information about other prisoners. He was tried on the charge of malicious injury with intent to murder. Bushell pleaded not guilty, and conducted his own defence. He claimed to have been urged to the attack by his fellow prisoners, and to have been drunk at the time. He insisted that he did not intend to kill the warder. The warder spoke in Bushell's defence saying he did not believe the prisoner intended to harm him. Bushell was nonetheless found guilty and sentenced to death. He was hanged three days later on 12 September 1865. Notes and references Works cited Further reading 1830s births 1865 deaths Convicts transported to Western Australia Executed Irish people 19th-century Irish people 19th-century executions by Australia Irish people executed abroad People executed by Australian colonies by hanging Irish emigrants to colonial Australia