Some Selected Reports from The Windsor and Eton Express
31st May 1834
A quantity of poultry and a great coat were stolen from the premises of Mr.Tarrant, of Eton Wick, on Thursday night:
Mr Deverall, of the same place, also had some poultry stolen on Thursday night.
G.Chapman, Esq, nearly met with a serious accident on Tuesday last by the breaking of the axletree of his
stanhope Mr.Chapman was thrown out with considerable violence , but we are happy to add was not much hurt;
the servant who was also with Mr.G. escaped without any serious injury, and the horse after running nearly through
Eton was stopped unhurt, without doing any mischief in his career.
On Monday last, Samuel Morton jun., and Thomas Aldridge both of Windsor, were charged before W.F.Riley, and
Edmund Foster, Esqs, two of our Country Magistrates, by Mr.James Hester, the landlord of the Duke's Head, in Peascod-street, for stealing at various times a great coat, a saw, and sundry books, from his dwelling-house,
which were found pawned at Mr.Radnor's the pawnbroker in Thames-street; the prisoner Morton was employed as
an occasional waiter by Mr.Hester. The case against both prisoners being made out they were committed to Reading
gaol for trial at the next county Sessions.