Western Post and Mudgee Newspaper Tuesday, October 1st 1861 Before the Police Magistrate, the Mayor and T. CADELL, Esq. Robert HOLMES was fined 10s for being drunk and disorderly on Sunday evening. Alfred JACKSON, charged with escaping from the Mudgee lock-up. N. M'BEATH said the prisoner was in his custody under sentence of a months' imprisonment for having assaulted a constable; he was likewise under committal for trail upon a charge of larceny. On Sunday, the 8th ultimo, about 10 o'clock at night, he went as usual to change the tubs; upon opening the door of the cell in which Jackson was confined, he suddenly gave him a push, threw him over a box, in the passage, and escaped through the front door. Constable CAMPBELL immediately went in search of him; the night was, however, so dark that it was impossible to see which road he took. On the 29th instant he received him from Constable GOLDSMITH of the Mundooran police, who had received him from one of the Cobbera police. JACKSON, in answer to the charge, said he did not escape for any evil purpose; he was sorry for what he had done, and was about giving himself up when he was taken, for he never spent such a miserable time in his life as he had done since he ran away. Committed to take his trial. George WARE - Adjourned case of horse-stealing. Richard REEVES said he knew WARE about two years since, at which time he was working at the Grattai diggings. He had a brown mare branded CW with a small blot on the near shoulder. In general appearance the mare was very much like the one in the Courtyard. Prisoner's mare was still running at Grattai; he had seen it about a week since; when prisoner left Grattai he gave Mr. JAMES instructions respecting it if found. The Bench said it was evident that the two mares were very much alike, and that the prisoner might have taken the one belonging to prosecutor by mistake; they therefore dismissed the case. BIRTH On the 29th September, at the Wesleyan Parsonage, Mudgee, the wife of the Rev. Thomas ANGWIN, a daughter. ***END*** N.B. All care has been taken to transcribe the above accurately, however errors may have been inadvertently made. Spelling of names/places should be as appears in original. Transcribed from microfilm available from the State Library. Annette Piper Coolah NSW