| Description | Bill of indictment of Joseph Bell for stealing nine knives, the property of Robert Elliker
Includes indictment of Elliker for receiving the stolen goods
Offences committed on 19 August 1866
Bell had previously been convicted of felony at a Petty Sessions held at the city of York on 8 January 1866
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction before two Justices of the Peace at the city of York of Joseph Bell for stealing a pair of calico drawers value under 5s, the property of Nancy Booth, at the city of York on 3 January 1866. Bell was sentenced to hard labour at the House of Correction at York for three months.
Certificate dated 6 October 1866 |