OLD BAILEY TRIALS DESCRIBE MULTIPLE FRAUDS AND ASSAULTS
Ermand William Lewis Ward 33, a fitter, pleaded guilty before Mr Lumley Smith to assaulting William Walsh and to obtaining money by false pretences from James Marchami and Frederick Beale. Ward posed as a detective, led a youth through London in handcuffs, borrowed money, and deceived others. He received 12 months hard labour, with remarks on health and possible rehabilitation. Numerous other defendants faced sentences for theft, forgery, uttering counterfeit coins, fraud, and related crimes across East End courts, including terms of hard labour, penal servitude, and brief imprisonments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumley Smith
K.C
Ermand
William Lewis Ward
William Walsh
James Marchami
Frederick Beale
Beale
Nine-elms
Dartmoor
Bealetha
Walsh
Petra
Alsh
Wellington Barracks
London
Chelsea
Ward
Warder Nicholls
Brixton
Sans
John Frederick Bailey
Bolton Abbey
St. James’s Palace
Fraup
Boorm MaxKer
Fredk
John Colmer
Post Office
Fletcher
Recorder
Cornina
Canning-Trown
William Hicks
Canningtown
Laura Hicks
Selina Baker
Baker
George Hobson
Richard Derriman
Toulon Street
Camberwell
Derriman
Henry Evans
Saddler
Canon Besley
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Lindsay
Brighton
Pope
Connaught Rangers
Torquay
Miss Pope
John Jeffrey
James Wilson
James Low
Hackney
Bethnal-green
Stratford
Clerkenwell
A .Cigin
Dilton Willoughby
Clem Jenkins
SuRnetizs Serrin
Joe Lurce
Vincenzo Sangiovanni
America
Tar
East End
Robert Hodges
Mary Masters
Stepney
Divall
H Division
Hodges
East-end
William Joynson Hicks
London General Omnibus Company
John Robert Larson
Bais
Roblery
Crry
John Johnson
Bank of England
Deacon's
Morsh
Sarah Que
Southwark
Justice Darling
Henry Richard Kemp
Annie Smoothy
Alicia Howe
A. Tait
Amelia Hollis
Frederick William Thompson
Rose Moore
Evan Davies
Goldsmith-road
Worship-street
Jacob Nathan
Great Fingall Fraudster Sentenced for 5,000 Share Forgery
Anthony Stanley Rowe, late secretary of Great Fingall Consolidated, pleaded guilty to forging a transfer for 5,000 Great Fingall shares and obtaining two cheques for 14,500 and 2501 with intent to defraud. He borrowed money on forged instruments, absconded to Canada, and incurred huge defalcations. The court jailed him for 10 years penal servitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anthony Stanley Rowe
Great Fingall Consolidated
Quilty
Justice Darling
Rowe
Canada
Messrs
Bewick
Moreing
Messrs. Streeter
Spain
Hiad
Bank official shooting case ends with insanity verdict
George Frederick Robinson, 27, engineer, indicted for feloniously shooting at Kenneth Grahame secretary of the Bank of England and Walter Tolmie head porter with intent to murder. Five shots fired. pursued by detectives Bacon and Digby after water hose used. Medical evidence: insane at the time, may recover. jury orders detention during the King's pleasure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Frederick Robinson
Kenneth Grahame
Bank of England
George Tolmie
Bacon
Digby
Grahame
Walter Tomlie
O'Dwyer
Robinson
America
Klondyke
New York
England
Africa
Svith
London Fires Report Burdened Metropolis With Daily Blazes
The London fire tally shows 69 blazes in seven days including 14 on Saturday, with numerous small fires reported across areas such as Holloway Paddington Woolwich Bermondsey Pimlico Mile End Notting Hill Peckham Forest Hill Bromley Greenwich and Southwark. Notable incidents include a bootmaker ironmongers and cabinet maker sheds burning, a detonator works explosion at East Greenwich injuring a worker, and several fires in shops and residences across central and south London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolis
Wellington Road
Holloway
Praed-street
Paddington
Anglesea-road
Woolwich
Spa Tavern
Sparoad
Bermondsey
Winchester-street
Pimlico
Commercial-street
Spitafields
Monpar
Mileend-place
Mile-end
Hast Ferry-road
Cubitt-town
Highroad
Lee
Portobello-road
Notting-hill
Brighton
Shackeray-street
Silverthorne Road
Battersea
Holland Road
Kensington
Central-street
St. Luke's
Albert-road
Peckham
Elizabeth Roebuck
Gillingham-street
Pimhea
Dartmouth-road
Forest-hill
St. Leonora’-road
Bromley
High Holborn
High-street
Sydenham
Empson-street
Suffolk-street
Pentonville
Wepnespar
Weptford-treen
Salford-road
Streatham-hill
Argyle-road
Ing’s-road
Camden-town
Cheval-place
Bromptonroad
Cannon-street-road
Clifton-street
Finsbury
Edgware-road
Provig
Merchant's
Norris-road
Brompton-road
Denmarkhill
Draper's
Oxford Street
Eltham
Oxford-street
Cadby Hall
Hammersmith-road
Garfield-road
Clapham
Park-road
Fivay
Greenwich
Blenheim Engineering Company
Tunnel Avenue
Alice Curran
George Mechan
Nelson Square
Southwark
Guy’s Hospital
Fernholme Road
Nunhead
Hoxton-street
Hast-street
Walworth
B.C
Havering-street
Commercial-road East
Queen’s Gate-gardens
South Kensington
Man Found Dead Near Clifton Rocks On River Avon
A well-dressed man was found Friday at the foot of Clifton rocks near the River Avon beside the Suspension Bridge. The body shows a severe fall from the summit rocks, estimated at hundreds of feet, suggesting a fatal accident or possible misadventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fatan
Clifton Rocks
Avon
Home Markets Busy With Cattle Sheep And Grain Prices
The Islington Great Day livestock fair drew buyers though bids were cautious. Beef prices ranged around 4s to 4s 8d per 8lb for various breeds. sheep showed steady demand with Down Teigs at 63, 9-stone Lincolns at 5s remnant feeds sold slowly. At Deptford and Covent Garden markets grain, fruit, and vegetables moved with mixed interest. wheat held firm, oats improved, and flour markets remained slow but steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Islington
Downtega
Deptford
United States
Aale
Covent Garden
Valencia
Deptfora
Liverpool
Billingagate
Anp
China
Ceylon
Java
Normandy
Brittany
Choice Edam
Gouda
Derby
Rectory Edam
Gloucester
North Wiltshire
Jeter
London
ogNxert
Knight and Feuer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Soner
2Nd Canadian Rifles
Bac
O’ Dwyer
Anthony
Rowke
London Fires
the Home Markets
Lloyd's Weekly News
Satvedor
Frisday
King’s Bench
Justice Ridley
Wilton and Co
Elphinstone
Piccadilly
Watts
Watson
Joseph Watson & Sons, Ltd
Leeds
SoapWorks
D. Each
Dolly
Wm. Edge & Sons, Ltd
Bolton
Edge
The
Roberts
Lineel Co
Boots’ Cash Chemists
É&C
BOOTS
Cash Chemists
Bevis Marks
E.C
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