Court proceedings reveal Knatchbull family legacy fraud conspiracy
In Gullowats on the King's Bench, an indictment targets Charles Knatchbull, James Digby Fowell, and John Partridge for a conspiracy to defraud Stonehouse and Co by falsely claiming a 24,000 legacy remained unpaid. Witnesses recount loans, bill renewals, and a deed designed to secure payment, with executors denying knowledge of the scheme. The jury convicts all eight months.
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Court OF King’s Bench
Gullowats
Arrin
King
Charles Knatchbull
Gurxyy
Sir Edward Knatchbull
Deedes
Wyndham Knatchbull
Stoddart
Sir Edward
Thomas Worrall
Anotrnus
Hoop
Park-street
Grosvenor-square
Charles King
England
Fowell
Partridge
John
Knatchbull
Stonehouse and Co
Messrs. Stonehouse and Co
St. More
Lissonstreet
Lissongrove
Warrorp
Chichester
London
Pratt
Guaxey
Capt. Knatchbull
James Stonehouse
Guansy
Worrall
Mne
Mr. Fowell
Worrell
Robinson
Burroughs
Foweller Partridge
Worrail
Walrorp
Dexaxton
Capt
Etki
Powell
Owell
Petit
Requisite
Capt. Knatchbull Revett
Witness
Revett
Mary
E. Knatchbull
J. Revett
Eleanor Balls
Mr. Partridge
Capt. Candle
Balls
Revatt
Ambrose Balls
Tors
Court of Chancery
W. Knatchbull
Brooks
Sarah Brown
Fowell and
John of Wood
Williams
Edward Knatchbull
George Pearce
Hughes
M.cauley
Babington
Charles
Garrat
Messrs
Henry Hughes
John Knatchbull
Patridge
Nantes
Valle
Knightsbridge
Park-lane
Lisson-grove
Custom-house
Worrall’s
Messrs. Fowell
Mr. Watrorp
Dexman
Curer
Irish Courts of Justice and Bow Street Burglary Verdicts
Reports from the Irish Courts of Justice discuss a forthcoming Book of Court Practice under a late Act and note a coroner's inquest into a fatal accident at Aldgate where Robert Petley, 21, died after a steamboat mishap. The Bow Street case covers Edward Desmond and John Davis amid a bold burglary at Mr Russell's home with Stokes aiding in the defense. multiple items stolen and suspects committed for trial. Also listed are births, marriages, and deaths from local society.
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Irish Courts of Justice
Cononer
Unwin
Aldgate
Robert Petley
Hermitage
Kingston
Hull
Bow-Street
Edward Desmond
John Davis
R. Birnie
Russell
Carey-street
Mussel
George Stokes
Mr. Russell
Mr. Stokes
Mr. Platt
Boswell Court
Desmond
Mr. Pratt
Agricultural Distress Probed in House of Commons
The House examined petitions from Perthshire owners and occupiers and from Cornwall freeholders on agricultural distress. Speakers urged calm, with Grenfell asserting distress is not as widespread as claimed and may prove temporary. Petitions from Dublin window tax opponents and Leicester woollen interests also Lie on the Table.
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Mr. Drummond
Perthshire
W. Lemon
Cornwall
Mr. G
Curwen
Mr. C
R. Shaw
St. Mary and St. Anne
Dublin
Mansfield
Leicester
Mr. Ellis
St. Michael's
St. Martin’s
St. Mark’s
St. James’s
Sir E. Harvey
Esser
Petition and bills in the House of Lords and Commons
The Archbishop of Dublin presented Waterford householders petitioning for window tax repeal. Petitions on agricultural distress from Perthshire, and bills on Carnatic creditors and Glasgow gas light were read first time. The Lords debated delays, amendments to the Queen Anne Act, and committed the Trish Deeds Register Bill and innkeepers rates bill before adjourning to Wednesday.
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Hart Davis
Bristol
Glasgow
Plunkett
Gentleman
Synod of
Peel
Ayr
Mr. Plunkett
Lord Errington
Tiverton
Kingsbridge
Lord Mountcharles
Donegal
Littleton
Staffordshire
S. Rice
House OF Lords
Arai
Dublin
Waterford
Earl Grey
Lord Donoughmore
Earl of Mansfield
Perthshire
Asteely
Commons
Cambert
Earl of Blessington
University of Dublin
Dromore
Irieirt
Lord Redésdaler
Arson Indictment in Somerstown Fire Case
Eleanor Sleeves, a young woman described as having an interesting appearance, is indicted for maliciously setting fire to the dwelling of Mr. John Revett at No 13 Dears Place Somerstown. Sleeves had been in service three weeks and was present when a bank-note fell from a letter she handled.
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Old Bailey
Moxpay
Eleanor Sleeves
John Revett
Eleanor Revett
Dearsplace
Somerstown
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William Davison Wilkinson
Richmond
Surrey
Chiswick Church
Colonel Gardiner
Maria
Thomas Wildman
All Saints, Hereford
W. Tremayne
Richard Jones Powell
Lincoln's Inn
Richard Powell
Bedford-place
Russell-square
Martha Cleo
Win. Downes
Hinton
Hereford
Clifton
Chas
Fred. Williams
Stone-buildings
Lincoln’s Inn
Elizabeth Wylde Browne
Ralph Browne Wylde Browne
Caughley
Shropshire
T. Whitmore Wylde Browne
Harnish House
Wilts
Samuel Herbert Israel
Clapham
Fanny
Lyon de Symons
Clapham Coumon
Cheltenham
Augusta Maria
Thomson
Longstone Hall
Cambridgeshire
Bath
Anna C. Jones
House OF Commons