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Newspaper
Lloyds Weekly News
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 07, 1903
Page
3
Yesterday's sessions across Westminster and surrounding boroughs saw charges ranging from desertion and attempted murder to theft and public drunkenness. Cases include James Edmonds from Newport and a hoard of defendants from West Ham to Greenwich, with verdicts on burglary, assault, and disorderly conduct along with notable incidents at the Oratory and on trains.
Mrs Louisa Braham a 36 year old Balham wife of a shipowner’s accounting clerk faced Westminster police court on a disorderly conduct charge after a Lambeth Road incident. Officers testified she resisted a police escort and asked to be released. The magistrate discharged Braham. her husband pledged to seek a summons for perjury against the constable.
In a North London police court yesterday three married women sought separation and maintenance. The first, a pale woman with a baby, alleged cruelty and neglect by her husband. Mr Bros advised her to arrange temporary shelter, then return for separation. The second had suffered brutality over 33 years and asked for relief. The third complained her husband, who did not work, squandered money and goods and assaulted her was unhelpful. a summons was planned to allow possible arrangements.
Joseph Tapry 31 of Porel-place Nes Draskw-strad described as moneylender faced police court yesterday for obstruction at Walnut Lambeth. Bernard ONeill said he saw the defendant making notes and entries for loans and betting. The witness denied placing bets. Tapry claimed to be a registered defender with a loan book and a certificate. A young man in court testified regarding borrowed money. The magistrate discharged Tapry.
A German footman named Ludi Wolf was charged at Maidenhead with stealing a quantity of jewellery valued at 100 pounds from Mr. H. T. Crofton. Wolf entered service on Thursday and fled Friday with the jewelry. he was arrested at Richmond station with the pieces. He had been in England six days and was remanded.
The Metropolitan Police detective sergeant Alfred Gould retires with pension after a long career in the East end. He twice faced danger including stopping a robber on a train between Millmaypark and Canonbury and pursuing a gunman in Great Portland Street, one suspect later sentenced to six years. Gould helped break up gangs of van thieves and aided in capturing three burglars linked to a Muswell Hill incident.
The report covers stock market activity with mixed moves across rails and overseas lines. It notes price changes for American and Canadian listings, bullion movements, dividend details, and borrowing offers tied to West Ham Corporation Stock, plus quotations for major bonds and shares.
In Barrow the tramways employes received notices to quit in seven days. The Steam era will end with electric traction replacing the current system. Across the country reports covered various local incidents and court actions, including a boy of eleven convicted for cruelty to a horse in King’s Heath and multiple petty crimes and trials in towns from Bradford to Wednesbury.
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