| Description | Bill of indictment of Frances Dickenson late of the parish of St Leonard in New Malton singlewoman for obtaining by deception three pairs of worsted stockings value 3s, one pair of cashmere stockings value 1s, and three pairs of white cotton stockings value 3s. Dickenson falsely pretended to John Hildyard servant and assistant of Robert Clegg a grocer and draper with a shop in the parish of St Michael in New Malton, that she was the servant of Elizabeth Swaby and had been sent for three or four pairs of black worsted stockings and three pairs of white cotton stockings on approval
Offence committed at the parish of St Michael in New Malton on 2 March 1844
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "a true bill" |