From the Kentish Gazette 21 May 1816.

Richard Walter was on Wednesday committed to Folkestone gaol by Thomas Baker Esq., Mayor, charged on the oath of Matthew Wm. Sankey Esq. With stealing a large quantity of lead and copper from his brewery at Folkestone.

From the Kentish Gazette 30 July 1816.

Folkestone Sessions: Yesterday Richard Walter was convicted at the Folkestone Sessions before Thomas Baker Esq., Mayor, C.J. Lawson Esq., Recorder, and a Bench of Justices, of stealing a large quantity of lead and copper from the brewery of Matthew Wm. Sankey Esq., and was sentenced to be transported for seven years.