| Description | Bill of indictment of Thomas Swales and John Bean otherwise called John Shepherd for stealing 12 pounds weight of copper and six pounds weight of brass, the property of Joseph Wager Thompson
Offence committed on 5 January 1864
Bean/Shepherd had previously been convicted of felony at the Quarter Sessions for the West Riding held at Wakefield on 4 March 1861
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction at the Quarter Sessions for the West Riding held at Wakefield on 4 March 1861 of John Shepherd late of Wakefield in the West Riding labourer for obtaining by false pretences from William Calvert one mare, the property of the said William Calvert, at the parish of Knaresborough on 16 January 1861. Shepherd was sentenced to hard labour at the House of Correction at Wakefield for 12 calendar months. Certificate dated 1 March 1864 |