Killing Sheep With Intent To Steal

The TV show Ancestors In The Attic on History TV, asked for submissions on genealogical questions, with the possiblity of the question being aired on one of there episodes.

My question concerns a possible ancestor, so I sent them the following and requested if they could research it:

Michael Scahill
Place Of Trial: County Mayo. Date Of Trial: 01/01/1850
Crime Description: Killing Sheep With Intent To Steal
Sentence: Transportaion 7 Years
Ship Rodney: 00/11/1852
Document References: Tr 9, P 130

The reference to this trial and sentence can be found at Irish Transportation Records and entering the name Scahill in the search box.

Who knows maybe I have a villain in my past.
Allan Scahill