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Newspaper
Champion
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 14, 1816
Page
8
The defendant planned to marry years ago but formed a bad connection with a young woman. Pressure to abandon the liaison led to a recommendation to pay her off. He continued the affair, and a letter implied plans to wed the plaintiff’s pursuer. Counsel negotiated a verdict for the plaintiff with 150 percent damages.
Charles P Wyatt sues Lieutenant-General Gore for false and malicious libel and suspension as Surveyor General of Crown Lands. Jury awards damages of 300 pounds.
The Old Bailey opened with judges and aldermen to hear cases in Newton's County. Dodd and Barton were acquitted of cutting a man, while Mahaffy and Mary Mitchell were found guilty of forging base money. Catherine M Manus alias Mulvey and Margaret M MacManus were convicted of forging shillings, and Mendoza was convicted for assault and theft. A 14 year old boy was convicted of stealing a silver teapot, and John Lewis a man of colour faced theft charges amid troubling testimony. Dover, age 15, faced theft charges after evidence placed him near the scene with stolen goods.
A summary of multiple verdicts includes a man claiming he was attacked by his mother and found clothing in a corner building, a woman Margaret Welch aged about 25 convicted privately of stealing a ram goods valued at unknown, Solomon Bowerman found guilty of stealing a horse and collar, the property of Ober Roifer, and Friday Joseph Penn, a Spaniard aged 60, convicted of the murder of Benjamin Twig on the evening of June 13.
At Hick's Haut on July 10 William Molys, a master chimney sweep, faced trial for assaulting his apprentice a boy aged about five. Witnesses described repeated blows and restraint as the child struggled in a chimney and afterward on the floor. Found guilty, Molys received a two year sentence.
Mr. Dawson of Covent Garden market faced a charge of selling on the Lord's Day with his shop open and peas being shelled outside. He was convicted in the penal code. Parish officers vowed to stop Sunday market openings. dealers ignoring small fines will be brought before the Ecclesiastical Court, at cost.
Thomas Woods a vagrant was brought up by Snow the constable for begging door to door in Lam beth parish. Money 21 3s a watch and papers found in his possession were delivered to parish officers. He owned several rents from susali renewments and is to pass seven days in the House of Correction before returning to his parish. Betsay The defendant, a timber worker, assaulted Betsay James at Mr Carey’s Stanvate street letting, attempting to violate her. The magistrate ordered bail for Sessions.
Jlatton-Garpes-W Drake with a wooden leg aided Vaughan on a plot. Five examined at Bow Street. conspiracy suspected to entrap them for a death reward. Drake confessed to several conspiracies and robberies at the office. Chatte implicated. Read jun and Limbrick arrested by Mackay on a gold receiving charge.
A report outlines a robbery involving a seal, key, and watch at the George Gravellyne area, with Herbert detained on suspicion after a man named Mackay offered to compromise. The case references Vaughan, Trimer, and Vaughan’s clerk as witnesses before adjournment. Also noted is a magistrate action against Thomas Faulk for Sunday trading near Fox Court and Henry Skinner for a similar offence at Blackmoor's Head, with punishment and costs.
Sunday evening Mr Fostin was attacked by two ruffians in Titchbourn street St James's around eleven. One struck him a head blow, another stole a silver watch with jewelled gold appendages then fled. A young man named Bait was charged on Wednesday as an accessory for selling a stolen seal. He claimed he bought it from strangers. the prosecutor noted his good character and Kail was set for reappearance if called.
A young man drowned after bathing near Kewbridge while two relatives survived after heroic rescue. The deceased was twenty five minutes under water despite surgeons efforts. Across the region, a failed arson at Crewkerne and a Westminster fire incident preceded a late stabbing in Wemheath and a banking-house fraud exposing embezzlement by clerks. Authorities hunted the culprit and a wounded man lay under medical care with uncertain recovery.
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