| Description | Notes dated 4 April 1870 relating to John Kennedy, apprehended by Superintendent Hunter near Haxby in September 1869 with certain housebreaking tools in his possession. He was brought before the magistrates at Lobster House on 27 September 1869 and committed to York Castle for three calendar months as a rogue and a vagabond. Between his apprehension and incarceration in York Castle he was confined in the North Riding lock-up house at Heworth, and was very disorderly. When he was committed, he threatened to burn down the residences of Mr Thompson the committing magistrate and Mr Blyth the Justices' clerk, or to kill them, as soon as he was released from gaol. Within a few hours of the end of his imprisonment, he appeared on Mr Thompson's premises at Sheriff Hutton Park, and threatened Mr Thompson again. He continued to threaten Mr Thompson and tried to extort money from him, and Mr Thompson eventually had him detained. When brought before the Bench, he expressed great repentance, and was discharged when he promised to leave the North Riding. Kennedy told the police that he wanted to go to Hull, so they helped him on his way and fitted him out with some new clothing. Within a few days he was back at Heworth, begging near the police station, and was again apprehended and sent to the Sessions as incorrigible. He is a "dangerous and vicious character"
List dated 5 April 1870 of previous convictions of John Kennedy alias John Devalon alias Brannon alias James Fitzgibbon, between 1866 and 1870 |