| Description | Bill of indictment of Thomas Gilling for stealing two gold lockets and one gold cross, the property of George Handsom
Includes indictment of Gilling for receiving the stolen goods
Offences committed on 8 November 1880
Gilling had previously been convicted of felony at the Quarter Sessions for the borough of Leeds held at Leeds on 12 April 1880
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With certificate of conviction at the Quarter Sessions for the borough of Leeds held on 12 April 1880 of Thomas Gilling for obtaining one coat from Tom Middlebrook on 13 December 1879 by falsely pretending to Thomas Kempton that he (Gilling) had taken the Eagle Hotel at Doncaster and had £1,000 invested, and again on 15 December 1879 by falsely pretending to Middlebrook that that he (Gilling) had taken the Eagle Hotel at Doncaster. Gilling was sentenced to hard labour in the prison at Leeds for two calendar months. Certificate dated 28 December 1880 |