| Description | Bill of indictment of Thomas Hopkins for stealing one pair of trousers, one waistcoat, one tie, two pairs of stockings, one handkerchief and one meerschaum pipe, the property of Richard Lothian Short
Includes indictment of Hopkins for receiving the stolen goods
Offences committed on 30 October 1874
Hopkins had previously been convicted of felony at the Quarter Sessions for county Durham held at Durham on 21 February 1873
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction at the Quarter Sessions for county Durham held at Durham on 21 February 1873 of Thomas Hopkins for stealing one coat, the property of John Lowson, at Tudhoe in county Durham on 8 January 1873. Hopkins, who had a previous conviction for felony, was sentenced to hard labour at the House of Correction at Durham for 12 months. Certificate dated 10 December 1874 |