Description | Bill of indictment of John Ridsdale for obtaining four and a half yards of grey mixed cloth from John Raper linen and woollen draper. Ridsdale falsely pretended that he had been sent by Robert Daniel Hodge of Sowerby for as much cloth as would make two pairs of trousers for Hodge's two sons
Includes indictment of William Atkinson and Ann Atkinson for receiving the goods so obtained by false pretences
Offences committed on 27 November 1852
Endorsed with names of witnesses and "true bill against all" |