Sometime not long after 4 February 1832, James Kirk, Benjamin Kirk and others were arrested and charged with sheep stealing. It was alleged that, on 4 February 1832, they stole one shear hog sheep, value 45 shillings [1] . This was said to have occurred in the parish of Mursley in Buckinghamshire; the sheep being the property of Thomas Whitworth. Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA James, Benjamin and the other men involved were tried and convicted on 28 February 1832 and sentenced to death [2] . However, as was common at that time, their death sentences were commuted to Transportation for Life. Detail of what happened on 4 February can be found in the following newspaper reports: The Bucks Gazette of 3 March 1832 [3] reported - "Benjamin Kirk, James Kirk, & Joseph Edwards were charged with having stolen oneshearhog sheep, the property of Thomas Whitworth at the parish of Mursley. The shepherd of the prosecutor said: 'My Master had 113 sheep on the
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