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Description: | Prosecutor: Eliza Young of 2-3 Union Court, Waterside South, widow, licenced hawker.
Witnesses: William Berry, police constable; Robert Briggs of 46 The Park, inspector of police; Mary Ann Drum of 4-5 Union Court, widow; Caroline Gertrude, daughter of Eliza Young; Christopher Ward, landlord of the Lock Tavern; William Mansell, chief constable; William Samuel Hockney of Saltergate, police sergeant; John Blythe, fitter.
Accused: George Herrick; Agnes Bancroft. John Blythe was discharged before trial. Bancroft had been a servant to the prosecutor's mother, Herrick, Bancroft and Blythe had been lodging with Drum.
Crime: breaking and entering the house of Eliza Young in the parish of St Swithin, Lincoln, and stealing 18 earrings, 12 lockets, a cross, a watch key and seal, 12 scarf pins, a pendant, 2 gold rings, a plated ring and a brooch.
With information about previous convictions and notes relating to the poor health of Blythe. | Subjects: | Country Estates Law & Order Church Of England Parishes Quarter Sessions Religion & Beliefs | Temporal: | 29 July-12 Aug 1878 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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