| Description | Bill of indictment of Ellen Burns for stealing five gold rings, one gold locket, one pair of gold earrings, one pair of jet earrings, two jet necklaces, three jet brooches, two jet lockets, one silk skirt, and one polonaise, the property of Nehemiah Copley
Includes indictment of Burns for receiving the stolen goods
Offences committed on 11 May 1875
Burns had previously been convicted of felony at a Petty Sessions for the borough of Stockton in county Durham held on 9 November 1874
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction at a Petty Sessions for the borough of Stockton in county Durham held on 9 November 1874 of Ellen Burns for stealing £13 in money, the property of Elizabeth Hall, at the borough of Stockton on 5 November 1874. Burns was sentenced to hard labour at the House of Correction at the city of Durham for six calendar months. Certificate dated 9 June 1875 |