Trial at the Old Bailey for Murder and Manslaughter
Joseph Hunt and Mathew Porter faced a murder case over a December 24 incident at the Golden Lion in the Strand. Hunt was found guilty of manslaughter after a jury ruled no malice aforethought, Porter acquitted. Dowland and others provided corroborating testimony about the events and aftermath, including illness and death of Richard Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sessions-house
Old Bailey
Joseph Hunt
Dee
Richard Smith
James Roupel
Golden Lion
Strand
Mathew Porter
Hunt
Cornelius Carrick
Mary Taylor
Roupel
David Jennings
Carrick
Sraich
Smith
Ashurst
Garrick
Porter
Catherine Street
Jennings
Msi
Middlesex Jury Trials Hear Murder Case Against Joseph Bull
After a trial against Hunt and Porter, Joseph Bull faced arraignment for the wilful murder of Catherine Guy. Witness Dowland testified Bull beat the woman on December 24th, demanded her rent money, then dragged her and he heard moaning through the night as Guy lay mortally wounded with blood and disheveled hair in Bull’s room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowland
Bull
Fox
Hoorn
Cannon
Hungerford-market
Cutler
Hunt
Porter
Middlesex
Joseph Bull
Catherine Guy
Drun
Joe
Therisoner
Two criminals executed after courtroom verdicts
Justice Nates presided as the defense collapsed and the prisoner Guilty was pronounced. The Recorder ordered immediate execution alongside Williams. The prisoner remained unmoved, while Catherine Guy predicted her own death before Christmas. The case notes two concurrent executions following a law aimed at deterring murder by post conviction punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Nates
Williams
Catherine Guy
Joseph Bull
Robert Williams
A&t
Royal Patent Ointment for Itch at London Warehouse
By authority of the King's patent Thomas Jackson offers his celebrated Ointment at No 95 Fleet Market London. It claims to cure the itch in one dressing and purport to cleanse the body of spots and eruptions with a delightful smell and safety for children. One box costs sixpence and is said to cure a grown person, with half a box often enough for two children. Also available Jackson's Tincture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarvis
Harling
Nares
Fiungerford-market
Thomas Jackson
Fleet-market
London
Alfo
Jackson
Norton’s Drops Claim Extraordinary Cures in Public Notice
A historical broadside touts John Norton’s Merchant’s Drops with promises of curing scurvy, ulcers, and inflammatory disorders. It lists numerous testimonial names from Kensington and Guernsey, claims safety for children, and warns against counterfeit bottles signed by Norton. The piece urges readers to buy at 6d each from Norton in Golden Square, London, and to consult his pamphlets for “extraordinary Cures.”
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John Brampton
Cambridge
Thomas Truemin
Kensington
John ‘Trueman
Thomas Todd
Francis Curtis
Ann Broxon
John Elly
Ann Bowdry
William Jortes
Magpyeailey
Fette
A. Raymond
Jerome Julard
Hercules- Pillars
St. Ann's
Soho
Ann Bowie
le Fevre
Cogdélcourt
John Williams
Island of Guernays
Henry Philips
Lantinan
Peipbrokethire
Elizabeth Hadep
Honeverftreet
Lanzacye
Landing
Ann -Jolie
Jane
Clapton
Claude Croquse
John Wetch
Hackney
Norton
Goldensquare
Piccadilly
London
Anthony
Jann Norton
Jéhn’Norton
Prophetsz
Marchant
Kearty
Gaffi
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F. Newbery
St. Paul’s Church
Kunsiber
Annals Af
Newgate
John Sheppard
Margaret Caroline Rudd
Vill i Ta
Newzate
J. Hehe
Fleet-street
Brmroucci Technologica
Mahomet
Benjamin Martin
W. Owen
Fleet
Murray
St. Dunstan’s Church
Fleet Street
J. Buckland
Burnes
Standel-street
Day
Publiseen
Exicon Physico- Medicum
John Quincy
T. Longman
D. Failory
Schy Ogernie University
Mr. Mattaire
Yopareg
Tam
Ryan Ghp
St. Faut’s
Churchyard
Qvid
Paterculus
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