 Barry sentenced both men to twelve, ten and ten years on each count, respectively – in Melville’s case to be served consecutively.Although employed in chains on the roads of Victoria by the time of the Melbourne Private Escort Robbery of 20 July 1853, Captain Melville’s name has become associated with it over the years because of the coincidence of one of the Escort robbers, George Melville, using the same surname as his alias.On 22 October 1856 he was one of a party of prisoners based on the prison hulk "Success" in Port Phillip Bay who attempted to seize and escape in a boat, during which a warder (Owen Owens) and a fellow convict (Stephens) died.