24 Jan 1837
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 24, 1837
Page
1
A garbled OCR text lists various place names and phrases including CANE ON, ALIND., Va., Coretta Davie, Maue, Pra ga, Goldsuith, VFR WAALCHES, PAVED NE LI VER, and street references like Virane ry Vytord street. The fragment appears as a jumble of scattered names, locations, and unrelated terms with no coherent narrative or single event.
A provincial notice reports calls for public meetings on church rates abolition and parish matters. It notes the mayor of Lincoln may convene a meeting on the subject, with signatures gathered and church officials involved. a Boston meeting is also referenced. Various local incidents include a bridge dispute, widows' property concerns, and crime reports from Newbridge and nearby towns.
The text recounts a cluttered sequence of events including an incident near a river, descriptions of injuries, police and court actions, and mentions of multiple individuals. It references a sailor or vessel incident, a death, and ensuing investigations, with scattered names and places that hint at a broader local scandal or crime report.
The report covers a court session on debt with a verdict for the plaintiff and discussions of legal motions, then shifts to an obituary summary noting Dr. Hebert Macnish and a broad roll of burials at Sunday services. It also reports robberies, a near miss in Oxford Street, and a long account of a charity dinner at Drury Lane Theatre with speeches by Lord Russell and several MPs.
In Admiralty Court, Captain Stephenson was found justified in dismissing as chief mate the actions of Mr Stephenson aboard the brig Lada. The judge scrutinized witnesses, noted acts against Captain Penson and the duty of all on board, and ruled that Stephenson forfeited wages for neglect of duty after the ill fated voyage. The decision cited the ship's articles mandating obedience and proper conduct and upheld Captain Penson as defendant in costs.
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