheep). John was sentenced to death which was commuted to transportation for 7 years. He left England with the first fleet on board the Alexander. John's occupation was not recorded. John's Signature