From the Kent Herald, 25 July 1833

Tonbridge. Insolvent Court.

John Smith a publican in Tunbridge, Kent, came up on Monday to be discharged. According to the insolvent's statement, his father died when he was a child, and his mother again married a person of the name of Chevring, when he was about 16 years of age. Under his mother's will he was entitled to a house, which, however Chevring got possession of, and continued in it long after the insolvent came of age. In 1828, the insolvent agreed to give Chevron £400, for the house, £2000, in money, and the rest secured on mortgage. Notice of a Chancery suit, arising out of this, having been given him, in February last he came to town to see about it, and was arrested by Charles Thomson, a publican, in the Camberwell-road. A copyhold estate worth about £200, was put in the schedule, and available to creditors, the title deeds of which were stated to be in the possession of the insolvent's former attorney, who had no lien upon them, but it appeared that that attorney was acting for a party who had been filed the bill in Chancery against him, the case was adjourned, in order that inquiry might be made into the matter.

From the Kent Herald, 12 December 1833

Assizes

Kent winter sizes. On Monday morning the judges over sizes entered Maidstone, is scored by the high sheriff, in the usual state, and shortly after attended divine services, were a very eloquence and appropriate sermon was delivered by the rev. W. S. Cob, Chaplin to the High sheriff. It gives us great pain to remark that we have seldom seen a more serious calendar then the present. It contain no less than 134 names, and the more than usual number of atrocious offences, including one charge of Murder, two have manslaughter, one of a sorting and wounding, one of assault and robbery the beer Stead case and no less than seven charges of assaults upon females of a very heinous nature, besides the usual average of burglaries, felonies, larcenies and misdemeanours. The courts opened on Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock, when there was a numerous attendance of the magistracy on the bench, among whom we observe the Earl of, Romney. Earl Brecknock , Sir B. W. Bridges, Sir. W. B. Riddle, Sir J. K. Shaw, Dudley D. Dalison, Esq., Captain King, Major Wayth, Captain Patterson, &c.