This page relates to the charges brought against defendants whose court cases were heard on the 9th July 1913, by the Morpeth division Petty Sessions court. Entry 665 relates to the charges brought against Thomas Anderson for larceny [theft] of a bottle of wine from the parish church of Longhorsley St. Helen's.
Petty Sessions were introduced to hear less serious cases, leaving the Court of Quarter Sessions to deal with more important cases. The Northumberland Archive Service holds Petty Sessions records for the divisions of Bedlingtonshire [which includes Blyth], Bellingham, Haltwhistle, Morpeth, Tynedale and Hexham.
