From "Chelmsford Chronicle", 13 August 1813, "Samuel Diss for stealinga mare pony, the property of Mr William French at Halstead. The sentencewas death but a reprieve was issued by the judge and a sentence oftransportation for life was substituted. He was transported to NSWon the "Surrey" in 1814, a typhus outbreak killed 51 on the voyage.
He received an absolute pardon in 1828.