Brixton burglar and chase ends with police arrest
Thomas Johnson 28, labourer of no fixed abode, faced Lambeth court charged with burglary at John Davidson shirt makers Brixton Coldharbour lane and stealing 30s value, plus assaulting two constables. Long pursuit through Brixton and Gateley roads ended in his capture. another burglary at Stoke Newington investigated. coat identified as belonging to Walter Pickering. Johnson committed for trial on all charges. Chelmsford inquiry ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Johnson
Lambeth
John Davidson
Coldharbour-lane
Brixton
Luff
Brixton-road
White
Gatelay-road
Marriott
Mulasta
Gateley Road
Hallo
Hawkins
Plowdan
Stoke Newington
Simmonds
Prior
Caerdeon
Lordship-roac
Adamstone
Martin
Mead
Walter Pickering
Amhurst-read
Chelmaford
Jack
Chelmsford
Man Charged with Stealing a Portmanteau at Mansion House
James Crawford, a middle aged man, appeared before Alderman Crosby at the Mansion House police court charged with stealing a portmanteau containing a dress suit and other property from Liverpool Lime Street station on the 24th. The bag was dropped outside the despatch office after he was detected by a bill poster and handed to police. Crawford complained of rough treatment at Bishopsgate police station as the court remanded him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Crawford
Alderman Crosby
Mansion House
Graham Patrick Barrett
West Kensington
Liverpool
Crawford
Stevens
Bishopsgate
Crosby
Truncheon Drawn in Southwark Disorder
Grayling a 21 year old private in the 2nd Oxford Light Infantry faced Southwark police court for drunken and disorderly conduct. Police reports say he assaulted officers and companions, with a crowd peltingConstables with missiles. He was fined 20 shillings or fourteen days.
Watch Dog Thomas James Charged With Burglary Attempt
Thomas James 73 known to police, of Rowton House Vauxhall, remanded at North London police court for taking part with an accomplice in trying to force entry to Frederick White boot factors dwelling at 98 Fairholt Road Stoke Newington. They were found attempting to climb the rain-water pipe on the morning of the 18th and seized by Constable Moulson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas James
Rowton Ouse
Vauxhall
North London
Frederick White
Fairholt Road
Stoke Newington
Moulson
Wounding Charge and Drunk In Charge Cases At Bow Street
At Bow Street police court Thomas Flatty a labourer was charged with unlawfully wounding his wife after she identified him as her attacker. He claimed self defense saying the wound occurred during a struggle over bread. The wife later left hospital and remains missing. In a second case John Bloomfield 38 was charged with being drunk in charge of a mail van. He claimed exhaustion after 78 hours on duty and was remanded for Post Office attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Flatty
Bow-street
Nottingham-court
Short's
Gardene
Charing Cross Hospital
Buckingham
Bow Street
John Bloomfield
Montague-street
Mount Pleasant
DOLLS THEFT AT TRUTH'S ALBERT HALL EXHIBITION
William Edward Brazier and Herbert Gibbs were remanded at Westminster to answer theft charges for allegedly stealing dolls from Truth's Albert Hall Exhibition. A detective said the pair were caught with dolls and chocolates in their pockets while packing at the hall. They were fined 20 shillings each or 14 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Edward Brazier
Herbert Gibbs
Sheil
Westminster
Truth
Albert Hall
South Kensington
Dutton
Barnaby
Cowardly Attack on Streatham Girl by Three Boys
Three youths George Gray 16 Charles Hunter 16 and Herbert Littlejohn 15 of Streatham areas were charged on remand at South Western police court with assaulting Ethel Jenner injuring her ribs and lung. The injured girl and a Streatham sweet factory crew faced a public clash over a window incident. Judge Garratt urged severe punishment. Littlejohn fined 51 or a month in jail and the others 20s or 14 days. Trene McKinnon 24 of Hampstead was remanded for stealing bank notes and a diamond ring. William Morgan 154 Landor Road was bound over and fined for setting a dog on his brother in law at Battersea. A middle aged man named George Brown faced a sham insurance collector charge at the South Eastern court. He claimed to be Prudential, was arrested, and faces trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford
Samuel Doubleday Sharp
High-road
Leytonstone
James Martin
