A prisoner of the community!
The First Fleet did not transport a convict called May Davis, but it did transport three convicts named Samuel Davis, William Davis, and James Davis.
There is no widely known convict named Joseph Tuso. It's possible that he is not a well-known figure or that there is limited information available about him.
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Double jeopardy
The convict knew the other man.
convict servitude or penal servitude usually was for life at some distant island or country eg botany bay in australia or the french penal colony called devils island which operated from 1852 to 1946 in what was then called french guiana.
Henry Abrams is a convict who rode the so-called 'First Fleet' from England to Australia in 1788. He rode the transport ship, Scarborough. He was convicted on March 9, 1785.
Thomas Newham, descendant of convict Richard Newham
John 'Black' Caesar was Australia's first bushranger. He arrived in Australia with the First Fleet after being transported for stealing in London, after escaping from slavery (he had been captured at Madagascar and forced into slavery). Black Caesar made his first escape from convict custody in May 1789, and began to steal from outlying cottages. This is why he was called a "convict bolter" - he bolted from custody. Also, in Australia's very early colonial years, convicts who bolted and became bushrangers were called "convict bolters" as the name "bushranger" had not yet come about.
There where about 100003 convict families!
He claims that the first convict tried to kill him