| Description | Bill of indictment of John Lancaster, John Pape, James Brown, Samuel Hammond and Anthony Richardson for breaking into the counting house of Messrs Samuelson and Company in the parish of Middlesbrough and
stealing one cash box, 8d in money and £1 4s worth of postage stamps, the property of the said Messrs Samuelson and Company
Offence committed on 18 December 1874
Lancaster had previously been convicted of felony at a Petty Sessions for the borough of Middlesbrough on 30 May 1872
Hammond had previously been convicted of felony at a Petty Sessions held at Mendham in Norfolk on 9 February 1872
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction at a Petty Sessions for the borough of Middlesbrough held on 30 May 1872 of John Lancaster for stealing a number of postage stamps, the property of Hugh Gilzean Reid. Lancaster was ordered to be whipped with six strokes of a birch rod. Certificate dated 5 January 1875
With certificate of conviction before two Justices of the Peace at Mendham in Norfolk on 9 February 1872 of Samuel Hammond of Shimpling in Norfolk labourer aged 12 years for stealing a leather strap value 6d, the property of Robert Barker, at the parish of Langmere in Norfolk on 31 January 1872. Hammond was sentenced to be imprisoned at the House of Correction at the castle of Norwich for ten days and to be once privately whipped, and then to be sent to a reformatory school for two years from 19 February 1872. Certificate dated 31 December 1874 |