| Description | Bill of indictment of John Winter labourer and John Hinde otherwise called John Hinde the younger labourer, both late of the House of Correction at Northallerton, for stealing 13 pigs of lead value 25s each, 13 pieces of lead value 25s each, five slabs of lead value 15s each, five pieces of lead value 15s each, and 2500 pounds weight of lead value £20, the property of Lord Bolton; one other slab of lead value 15s, one other piece of lead value 15s, and 100 pounds weight of other lead value 15s, the property of Matthew Stockdale; one other slab of lead value 15s, one other piece of lead value 15s, and 100 pounds weight of other lead value 15s, the property of Roger Horner; one other slab of lead value 15s, one other piece of lead value 15s, and 100 pounds weight of other lead value 15s, the property of Peter Percival; one other slab of lead value 15s, one other piece of lead value 15s, and 100 pounds weight of other lead value 15s, the property of John Knowles; one other slab of lead value 15s one other piece of lead value 15s, and 100 pounds weight of other lead value 15s, the property of John Percival
Offences committed at the parish of Wensley on 18 April 1846
Winter had previously been convicted of felony at the Quarter Sessions for county Durham held at Durham on 16 October 1843
Hinde had previously been convicted of felony at the Quarter Sessions held at Northallerton on 7 April 1845, by the name of John Hinde the younger late of the House of Correction at Northallerton labourer
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
Certificate dated 28 June 1846 of the conviction of John Winter late of the parish of Stanhope in county Durham labourer for stealing (with one Robert Smith) 16 pigs of lead value 20s, 16 pieces of lead value 20s, 16 pieces of lead ore value 20s, 16 pieces of molten lead value 20s, and 3000 pounds weight of lead value 20s, the property of the Governor and Company for Smelting Down Lead with Pit Coal and Sea Coal. Offence committed at the parish of Stanhope on 9 September 1843. Winter was convicted at the Quarter Sessions for county Durham held at Durham on 16 October 1843 and was sentenced to six calendar months hard labour at the House of Correction at Durham |