John Paulin – a well known character, Reading, 1824

[No idea if or how he is related]

Jackson’s Oxford Journal 12 Jun 1824

Reading, June 5 – Saturday last John Paulin, a well-known character, was apprehended in our market, by Mr Holyland, on suspicion of having stolen a valuable mare, the property of Mr Mumford, of Harlow, Essex.  He rode the mare to Basingstoke, where she knocked up. The mare having been sworn to by Mr Mumford, Paulin is committed to Chelmsford gaol to take his trial for the offence. He has but lately been liberated from Oxford county gaol, where he was imprisoned for a year for fraudulent practices as an Insolvent Debtor.  At Gloucester Assizes one of Paulin’s companions was convicted and executed for horse stealing, and a reward was at that time offered for his apprehension, is now in the possession of Mr Holyland, and on being identified will be delivered to the owner.