An Absconder In 1829 (8/02-10/03 Red)
From The Leeds Intelligencer Newspaper 12th March 1829 Advertisement Absconded from Littlethorpe near Ripon - Mark Hornby alias Kirby, leaving his wife and family chargeable to the said Township. He stands upwards of six feet high, has Black Hair, curled at the Front, Dark Brown Eyes, and fresh Colour in the Face. Had on when he left his Wife, a Fustain Jacket, White Worsted Breeches, Black Waistcoat, Yellow Kerseymere Gaiters, bound with Black Leather, and Strong Half-boots; he may be dressed in a Blue Frock Coat, with Waistcoat striped with Orange and Green, or a Scarlet striped one, which Clothes he took away with him. He walks upright and is well made and a good looking man about the age of Thirty. He left his wife and house on Wednesday morning last, in the Company with another Man's Wife, and a Young Child by the York Coach from Ripon, and took the Packet from thence to Hull. She is a Middle-aged Woman not very stout, but Fresh coloured in the Face and Young, dressed in a plain Scarlet Worsted Gown, Blue Cotton Shawl, bordered with Yellow and Green, Leghorn Bonnet with Sc...