| Description | Bill of indictment of John Stead of the parish of Pickering butcher, and formerly of the parish of Normanby, for falsely pretending to Robert Bower, Henry William Hutton, James Hall, and Edward Thomas Hutton esquires, bankers and co-partners, that £35 rather than £10 was still owed to him from money deposited by his wife
Miss Elizabeth Humble of Sinnington had deposited £35 with Edward Bland and Thomas Bird the bank's agents in Pickering on 2 September 1843. Miss Humble married John Stead. Stead had already received sums of £5 and £20 from the agents on account
Offence committed at the parish of St Michael in New Malton on 5 March 1844
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "a true bill"
Attached is a statement by Stead that the indictment is not sufficient in law and that he is not guilty |