| Description | Bill of indictment of John Common and Thomas Brown for stealing £3 in money, the property of George Hearse
Includes indictment of Common and Brown for receiving the stolen money
Offences committed on 6 September 1869
Common had previously been convicted of felony at a Petty Sessions for the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne held on 11 January 1867
Brown had previously been convicted of felony at the Quarter Sessions for the county of Northumberland held at Morpeth on 8 April 1868
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill found"
The two following certificates were attached:-
Certificate of conviction at a Petty Sessions for the town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne held at Newcastle upon Tyne on 11 January 1867 of John Connell for stealing one woollen shirt and one pair of woollen drawers value 16s, the property of Anthony Mole, at the parish of St Nicholas in the town of Newcastle upon Tyne on 10 January 1867. Connell was sentenced to hard labour in the House of Correction at Newcastle upon Tyne for two calendar months. Certificate not dated
Certificate of conviction at the Quarter Sessions for the county of Northumberland held at Morpeth on 8 April 1868 of Francis McGan and George Pringle for stealing 13s, the property of Robert Henderson, at the parish of Tynemouth on 2 March 1868. McGan, who had a previous conviction for felony, was sentenced to hard labour in the gaol at Morpeth for nine calendar months. Certificate dated 27 September 1869 |