18 Aug 1849 William WICKENDEN - charged with furious driving and with being drunk and disorderly fined 5s and 5s in costs. Second charge of drunk and disorderly and resisting arrest. The defendant pleaded 'total oblivion' as to the circumstances , he was sorry , it was his first offence, and from an injury he received some years ago to his head , when he took a little dink he did not know what he did. Fined another 5s and 7s 6 d in costs ( probably one of the best excuses I've seen ) Henry SHORT , theft of 73/ the property of Charles WILLIAMS, at the Medina Hotel,, East Cowes. WILLIAMS was a waiter at the hotel and SHORT the tapster. Committed to the Assizes John DAISH of Ventnor , charged by Richard ALLEN of same place with an assault on previous Wed. it was a petty offence so fined 6d and 7s in costs ---------- 22 April 1848 Committal of BAKER, COOLEY and HARVEY for the burglary and robbery at Lieu CANES. All 3 committed to Winchester Gaol for trial at the Assizes. Alfred HARVEY brother of the HARVEY charged with burglary and robbery was committed to Assizes at Winchester for perjury in swearing his brother was at home with him on night of the robbery George FISHER of Ryde, assault on William HELYER in the High St, fined 7s and 6d costs William PERKIS and Thomas LINNINGTON for a offence against the Ryde Act fined 7s and 6d in costs ( doesn't say what the offence was) William SIBBECK fined 10s for assault on James HOLBROOKE of Ryde Julia RASHLEY fined 5s and 5s costs for an offence against the Ryde Act Robert TEMPLEMAN, taking a dog on the Ryde pier fined 5s and costs Angela 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