30 March 1839 Newport An elderly man , of the name HAYDEN, applied to the magistrate for his watch. The bench told him it was in the custody of a constable, and it had been dropped by his son in an attempt to commit a capital offence on a young woman, and if he would produce his son, who stood charged with the offence, he would soon have his watch. John RIAL - committed to trial in Winchester , theft of a bushel and half of barley from George LECK his master, with whom he had worked 7 years William HALL , a lad lately in the employ of Mr CHIPP of Coomb Farm committed to trial - theft of a silver spoon from master and trying to sell it on. ------------------ 13 July 1839 William SMITH , theft of 8 pounds of bread from Freshwater, 3 m hard labour John POPE of Cowes, theft of a 10 pound Bank Of England note , 12 m hard labour James CHALK , theft of copper iron. James RACKETT, theft of a beer glass from Red Lion, acquitted Joseph NICKENDENS, theft of a fowl from Maurice DEAR of Cowes, 1 m hard labour Joseph SMITH of Cowes, John SMITH Junior, & Joseph MITCHELL - theft of a silver watch belonging to Charles MORREY. Joseph SMITH 6 months sentence to be whipped privately in first week of sentence and last week and to spend the last week of his sentence in solitary confinement Daniel DYER - theft of a silver spoon the property of Joseph STARK John COOPER, theft of a trowel Ann MILLER wife of Joseph MILLER butcher, 2 months hard labour for theft of one pillow, 1 sheet, 1 blanket , one coat , 2 plates and a set of candlesticks. ( rather lenient !) Angela All mail scanned with AVAST 2008 No trees were killed in the sending of this message, but a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced