| Description | Bill of indictment of John Henry Bell for stealing three silver lever watches, the property of Thomas James Kendra
Includes indictment of Bell for receiving the stolen goods
Offences committed on 31 July 1886
Bell had previously been convicted of felony at the Quarter Sessions held for Newcastle upon Tyne held on 17 October 1883
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction at the Quarter Sessions for the city and county of Newcastle upon Tyne held on 17 October 1883 of John Henry Bell for obtaining one silver watch by pretending to William Hall servant and salesman to a firm called Messrs Bunn and Dick that he (Bell) was the servant of Messrs Wherby and Sheraton of Sunderland jewellers and that he had been sent for three or four watches, on 8 September 1886. Bell was sentenced to hard labour at the House of Correction for four calendar months. Certificate dated 13 October 1886 |