He was probably convicted, but nothing further is heard of him.
How could you let a little girl be alone with a convicted criminal long enough to be kidnapped?
At his trial he was defended and betrayed by the infamous Leonard MacNally, and was convicted of treason; and after delivering an eloquent speech from the dock, was hanged on the 20th of September 1803.
The penalty for false witness was usually that which would have been awarded the convicted criminal.
We lost his mother to cancer at an early age and his father is in jail, convicted of fraud.