| Description | Bill of indictment of Francis Pickard late of the township of Ellingstring in the parish of Masham labourer for assaulting Marmaduke Hawkswell pinder for the manor of Masham and rescuing one horse and one mare that Hawkswell was about to impound. Hawkswell had distrained the animals for straying on the highway in the manor
Offence committed at the township of Ellingtons Ambo in the parish of Masham on 12 June 1841
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill" |