From the Kentish Gazette, 29 August 1837.

William Creed (who was lately apprehended by our city police with property, supposed to be stolen, in his possession), was taken before the Rev. I. M. Sutton, at Ashford, charged with having stopped Edmund Down, a labourer, living at Boughton Aluph, on the high road between that village and Kennington, and robbed him of several articles. It appeared, from the evidence of Down, that he left the "Flying Horse" public-house, at Boughton Aluph, about ten o'clock at night, for the purpose of returning home, and the prisoner, who was also there, departed at the same time. They walked together a short distance, and, after bidding each other good night, separated. Down, however, had not proceeded far before he was overtaken by the prisoner, who immediately seized him by the collar of his coat, and demanded his watch or his life. Being old and infirm he was unable to make any resistance, but he assured the prisoner he had no watch in his possession, who, on ascertaining this, rifled his pockets of all they contained, which luckily consisted of only one sixpence, and a few trifling articles. He then ran away, and went to a house at Kennington, occupied by a person named Stanford, where he had been lodging a short time, and finding the inmates of the house in bed, carried off a watch and several articles of wearing apparel. On the following morning he pledged the greater part of the property at various pawnbrokers’ shops in this city, and was not, at that time, suspected of having gained possession of it dishonestly. Information of the robberies, and a description of the prisoner were, however, speedily given at the police station, and he was apprehended in Canterbury, with a portion of the goods in his possession. The prisoner, who is a very tall, powerful man, said nothing in his defence, and he was fully committed to take his trial at the ensuing East Kent Sessions.