Kentish Gazette, 27 January, 1781.

On Thursday evening two men who appeared to be Jews came to the "King's Head" at Littlebourne, and desired to lodge their, at the same time requesting that they might be furnished with a spade, which they should have occasion for early in the morning, and desired their breakfast to be ready at 7. At the time appointed they came in to breakfast, and brought with them a basket and sack with something in each of them. The women of the house having some suspicion of them informed her neighbours, and after they had paid their reckoning, they were set out on their journey, they were pursued; and on being taken, the plate of which Mr. Legrand's house was robbed was found in the sack and basket, which on being sworn to before the Rev. Mr. Hey, the men were both committed to St. Dunstan's gaol. It appeared that the plate has been buried under a stack of hop poles in the neighbourhood of Littlebourne.

Kentish Gazette, 31 January, 1781.

The names of the two Jews committed on Friday last to the gaol in St. Dunstan's are Uziel Barah alias Barrow, and Moses Harby, Jew butchers, being charged on the oath of Robert Le Grant, Esq; of Ash, and their own confession, with having in their possession sundry pieces of silver plate, which were feloniously and burglariously stolen out of the the fair. Mr. Le Grand's house in the night between the 11th and 12th of this inst. by two villains, since taking to Gravesend, and committed to Maidstone gaol.

Soon after their commitment they sent for the above Jew from London, and pointed out the spot where they had buried the plates. On receiving this information Harah and Harby set off from Maidstone in a post chaise and arrived at the "King's Head" in this city, on Thursday last, from whence they proceeded to Littlebourne, an account of which was given in her last.

Kentish Gazette, 7 February, 1781.

We hear that the two Jews, Barah and Harby who were committed last week to St. Dunstan's gaol for having in their possession the plates lately stolen out of Mr. Lee Grand's house, are to be moved this day, by a Habeas, to the Court of King's Bench to offer bell for their appearance at the ensuing assizes at Maidstone.

(I am informed by Debi Birken that the two men were later hanged for the robbery.)

Kentish Gazette, 28 December, 1792.

Monday last, about 6 o'clock in the evening, Thomas Earl, a labouring man, of Patrixbourne, coming from the "King's Head" at Littlebourne, where he had dined in company with a young man, a stranger, having the appearance of a butcher; they walked together down this city till they had passed Stone House, where the man suddenly drew a pistol from his pocket, and seizing Earl demanded his bag, who answering that he had none, the robber insisted on having his money or his life, and instantly snatched his watch out of his pocket, and received all the money the poor man had, amounting to only a few shillings and some half pence; he then forced him to walk on, threatening if he looked back to shoot him through the head, after following some time he made off. Information of the robbery being given soon after by Earl, at the sign of "Sandwich," and other public houses, several persons went in pursuit of the robber, but were not successful in finding him. Luckily, however, Mr. Levi Emmanuel a Jew, who keeps a shop without the Westgate of the city, at going home the same evening, and relating what he had heard of the robbery in his family, was told by his son, that a man answering his description had been there but a short time before to buy a shirt, they immediately went out to make further enquiry, and found the same person had also been at Mr. Solomon's, a watchmaker at St. Dunstan's, and after the watch for sale, but not liking the price he wished to pawn it; on being directed to a pawnbroker he left the shop. In the morning he returned again to Solomon and seemed very desirous to sell the watch, when he was detained on suspicion; a Constable being sent for he was searched, when some gunpowder, balls and slugs, together with a loaded pistol concealed in a handkerchief, were taken from him. Previous to his examination before a magistrate, Earl was shown into a room where the prisoner was sitting amongst the number of people; he immediately pointed him out, and afterwards swearing to the identity of his person, was bound over to prosecute; he is now consequently fully committed at St. Dunstan's gaol, to take his trial at the next assizes at Maidstone. His name is Samuel Nisbett, although he first said it was John Williams, he was lately in the West Kent Militia, from which he deserted, and came from Chatham to this part of the County, and there is every reason to suppose he is the same person who has some time been a terror to passengers from Canterbury to Sandwich, Deal and the neighbouring villages. Much praise is due to Mr. Emmanuel and his son for their great activity and perseverance in apprehending and bringing this offender to justice.