| Description | Bill of indictment of John Hanson for obtaining one half-sovereign and for half-crowns , the property of Mary Wilkinson, by falsely pretending to Wilkinson, who kept a shop in Long Street in the town of Thirsk, that he had a £5 note and a sovereign to exchange for coins of less value, and that he had a galloway and cart outside the shop
Offence committed on 22 November 1871
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill"
With draft indictment |