| Description | Bill of indictment of Matthew West late of the House of Correction at Northallerton labourer for escaping from the House of Correction at Northallerton, being confined there on 15 April 1817 for having stolen one linen tablecloth value 4d, the property of George Wolstenholme at the parish of St Olave on 27 March 1817
Offence committed at the township of Northallerton on 21 July 1817
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "a true bill"
Annotated "Not tried on this indictment having pleaded guilty to the indictment preferred against him at this Sessions (14th Oct 1817) of feloniously assisting William Binks to escape out of the House of Correction at Northallerton" |