Title | Summary conviction: George White, James Ruddock, Dawson Paul, William Kitching, James Smith, Thomas Oakley, Thomas Simpson, Richard Langdon, James Burt, and Robert Willis all of Brotton and William Johnson, Robert Lane, William Knight, Edward Smith and William Moody of Lingdale |
Description | Summary conviction of George White, James Ruddock, Dawson Paul, William Kitching, James Smith, Thomas Oakley, Thomas Simpson, Richard Langdon, James Burt and Robert Willis all of Brotton miners and William Johnson, Robert Lane, William Knight, Edward Smith and William Moody of Lingdale miners for playing a game of chance called pitch and toss with copper pence on the highway
Offence committed at the township of Moorsholm on 8 November 1885
Case heard at Loftus |