| Description | Bill of indictment of Charlotte Haw for obtaining by deception one stone weight of flour, two ounces of tea, two ounces of coffee, one pound weight of sugar, two pounds weight of bacon, one pound weight of lard, one ounce of tobacco, half a pound weight of cheese, one boot lace, two earthenware ornaments, and half a pound weight of soap from Frances Steel. Haw had falsely pretended that she and her husband lived in the village of South Kilvington, and her husband had come there to drain for a person called Parvin, a drainer of land. Her husband was then working for John Sadler and he and one Francis Wood had contracted with Sadler to thrash out a stack of beans, but would not finish until Friday. Haw had also been working for Sadler hacking up turnip shells for sheep. She and her husband had agreed to allow their wages to run on until Saturday when she would pay Frances Steel for various articles she required
Offence committed on 22 February 1853
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "a true bill" |