Another Australian bushranger who dodged the bullet and noose was John Vane. Ben Hall and the other members of his gang during 1863 (after Gardiner had skipped to Qld with Hall's sister-in-law) caught up with Vane and Micky Burke at Neville, NSW. Vane being established in duffing of their own district and a quality horseman. The new gang raided Bathurst twice (unsuccessfully) and performed other famous exploits during this period.

Shortly after Burke was killed, during the raid on Dunn's Plains, Vane surrendered and was sentenced to 15 years at Darlinghurst. He served only six years, with two months at Cockatoo Island in between by mistake. Vane met up with Gardiner while at Darlinghurst.

After his release Vane worked for a short time in Sydney as a stonemason, on St Mary's Cathedral, before returning to the Central West.

He died of fever in Cowra hospital in 1906 at the age of 64.