| Description | Bill of indictment of Elizabeth Gafney otherwise called Elizabeth Smith and Jane Smith for stealing 12 yards of ribbon and one other piece of ribbon, the property of John Garbutt
Includes indictment of Edward Raine for receiving the stolen goods
Offences committed on 22 May 1860
Gafney/Smith had previously been convicted of felony at the Quarter Sessions for county Durham held at Durham on 3 January 1859
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction at the Quarter Sessions for county Durham held at Durham on 3 January 1859 of Elizabeth Smith late of the parish of Stranton in county Durham singlewoman for uttering one counterfeit coin resembling a silver shilling to Mary Ann Holiday and to Jane Turner, at West Hartlepool in the parish of Stranton on 1 November 1858. Smith was sentenced to hard labour at the House of Correction at Durham for ten calendar months. Certificate dated 2 July 1860 |