 Returning to England in 1811, he resumed his pose as a clergyman under half a dozen aliases in a variety of English parishes, also teaching and writing poetry.In November 1818 he was charged with forging a tenpenny frank, was found guilty, and was sentenced to seven years penal transportation to Australia.Halloran arrived in Sydney in June 1819, was immediately given a ticket of leave by Governor Lachlan Macquarie.