Local history: From crime to stories of the unusual, Lewes’s first newspaper carried them
The first provincial newspaper produced in Sussex was the “Sussex Weekly Advertiser” which first appeared in Lewes in 1745.
Extracts from the early publications give an insight into issues perceived to be in the public interest. It will be no surprise to find that stories of crime and the consequences of crime featured regularly.
19th January 1789: “John Morris for running away and leaving his family chargeable to the Parish of Cuckfield was adjudged a rogue and vagabond; ordered to be privately whipped.”
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