July 1859 A daring burglary during the night of Sunday last at Dedner Dairy, the burglars after satiating their appetites with delicious cream, cold pork and home brew beer , solaced themselves with a pipe of tobacco and made their escape by one door as the occupier Mr STACKS,was entering through another. The remains of his larder being carried off with them. Suspicion fell on the local military and 2 members of the 50th Regiment were taken into custody. INQUEST in to the death of George JACKSON , a labourer age 62. Killed in consequence of a quantity of marl falling upon him in the previous Thursday afternoon while he was engaged in a pit. Verdict ' accidental death' coroner recommended steps be taken to prevent similar from happening again. FIRE - Fire broke out at Heasley Farm, in the parish of Arreton about 3am on Monday morning, resulting in the loss of 2 hay ricks of 50-60 tons. A despatch was sent off to Newport for the assistance of the local fire brigade, they reached the farm at 7am but the whole farm and barns were destroyed. The occupiers Messrs JACOBS are insured but the cause of the fire still remains a mystery. John HARDNELL, an itinerant cleaner of hats , charged by Jane WILSON, a young woman with whom he had been cohabited with for 10 years, with threatening to cut her throat with a razor, because she refused to live with him any longer on account of his drunken habits. Prisoner pleaded ignorance on account of being drunk and promised to leave the Island directly and not molest the woman again. Court ordered he be discharged. July 1867 William BRADING a mariner, assault on John DARCH , a labourer of Newchurch. Dismissed due to lack of evidence. Fanny FALLICK, an 'unfortunate', charged with drunk and disorderly and using indecent language. As defendant had previously been convicted for same was sent to prison for 14 days. William URRY ( what a charmer , of West Cowes , joiner. Charged with having threatened and ill treated his wife. Complainant deposed that her husband came home at 2 or 3 o'clock on Thursday am in a state of intoxication, with a large stick in his hand, which he held over her and her 2 children's heads where they slept. He struck her and turned her in to the street. It was stormy and she got wet through. He always threatened her and said he would murder her, he often turned her out of doors. Defendant could give no reason. Bound to keep the peace 20/ and to find 2 sureties in 10/ each to keep the peace till the quarter sessions. He then became boisterous and was taken below. Anthony COSTER and Fred LLOYD , 2 little boys aged about 7 years, of East Cowes, charged with theft of peas from a garden and with trampling the garden upon fleeing. Fined 1s for the offence and 6d in costs. Henry BRETT age 13 and his brother William BRETT age 17 , both of East Cowes, charged with stealing apples. Fined 2s and 5d for the offence and 7s 6d in costs or 7 days in prison John BRETT , labourer , remanded from the previous Saturday, charged with wilfully damaging 21 various prize roses the property of Mr Smith committed to trial at Winchester quarter sessions in October next, bail allowed 40/ and to find 2 sureties in 20/ each MR TENNYSON - there was some annoyance re an article which appeared in one of the London papers is copied below . 'It is unfortunately a fact that Mr Tennyson's residence in the IoW was rendered unpleasant by the obtrusive attentions of the 'Lion Hunters' who hung on to his palings, peeped through his gates, and fairly crammed Freshwater Church on a Sunday in the hope of seeing how a poet laureate said his prayers. Mr TENNYSON was fairly run to earth' Charles RICHARDS ( who makes William URRY look like a saint) charged with threatening the life of Mary Ann his wife, who lives at St Johns Place , Ryde. It appears her husband came home about 12 o'clock Wed night last in the company of two men who were drunk. He wanted supper got for them swearing that he would make his friends comfortable. She had been to work all day and had gone to bed with her 7 children when he came in, she told him, it was a great shame to call her up at such an hour after she had been hard at work all day. He then swore at her, dragged her out of bed, and tried to pitch her down the stairs, swearing all the time that he would stick her in the neck with a knife. Her hands were black from the blows he gave her, and she still suffered pain in the side, she had to get up the next morning at 5 o'clock. He often threatened to cut her throat and also the children's. She feared for her life. Bound 30/ and 2 sureties in 15/each or in default to appear at Winchester Sessions. Never try to teach a pig to sing; it wastes your time and it annoys the pig. 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