From the Northampton Calendar of Prisoners (HO 140/6)

 Saturday, 8th July 1882

 NAME: JOHN ROULLIER alias GEORGE COOPER

Northampton: Borough Quarter Sessions, July 4, 1879, stealing a watch & chain, six calendar months hard labour; July 2, 1880, stealing a silver watch, 18 calendar months hard labour.

 AGE: 30

TRADE: Labourer

 Degree of Instruction: Imp (read & write imperfectly)

 Magistrate:  W Adkins Esq

 Date of Warrant:  April 28, 1882

 When received into custody: April 28, 1882

 OFFENCE:  Stealing one coat, one vest, two pairs of trousers & one shirt together of the value of 25s., the property of Samuel Berwick, at Northampton on April 28, 1882.

 When Tried:  July 8, 1882.

 Before whom tried:  J H Brewer Esq, Recorder.

 Verdict of Jury:  Pleaded guilty

 Particulars of previous convictions charged in the indictment and proved in court: Northampton: Borough Quarter Sessions, July 4, 1879, larceny, six calendar months hard labour; July 2, 1880, larceny, 18 calendar months hard labour.

 Sentence of the court:  To be imprisoned & kept to hard labour for 18 calendar months.

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