Tariff campaign and political clashes across Britain
Reports from Seport and Aberdeen describe sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman defending free trade and criticizing protectionist policies. Mr Chamberlain’s proposals are debated alongside fears of higher taxation on food and rising expenditure. Ritchie at Croydon voices strong opposition, while other notices touch on steel imports, Birmingham council dealings, and a hospital inauguration in London.
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H. Campbell-Bannerman
Tredegar Hall
Seport
Crisi
Iaia
Praelend
Sir Ifenry
Ritchie
Croydon
Ritelle
Mr. Chamberlain
Balfour
Mr. Ritchie
Prycius
Cham- Gerlin
Ritchie Aind
Lady Barrister Not Admitted Denied by Lords
Miss Hertha Cave appeared before the Lord Chancellor and Justices in the Moses Room to petition admission to the legal profession. The bench, citing no precedent for women entering Gray’s Inn, declined to create one and offered no recommendation. Cave questioned gender barriers, recalling American and European examples, and said she would pursue law as a solicitor.
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Kennedy
Wright
Watton
Farwell
Joyce
Moses
House of Lords
Hertha Cave
Grey's Inn
Arthur Collings
Mulligan
Gray’s Inn
Mies Cave
England
America
Austria
Switzerland
France
Holland
Miss Cave
Price
Clock tower promised as memorial to Chamberlain’s husband
Mrs Chamberlain will unveil a fine clock tower in West Birmingham. Erected and funded by electors of division 23, it honors her husband’s triumph and safe return from his South Africa journey. The tower rests on land donated by local landowners in a suitable part of the constituency.
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South Africa
Tales of a Fortune at Marylebone Court
Frances Josephine Barton, 40, a married woman of Stapleton Road Bristol, faced Marylebone police court on remand charged with obtaining 17 10s and 103 by false pretences from Alice Lewington of Arthur's Mews Paddington. She claimed a 7000 fortune from a sister but was said to be entangled with Barton, the Liverpool solicitor's husband, and was sentenced six months hard labour. Arthur Herbert, actor of Castelnan Gardens Barnes, appeared at South Western court on bail for obtaining stage scenery from Mr Herbert Hinton by worthless cheques and was discharged.
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Frances Josephine Barton
Stapleton-road
Bristol
Marylebone
Alice Lewington
Arthur’s Mews
Praedgirs
Paddington
Post Office Savings Bank
Pieke Palmer
Liverpool
Swift
Barton
Curtin Bennett
South-Western
Arthur Herbert
Castelnan-gardens
Barnes
Herbert Hinton
Lilleshall-read
Clapham
Bound and gagged: attack on Miss Florence Grant
Miss Florence Grant 22, an authoress, described the assault at Sittingbourne Petty Sessions. She was bound to a bed at Little Rides farm Leysdown after a masked intruder demanded money and forced her to guide him toward her parents’ home. The man, John Wilson, 30, was captured at Harty after crossing the River Swale.
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Florence Grant
Sittingbourne
Miss Grant
Little Rides Farm
Leysdown
Isle of Sheppey
Werden
Isefora Siliss Grant
Eateira
Intrauder
Misa Grant
Death sentences at the Assizes in England
At York Assizes Charles William Malton aged 19 was found guilty of murder for killing Ann Marshall, 16, near Malton and was sentenced to death with mercy commendation for youth. At Derby Assizes Redfern, 25, was found guilty of wilful murder of Frances Rawson, 16, near Chesterfield. mercy recommended due to weak intellect. death sentence passed.
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Justice Granthem
York Assizes
Charles William Malton
Ann Marshall
Scampston
Malton
Marshall
Ashton
Derby Rasizes
Redfern
Frances Rawson
Temple Normanton
Chesterfield
Betting Prosecutions At Enfield Courtroom
A local betting case at Enfield saw George Turner, a 25 year Small Arms factory worker, fined 51 with costs after police testified to catching him taking betting slips from factory staff during dinner hours. Multiple witnesses claimed he loaned money, not acted as a bookmaker, as crowd shouted protests of injustice.
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Enfield
George Turner
Police
Osborne
Bour
Belfast Assizes: Moan found guilty of murder of Rose McCann
Joseph Moan an agricultural labourer was found guilty of the November murder of Rose McCann at Trillick Tyrone after a lone attack near nightfall. The jury convicted him despite defence assertions the bloodstained knife did not implicate him. The Lord Chief Baron nearly broke down delivering the death sentence to be carried out in Londonderry on January 5.
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Belfast
Joseph Moan
Rose McCann
Trillick
County Tyrone
Kia
Moon
Prioner
Londonderry
Perjury case seals with prison terms in Glamorgan Assizes
A lengthy perjury trial in Glamorgan Assizes Cardiff concluded with a guilty verdict. Three women linked to forged letters in a breach of promise case were sentenced. Hannah Evans to 14 months and the other two to six months. The judge condemned the attempt to pervert justice as deliberate and punishing. Separately Windsor Castle state apartments details and banners of prominent dukedoms were noted along with public opening times and a special charity admission rate.
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Glamorgan Assizes
Cardiff
Edward Thomas
Pontardulais
Swansea
Hannah Hyvans
Jettera
Jans Davies
Jane Davies
Justice Bruce
God
Hannah Evans
Duke of Sutherland
Windsor Castle
Windsor
Eastbourne inquest into Mrs Beatrice Wormald death
An Eastbourne inquest into the death of 39 year old Mrs Beatrice Mary Wormald found on the foreshore determined she died by suicide. The jury recorded suicide while temporarily insane after hearing of marital strife and a threatened separation. The husband Victor Augustus Wormald faced questions over lockouts and tensions. The case also referenced a sister’s letter and a will invalidated by the coroner.
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Eastbourne
Beatrice Mary Wormald
Victor Augustus Wormald
Darden
Rattlesnake Found in Chelsea Sewer Shortcut
Chelsea authorities investigated a rattlesnake discovered at a sewer manhole junction of Arthur Street and Kime Road. Foreman Badger found a dull grey reptile about half a foot long with bright eyes, taken to the Town Hall but then brought home by the foreman, likely escaped from a private collection.
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Chelsea
Arthur-street
Kime’s Road
Badger
Mr. Badger
TV Executions In Chelmsford And Manchester
Bernard White 21 of the 2nd Battalion Essex Regiment was executed at Chelmsford for the May murder of Maud Garrett at Warley Gap. He slept well, dressed in civilian clothes, and listened to the Catholic chaplain before the drop. In Manchester, Charles Whittaker was hanged for the August murder of Elizabeth Krangs after stabbing her in the throat following a visit to Bira Hang.
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Chelmsford
Bernard White
2Nd Batt. Essex Regiment
Maud Garrett
Warley Gap
White
Dougall
Moat Farm
A. . Shepherd
Billington
Jesus
Charles Whittaker
Strangeways Gol
Manchester
Elizabeth Krangs
Whittaker
Bira
Hange
Moat Farm Murder Gratitude Grants Noted in Essex
A marble grave cross marks Misa Camilla Holland in Saffron Walden cemetery. An Essex Standing Joint Committees meeting recommended gratuities to police involved in the Moat farm murder case, totaling 991 pounds 10 shillings with specific sums to chief constable, deputy chief constable, Supt. Daniels, Detective Scott, and others.
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Misa Camilla Holland
Moat Farm
Saffron Walden
Camille Cecile Holland
Maida Vale
London
Clavexing
Cief
Daniels
Scott
Cone Stables
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Butcher's Commission
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