| Description | Bill of indictment of George McDonald and Ernest Cooper for stealing one cotton sheet, the property of Isaac Dresser
Includes indictment of McDonald and Cooper for receiving the stolen goods
Offences committed on 30 August 1877
Cooper had previously been convicted of felony at a Petty Sessions for the borough of Leeds held at Leeds on 20 January 1872
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction before a Justice of the Peace for the borough of Leeds on 20 January 1872 of Ernest Cooper aged 10 years for stealing one coat and one pair of trousers value £2, the property of Matthew Johnson, at the parish of Leeds on 15 January 1872. Cooper, who appeared to be a Protestant, was sentenced to hard labour at the House of Correction for the borough of Leeds for one calendar month, and then to the Certified Reformatory School at Adel for five years starting from 19 February 1872. Certificate dated 1 October 1877 |