| Description | Letter from James Spensley, Christopher Raw, Thomas Birkbeck and Thomas Langhorne all of the township of Melbecks petitioning the chairman of Quarter Sessions for mercy for Mary Spensley wife of Thomas Spensley. Only slight circumstantial evidence can be brought against her, her husband and numerous family are labouring under extreme grief and unhappiness because of the proceedings, and her husband has maintained an excellent character throughout |