He and a Patrick Sheridan were serving one month's hard labour for stealing a gross of ? strings at Newton. I can't make out the missing word - beef? beet? https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBPRS%2FMAN%2F4511646%2F00138.JOIN&parentid=GBPRS%2FA%2F62170068%2F1
The entry does state that he was a Whipmaker from Edinburgh and that his last known address was Sarah Street, Ardwick.
Ashton Reporter, 22 Jun 1867"HEAVY PENALTIES FOR A NUISANCE AT NEWTON HEATH - Mr James Garner, gut manufacturer, Newton Heath ..."