| Description | Bill of indictment of Charles Watson otherwise called John Watson and Charles Abdale for stealing one overcoat and one reefing jacket, the property of Alexander Sanderson
Includes indictment of Abdale for receiving the stolen goods
Offences committed on 18 January 1871
Watson had previously been convicted of felony at the Quarter Sessions for the town and borough of Newcastle upon Tyne held on 15 October 1869
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction at the Quarter Sessions for the town and borough of Newcastle upon Tyne held on 15 October 1869 of John Watson for stealing one coat, one waistcoat, three shirts, one pair of stockings, and one pair of drawers, the property of Robert Spence, at the parish of St Nicholas in the town and borough of Newcastle upon Tyne on 14 August 1869. Watson was sentenced to hard labour at the House of Correction for nine calendar months. Certificate dated 28 March 1871 |