Hello Listers Thank you very much to those of you who have made suggestions and offered help re my question about a trial location in 1834. I thought others might be interested to know the status. I have learned that the assizes are not the same as the quarter sessions and that the latter for Sussex (Western Division), in 1835 at least, were being held in Petworth - thanks to a free Google e-book written in 1835 by Thomas Walker Horsfield : "The History, Antiquities & Topography of the County of Sussex." I have also learned that my ancestor would probably have served his sentence in Horsham or Petworth jails. I intend now to follow up with the newspapers which covered West Sussex in the 1830s, in the event that there is any more info about my ancestor & his case to be had in them, e.g. what it was my ancestor actually stole which landed him in jail. He was convicted of "larceny from a vessel" - and, as he had been born in Loxwood & probably still lived there at the age of 17, I'm guessing he stole something from a barge on the Wey-Arun Canal which passed through Loxwood & which, in the 1830s, was an active & relatively inexpensive water transportation route between London & the River Thames and the English Channel at Littlehampton. Thanks to "Newspaper collections in libraries" at the West Sussex County Council website - at https://www.westsussex.gov.uk/leisure-recreation-and-community/history-and-heritage/local-studies-in-libraries/newspaper-collections-in-libraries/ I've discovered that there are three likely newspapers from that era which may have carried reports on the cases tried at the Easter session in 1834: 1) the Hampshire & Portsmouth & Chichester Journal - at the Hants Record Office, Winchester (microfilm Jan 1834-Dec 1836) 2) the Hampshire Telegraph & Sussex Chronicle - at Chichester Library (microfilm 1820-39) 3) the Sussex Advertiser - at The Brighton History Centre, The Keep, Brighton (printed copies 1833-38). Dare I ask anyone who may be visiting any of those offices in the near future and would have the time available, if you would be willing to do a look up for me? If so, please contact me off-list & I'll tell you what I know. Thanks again Christine Jackson SFHG 397 Ottawa, Canada