| Description | Bill of indictment of George Short and James Kell otherwise called James Cail for breaking into the warehouse of Samuel Steele at the borough of Middlesbrough and stealing half a bar of soap and one cheese, the property of the said Samuel Steele
Offence committed on 26 January 1870
Kell/Cail had previously been convicted of felony at a Petty Sessions for the city of Carlisle held on 25 January 1869
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction before two Justices of the Peace at Carlisle on 25 January 1869 of James Cail and Thomas Blacklock for stealing 21 postage stamps value 1s 9d, the property of Joseph McEwen, in the parish of St Mary in Carlisle on 16 January 1869. Cail and Blacklock were sentenced to hard labour at the common gaol at Carlisle for three calendar months. Certificate dated 1 April 1870 |