Mickey received a sentence of death

He also sought to bring the Christian message and solace after the men were sentenced, especially Mickey who received a sentence of death and was executed. Threlkeld visited “Mickey” in the condemned cell until his execution took place. At first Mickey denied the crime. He afterwards adopted a threatening tone, assuring Threlkeld that “If the white men hung him, all the blacks belonging to his and surrounding tribes up the country would come, surround, and burn Sydney, together with the jail in which he was confined!” Finally, Mickey “softened down his mind, and he wept”. (Threlkeld’s 5th report, 1835, in Blair, 2003, 39).