1.   The convicts were sent from England to Australia.

2.   At least one convict was sent back to prison days after his release for being caught selling drugs, Sabah newspaper reported.

3.   In the afternoon, scores of mutineers forced their way past guards at the main prison and demanded the cells be opened, sending convicts streaming into the city.

4.   The judge was quoted by the Gleaner as saying he could not send every convict to prison and that some convicts must be rehabilitated as well as punished.