Description | Bill of indictment of Elizabeth Tate for obtaining one pound of butter, two pounds of sugar, a quarter of a pound of tobacco, half a pound of biscuits, and one jar of marmalade value 4s from Richard Sharvell trading as a grocer in the borough of Middlesbrough by falsely pretending that Mrs Blake of Port Clarence, a customer of Sharvell's, had sent her (Tate) to his shop for groceries
Offence committed on 18 November 1864
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill" |