| Description | Bill of indictment of Thomas Hedley Robinson for stealing one purse containing four sovereigns, four half-sovereigns and about six shillings in silver, the property of Robert Storey and taken from his person
With indictment of William Hunter otherwise called William Ellis for receiving the property knowing it to have been stolen by Robinson
Offences committed on 30 September 1879
Hunter/Ellis had previously been convicted of felony at a Petty Sessions held at Bridlington in the East Riding on 2 August 1879
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction before two Justices of the Peace at Bridlington in the East Riding on 2 August 1879 of William Ellis for stealing one vest, one woollen shirt, and one muffler value 10s, the property of George Smith, at Bridlington on 27 July 1879. Ellis was sentenced to hard labour at the prison at Hull for six weeks. Certificate dated 11 October 1879 |