"Quintus Servinton: A Tale founded upon Incidents of Real Occurrence" was published anonymously in 1831 to reasonably good reviews from the colonial press. Savery's authorship became a public secret and was even mentioned in a reference for his ticket of leave which was granted in 1832. Unfortunately his relative freedom was quickly revoked because of his writing, in this case for the paper "The Tasmanian". Then, farcically, the suspension was suspended when it turned out to be a pretext for tarring the reputation of Governor Arthur. Savery's illegal authorship was thereafter quietly ignored.