Hi Pat: Thank you for sharing this part of your family history. Even though it is from different lines, the sharing plants ideas in the reader's mind for follow through. I doubt there would be any contemporary copy of a newspaper report here from 1803. Even though ships brought in copies of the "home newspapers" during the colonial period, the first Australian colony was just 15 years old at the time of the execution, and not set up to store much in the way of archive apart from military and convict related data much of which has survived. However, I will enquire whether microform copies have been bought in locally, and see what I can find online. There must be some sort of listing of accessible newspapers. The crime for which John Moses was convicted (stealing of drapery) was committed in Barnard Castle and he was living in Cockfield. Surely the local press would have some reports of proceedings - I will hunt! Regards Trevor (Melbourne) On 3 September 2014 20:11, Pat Pierpoint via <northumbria@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Most of the references to > the robbery, and the subsequent execution and disposal of the bodies, are > contained in local newspapers of the time. Perhaps that is where you > should > be looking. There are various websites where you can look at old > newspapers > (British Newspaper Archive, etc) and you may find some of them on > ​ ​ > Ancestryor Find my Past. > ​.... > > > I'm not sure whether libraries in Australia would have these, but, if you > can access them somehow, you might also like to look at some of the > historical record books (laid out in datal order like diaries) such as John > Sykes' Local Records (Local Records; or Historical Register of Remarkable > Events in Northumberland, Durham, Newcastle upon Tyne and Berwick upon > Tweed), or the Local Historian's Table Book of Remarkable Occurrences, > Historical Division, by M.A. Richardson. Both of these publications > contained details of William Currie's crime and punishment. > > > Subject: [NMB] Execution records > > > > I cannot find official record for the execution of John Moses > > >