County Wall Warwick Case Reveals Cruelty and Infidelity
An 1824 sheriff’s inquiry recounts alleged criminal conversation between a defendant and the plaintiff’s wife. Letters read in court, including Birmingham dated excerpts, detail seduction of the plaintiff, a four child family, and the defendant’s asserted absence abroad. The document frames accusations, lodging the issue to Providence and moral judgment amid distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altony
Lillington
Jadzinene
Varieres
Wrwingham
Birmingham
Poster
Mtr Fuster
Providence
Noted Birmingham Case of Criminal Conversation Damages
In Sept 1823 Birmingham a juried trial considered damages in a case where Mr John Carr sued Mr William Davy Lillington for criminal conversation with Carr’s wife. Evidence included letters, witnesses on residence, and accounts of marital strain. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff with damages and costs.
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Birmingham
Sition
Slades
Mra C
Betty
Hunt
Phillips
Mrs Carr
Providence
Dares
Carr
WD. Lillington
Marianne Mason
Mins Dunderdale
Isle
Pisiutif
Elizabeth Ball
Adams
Catt
Iris
Uwin
Mirna Carr
Holbeth
McCarr
Wis
Mire Trinderdale J
Potiphar
Sailar
Ile
Mrsarr
John Carr
William Davy Lillington
Melanages Roos
Further particulars of Thurtell and Hunt
In a detailed account of Thurtell and Hunt's behavior before and during the trial, Thurtell prepares a written defense and rehearses it with a guard, while Hunt shows timidity and limited participation. Thurtell debates witnesses, displays firmness, and seeks a delay in execution. his companion’s conduct contrasts with his own as both navigate conviction and impending death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurtell
Charles Phillips
Randall
Jude
Hunt
Rascal Probert
Himsell
Wilson
Thurrell
Joseph
Joe
Old Conwell
Mo Harmer
Ciiy
Bia
Thartell
Lunt
Pharell
Varius
Phillips
Turner
Bron Bert
Lavi
Ife
Junge
Altho
Probatt
Reece
Fleet
Platt
Jane
Harmer
Marer
Metropolis
Bennett
Coerane
Ile
Paley
Altough
Phougit
Uefa
Ian Gaal
Dusplay
Body of Thurtell read by crowds at St Bartholomew's Theatre
The article describes the public viewing of William Weare Thurtell’s body at St Bartholomew's Hospital Theatre with crowds, medical examiners questioning viewers about anatomy, and notes on Thurtell's muscular build, facial features, and the absence of certain details after dissection. It also covers contemporaneous accounts of J Hunt's confession letter to his mother and phrenologists inspecting the skull, debating organ prominence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurtell
Hertford
London
St. Bartholo Mew's Hospital
Hunt
Thurrell
J. Hunt
Stortford Gaol
Beloven
Welieve
Crom
Globe and Traveller
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Theatre of Anatomy
Bartholomew’s Hospital
Thudell
Dora
Mechyal Taut
County of
Fragmentary OCR Improvised Headline from Unknown Page
A garbled OCR fragment shows stray letters and near indecipherable phrases about names and dates. Despite unreadable content, the snippet hints at a brief news blurb or notice with unclear persons and events.
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County Wall
Warwick
Jas
Mr Cer
Markley
Mr Carr
Mirmingham
Math
Reader
Car
Golburn
St. Mary's Row
Hockly
Birmivesham
Care
Shelton
Chapel-street
Folfordrow
Lowton
Hig Con
Mra Carr
Witness
Henry Street
Pentonville
Witnesa
John Bunting
Henry-street
William
Mr Littingeon
Thurtell and Hunt
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