| Description | Bill of indictment of Thomas Wetherill the younger late of Liverpool in the county palatine of Lancaster gentleman and Laurence Wetherill late of Stokesley labourer for obtaining £30 by deception. They falsely pretended that Thomas Weatherill was authorised by Walter Scruton to receive a sum of £30 due from William Ward to Walter Scruton under a mortgage dated 5 and 6 April 1829; and falsely pretended that Thomas Weatherill was authorised by Robert Palmer to receive the said £30, which Palmer had been authorised by Scruton to receive on his behalf
Offence committed in the North Riding on 23 November 1829
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "a true bill" |