Ferndale-road
Elms
Ferndale Road
Andrew Johnston
Bow-street
Thomas Read
Painter
Dace-street
Manchester
Bank of ‘England
Chas
J.” Melrose
Warrenshest
Fitzroy-square
Deak
Oxford Street
London and County Bank
Jones
49 ER
Fenwick
George Gray
Westcoat - Road
Streatham
Charles Hunter
Kenmuir-street
Tooting
Herbert Littlejohn
Tuallsbrook-road
South-Western Police Court
Ethel Jenner
Eardley-road
Mr. Hanna
Gir
Mitcham Lane
Littlead
Worth
Garratt
London
Littlejohn
Trene McKinnon
Priory Toad
Walter Morgan
Landor-road
Clapham
William Martin
Tidbury-streat
Battersea
Mr. Garrett
George Brown
Southeatern
Prudential Assurance Company
Charles Glover
York Road
Battereea
William Henry Winnett
Comany
Prudential
Garrett
John Puffett
Oxford Terrace
Woodford
William Bass
2Nd Essex Regiment
Southwark
Basa
Sharp
Selweyhill
Bass
44Th Pompadours
W. W. Glenny
Grea
Costa
Puffett
Worsley
Lancashire
Boothstown
Archon
Stock Markets Hit by Holiday Quiet and Weak Tone
The Stock Exchange closed for the holiday and business was light with a weaker tone. Consols fell 1 16 on Wednesday and closed at 884 for cash and 884 for account. Canadian and American securities moved varied, with Rio Tinto and Copper futures easing while South Africans firmed. A weekly withdrawal of 87,000 pounds from the Bank of England was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
London County
Transvaal
South-Eastern
Baltimore
Grand Trunk
Rio Tinto
Banvk
England
Christmas Day Court Fines Drunks at Various London Boroughs
A long list of festive offenders appeared at magistrates courts across London, with many pleading guilty to drunkenness. Fines ranged from small sums to 5s, some bound over to good behavior, and others discharged. Notable remarks included a man claiming to be posting a letter while ringing Christmas carols and a labourer complaining his leave was cut due to weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough Street
Denman
Lambeth
Mr. Plowden
Camberwell Road
Gunn
Plowden
A. de Button
West London
Lane
K.C
Dickinson
Thames Court
South Africa
Mead
North London
Westminster
Sheil
Charles Lawrence
Theft and discipline at London and Kent courts and docks
Sreatina Dinners and John Wordsworth, a 27 year old laborer of no fixed abode, received two months hard labour for stealing a 2s 6d piece of mutton from Alfred Squire’s Hackney shop. Other thieves got short sentences. sail corpral Beveridge at Sheerness took strychnine while on duty and faces a bleak prognosis. Crewe railway dismissals affect about 50 workers as shortages and holidays loom. A man at Southwark police court assaulted a licensee with a banjo. Advertisements push new patterns and cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wordsworth
North London
Alfred Squire
Wellstreet
Hackney
Sheerness Gunnery
James Beveridge
H.M.S
Sheerness
Crewh
London and North-Western Railway Company
Crewe
Wm. Bell
Rodney-street
Southwark
William Penfold
Artishoke
Newington Causeway
Penfold
Post
R. Cartwright
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Brixton Chase
Grayling
Oxford Light Infantry
Gare
the Albert Hall
Richard Condon
Dorothy Bond
Agnes Norrish
Fopstone Road
Kensington
Condon
Petticoat-lane
Thornton Heath
Croydon
Herbert Stith
Prince’s Road
Wm. Clarke
Gudge
Thornton-heath
Soi Sal Ra
Fostar Road
Gadge
William James Crock
Northbrooke House
Florence Cook
Florence Parker
John Evans
Whitehorse Road
Crock
Hodges
Chas. Saunders
Porter
Gray’s-inn-road
Clerkenwell
Huston Theatre
Stephens
Saunders
D’eyncourt
Sane
Alfred Ramsey
Southwark Park-Road
Harvey and Thompson
Thornell
Bishop
Southwark-park-road
Wm. Kreywates
Patrick Yohann
Wm. Barniozli
Joseph Skinchucar
James Austin
West Ham
Fowler
Thhat
Campbell-street
Silvertown
Southwark Police Court
Paul Taylor
Thomas Phillips
Westminster Bridge Road
Chas. Millbrook
Joseph Gregory
Clara Gregory
Pri
Richard Ose
Clerkenwell-green
Rose
French
Toria Chambers
South-parade
Leeda
Nonweiler
Freke Palmer
Annie Carter
Queen's Hotel
Leeds
TuHunspar Eyzxisa
P.c
Transvaal Development Loan
London County Council
Fonzica
Portunesa
Caledonian
Great Eastern
Great Western
Lon. and
Bright, Ord
Chat
Lon
N.W
Great Central
Metropolitan Con
Met
Midland
North-Eastern
Central London
City and South London
Grand Trunk Ord
Atchison
New York
Southern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Read
Union Pacific
Rand Mines
de Beers
Chartered
Modderfontein
Langlaagie
Clarke
Ysgar Cata
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