Some years ago I traced an ancestor of my husband who was transported to Australia for stealing and killing a sheep at Horsham. This is how I found his record. I looked in the card index at Chichester and found his name with bare details of his case. Then, also at Chichester, I found a transcript of his trial at Petworth Assizes. He was found guilty and sent to Pentonville prison awaiting transport. Further searches at Kew revealed the name of the ship he travelled on and the fact that he was granted a Conditional Pardon while on the journey out. I discovered that the 'condition' was that he did not return until the expiry of his original sentence. Records also showed that he disembarked at Melbourne, and proceeded to Geelong. I wrote to the Geelong Family History Group, who were most helpful. They searched the records in the State Library of Victoria, the New South Wales records and the Archives Office of Tasmania and struck lucky in that there was a record of his death and the inquest into that. Further details uncovered showed that he was employed at a sheep station, made a good life for himself and was well thought of. It's well worth trying the Australian records and Family History groups. I found them extremely helpful. Hope this helps Rose Chitty