| Description | Bill of indictment of John Thompson for obtaining one silver watch from Robert Richardson a watchmaker with a shop in Middlesbrough by falsely pretending that he (Thompson) had been sent for a watch by his father, who was well known to Richardson
Offence committed on 12 February 1866
Thompson had previously been convicted of felony at the Quarter Sessions held at Leeds on 28 December 1864
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction at the Quarter Sessions for the borough of Leeds held at Leeds on 28 December 1864 of John Thompson late of Leeds labourer and Charles Burrell for stealing five yards of woollen cloth value £2, the property of Thomas Muir their master, at the borough of Leeds on 17 October 1864. Thompson was sentenced to hard labour at the House of Correction at the borough of Leeds for five calendar months. Certificate dated 5 April 1866 |