| Description | Bill of indictment of James Ragan otherwise called James McNiff and John Godfrey for stealing one lead pump, the property of Joseph Barker; and six stones weight of lead, the property of Joseph Barker from his field in the parish of Barton
Includes indictment of both men for receiving the stolen pump
Offences committed on 9 January 1880
Ragan/McNiff had previously been convicted of felony at the Petty Sessions for Stockton on Tees in county Durham on 5 June 1879
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction at the police court for Stockton on Tees in county Durham on 5 June 1879 of Peter Ragan and James Ragan alias McNiff for stealing a quantity of rags and bones value 10s, the property of the Justices of the Peace, at the parish of Sedgefield in county Durham on 29 May 1879. Ragan was sentenced to be imprisoned in the prison at Durham. Certificate dated 18 March 1880 |