Complex sentence: Locked up in Hobart, Pearce made a confession to the Rev Robert Knopwood, the magistrate and chaplain, but Knopwood did not believe his cannibalism story and was convinced the others were still living as bushrangers.
Split into simpler sentences: Locked up in Hobart, Pearce made a confession to the Rev. Robert Knopwood, the magistrate and chaplain. Howeer, Knopwood did not believe the cannibalism story and was convinced the others were still living as bushrangers.