In
the summer of 1867 three men from St Harmon - George
Harrison, John Brown and
James Kirk - broke into the home of Evan Jones one
dark night. They stole a silver watch and chain.
The three were caught and brought before the courts. George Harrison pleaded
guilty but the other two pleaded not guilty.
The entry from the court record below shows the charge against them...
Feloniously
- illegally, or against the law.
The entry reads:
"...they the said George Harrison, John Brown
and James Kirk on the nineteenth day of August 1867 at Saint Harmon in
the said county feloniously did break and
enter the dwelling house of Evan Jones there situate and therein felonously
did steal one silver watch and one chain ....."