 In August 1824, he was captured and wounded by Tegg (also rendered Teague), an Aboriginal boy.Musquito was charged with aiding and abetting the murder of a Tahitian farm hand named Mammoa and settler George Meredith's servant, William Hollyoak, at Grindstone Bay, and tried in December 1824 along with a comrade called "Black Jack".Musquito was found guilty of the death of Hollyoak, but not of Mammoa, and was sentenced to death by hanging.