Good find, Gerry
"Tuesday night the 25th ult, a pony was stolen from the stable of Mr Moss of Fakenham in Suffolk, who immediately made application to Mr Nixon, Chief Constable of Thetford, who lost no time in taking a circuitous route, in order top apprehend the offender, and succeeded in capturing a man who was offering a pony for sale at a place called Brand Creek, in the Fens, who gave his name as John Tyler, and has since been committed by John Wright and L S Bidwell Esqrs, to Bury Gaol for trial."
This looks to be the conviction of this man:
John TYLER, 35, (b abt 1803)
Trial: 23 Oct 1838, Suffolk, England
Sentence: Transportation, 15 years
I cannot see an account of the trial but there is this snippet from
The Bury & Norwich Post, & East Anglian: Or, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, Cambridge, and Ely Intelligencer (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Wednesday, November 28, 1838
"On Wednesday last four male convicts were removed from our Gaol to the Leviathan Hulk at Portsmouth, namely John Tyler, Charles Gridley and Wm Aust to be transported for 15 years and Thomas Cole for 10 years."
Judith