SamuelPeyton，convict，forhavingontheeveningoftheKing’sbirth—daybrokeopenanofficer’smarquee，withanintenttocommitrobbery，ofwhichhewasfullyconvicted，hadsentenceofdeathpassedonhimatthesametimeasCorbet;andonthefollowingdaytheywerebothexecuted，confessingthejustnessoftheirfate，andimploringtheforgivenessofthosewhomtheyhadinjured。Peyton，atthetimeofhissuffering，wasbuttwentyyearsofage，thegreatestpartofwhichhadbeeninvariablypassedinthecommissionofcrimes，thatatlengthterminatedinhisignominiousend。
Thefollowingletter，writtenbyafellowconvicttothesufferer’sunhappymother，Ishallmakenoapologyforpresentingtothereader;itaffordsamelancholyproof，thatnottheignorantanduntaughtonlyhaveprovokedthejusticeoftheircountrytobanishthemtothisremoteregion。
SydneyCove，PortJackson，NewSouthWales，24thJune，1788。
\"Mydearandhonouredmother！
\"Withaheartoppressedbythekeenestsenseofanguish，andtoomuchagitatedbytheideaofmyverymelancholycondition，toexpressmyownsentiments，Ihaveprevailedonthegoodnessofacommiseratingfriend，todomethelastsadofficeofacquaintingyouwiththedreadfulfatethatawaitsme。