| Description | Articles of the peace dated 28 July 1818 exhibited by Christopher Fryer late of Brompton on Swale but now of Scorton innholder and James Simpson of Brompton on Swale yeoman, against John Sledge of the House of Correction at Northallerton labourer. Fryer accuses Sledge of having insulted and abused him, and on 28 April 1818, of throwing him on the floor of the poor house and threatening him. When Fryer obtained a Justice's warrant to apprehend Sledge, he threatened him further, saying that he would see his "bloody corpse" and that he "would be the death of him". Simpson, who was a constable, took Sledge into custody for assault and breach of the peace. While Sledge was in custody at the house of William Todd in Brompton on Swale, he attacked Simpson, and knocked him to the ground, and the next day, threatened that if he got his liberty, he would see his bloody corpse, meaning that he would murder him. Fryer and Simpson ask for protection from the court
Paper to move at the Midsummer Sessions 1818 that the court will receive the Articles of the Peace against John Sledge, and to bind Sledge by recognizance from Sessions to Sessions for as long as the exhibitants (Fryer and another) can show that their apprehension continues |