Hello listers Does anyone know where in Sussex the trial would have been held and the sentence served - in the case of a young man (17) from the Loxwood/Wisborough Green area who was tried for the crime of larceny at the "1834 Easter Session, Western Division"? (presumably the Assizes) I suspect it may have been Midhurst or Petworth but the record at Ancestry does not say & I can't find any more info at the TNA site. (Sentence was 3 months in prison.) Any info on this much appreciatedChristine JacksonSFHG 397

I think that Ruth is right that the case may well have been tried in the Quarter Sessions. You don't give the name of the person concerned, so I cannot search for the precise record, but I believe that Ancestry have the records of prisoners from TNA refs HO26 and HO27 and not from Assize records which are catalogued under TNA refs beginning with ASSI. There is a catalogue of Quarter Sessions in the Western Division at WSRO and I can check that for you during my next WSRO visit, currently planned for next Saturday. I have used it once before and I seem to remember that it includes the dates of the various sessions. Also, I think that WSRO has a card index to the to the West Sussex Quarter Sessions Rolls up to 1850, so there might be some information in there as well. If you would like me to do that, please let me have a copy of the image that you have found and the name of the particular prisoner that you are researching. WSRO does have registers for Petworth Prison, but for a much later date. I don't recollect any gaol delivery records at all for Horsham Prison, but I can enquire to be quite sure about that. Best wishes, Marion Woolgar Bognor Regis, West Sussex SFHG Member No: 3323