Don't know if this of interest to anyone  Maureen Sharpe/Neeves/Austen ----- Forwarded Message ---- From: "MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com" <MICHAELCOOMBER@aol.com> To: KENT-ENG-L@rootsweb.com Cc: opcsubmissions@kent-opc.org Sent: Friday, 25 February, 2011 16:46:52 Subject: [KENT-ENG] KENT ASSIZES July 30, 1801. >From The Morning Post and Gazetteer (  London, England ), Saturday, August 01, 1801; Issue 10274. KENT  ASSIZES.  Maidstone, Thursday, July 30. Before Mr. Justice  GROSE. James AUSTEN was indicted for having feloniously assaulted James  DEADMAN on the King's highway, at Lock's Bottom, in the county of Kent, and  robbing him of four leather bags, the property of our Sovereign Lord the  King. The prosecutor was the man employed to carry the mail, and was stopped  by the prisoner on the day mentioned in the indictment. He was discovered in  consequence of his having endeavoured to circulate one of the bank notes  contained in the mail. His person was identified, and the Jury found  him  -  Guilty. The Judge immediately passed sentence of death upon  him, and ordered him to be hung in chains at Lock's Bottom, between Farnborough  and Bromley. Richard SMITH , alias JONES , indicted with Charlotte GREEN  , for burglariously breaking open and robbing the house of the Rev. Mr. JEFFRIES  , at Bexley.  SMITH was convicted, the woman acquitted. John MOTBY ,  aged 59, was convicted of stealing a ewe sheep. William WELLS was  indicted, and found guilty of a burglary and robbery in the house of Thomas  WILSON. Edward CLARKE alias William DAVIS , was convicted of breaking and  entering the dwelling house of Joseph MARSH , in Harbleton, in the day time, and  feloniously stealing a brown coat, and a variety of other  property. Thomas FEVER was convicted of stealing a wether lamb, the  property of Thomas BOUCHER , of East Sutton. William JONES was convicted  of stealing a wether sheep, the property of -  OFFIN. Joseph PELLETT and John JENNER were tried and found guilty for  assaulting Thomas MUNN , on the King's highway, and robbing him of a silver  watch, two half guineas, and a six-pence, his property. Before Mr.  GARROW. George MILLS and Richard MARTIN were indicted and found guilty of  sheep-stealing. It appeared they were servants of the prosecutor. Mr. GARROW  addressed them upon the enormity of the offence of which they had been found  guilty, and, in a manner the most impressive, proceeded to pass sentence of  death upon them. A great number of the prisoners were tried by Mr.  GARROW: the manner in which he, for the first time, presided as a Judge, was  precisely that which might have been expected from so eminent an  Advocate. There were 14 sentenced to death, but they were all respited  before the Judges left the town, except James AUSTEN , Richard SMITH , alias  JONES , and Joseph PELLETT , who were ordered for execution.  ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message