A broadsheet issued soon after the first luddite raids in 1811. click on image to enlarge
Mr Justice Bayley, found the accused guilty but commented upon sentencing that they were of good character and that Green and Marshall 'were probably drawn into the outrage without considering the consequences'. Hancock and Peck were sentenced to transportation to Australia for 14 years, and Green, Marshall and Poley each 7 years.
Transportation was certainly not a lenient punishment and feared almost as much as hanging. Nearly half of all those sentenced never made their destination alive. Many died before even leaving England whilst imprisoned on hulks on the Thames awaiting embarkation. On the voyage they were confined in unsanitary conditions below deck and shackled with handcuffs and leg irons.
The fate of Hancock is not known but Green was one of the survivors. In 1845 the Rev. G. Atkinson of Arnold received a letter from Hobart, Tasmania concerning the death of George Green an ex-convict who had left property with an income valued at £300 per year to his family in England. An elder brother succeeded to his estate and effects.