Court of Common Pleas drama case and fatal melee
The court heard a copyright dispute over the opera Oderex and the Enchanted Horn with damages awarded. After the trial, a fatal inquest followed as Barry and Plank were committed for murder related to a disturbance at a Devizes Road event, with witnesses detailing the violence and coroner's verdict of willful murder against unknown parties.
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Court OF Common Pleas
Prancne c
Branam
Conorer
Talfourd
Kelly
Austin
Knowles
Wilde
Adolphus
Arnold
St James's Theatre
Charles Kemble
Weber
Covent-garden
Germany
von Weber
Han
Miss Paton
Downs
Lord Byron
Doge
Venice
Court of Chancery
Case of Commons
Hl. L. Bolwer
Sergeant Talfourd
Serjeact Wilde
Ord
At James's Theatre
The Pork-Water System in a Prison Diet Fiasco
The Medical Gazette recalls the 1822 Millbank prison dietary experiment that nearly ruined inmates. A harsh regime of bread and gruel led to declining health, scurvy among prisoners, while staff stayed largely well. Doctors Latham and Roget later pushed reforms, but the outbreak persisted into 1824, prompting pardons for surviving women and a cautionary note on dietetics.
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Beet Root
Brass Plate Association
Scilly Railroad
Piory
Millbank
Des
Latham
Roget
Roger
Regen Park
Mott
Poor Law Commissioners
Superiais
G. Blane
London
Walter Scott
England
A’court
Barrison
Harrison
Select Committee
Court of Exchequer Resolves Cabinet Makers’ Dispute
The case SHERREN v. SNELL concerns journeymen cabinet makers suing masters for balance on a bookcase charged from Union book. The jury awarded the plaintiffs the full amount after a lengthy trial and ruling by Lord Abinger that the defendants could not advance their case.
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F. Pollock
Mr. Bott
Mr. Chanpell
Mr. Gurvey
Lord Abinger
Enpezzlement charge against South Polysoth secretary
In Guildhall yesterday Robert Paddon, secretary to the South Polysoth Copper and Tin Mining Co, was brought to custody on embezzlement charges. He managed company books and papers, sold shares without accounts, and auditors noted discrepancies in share numbering between issued and unissued stock as he acted as a director later.
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Waitness
Alderman Winchester
Alderman Pirie
Alderman Virie
Mesars
Walker
Campbell
Biggs
Condon Adventurers
Two Bootmakers Brought to Trial Over Adultery and Theft
William White and Thomas Coe, journeymen bootmakers, faced Hon G C Norton and John Hardwick Esq for a fear examination on charges of seducing and abducting a master bootmaker's wife, and conspiracy to rob. Evidence included a wife’s infidelity, stolen sheets and blankets, and White’s violent conduct. Both men were committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
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Mulberry
Commercial Road
White
Norton
Mary Moore
Cue
John Wales
Havin
Central Criminal Court
Murder at Sydeway near Devizes shocks community
A man named Silas Wise was found dead near Devizes after an evening drinking with Newman a Pewsey hawker. Barry and Plank are in custody on strong presumptive evidence as investigators sift testimonies from locals about a night of merriment that turned fatal with a blow from a stick near Urdfont.
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Sydeway
Mies
Devizes
Silas Wise
Pewsey
Newman
Evi Raymond
Lydeway
Frederick Barry
Edward Plank
Younget
Stert
Urdfont
Barry
Plank
Abe
Wise
Raymond
Urchfont
Devizes-road
Whitmarsh
Fisher
Eastcott
Butler
Bourne
Decessed
Chirton
James Rickett
Wedhampton
Bell Loo
Hadge
Bell
Devizes Road
Ardhfont
T. Fidler
Fidler
Evi Raymond's
Raymond's; Nothing But Merriment, James Heath, of Stert
Charles Raymond
James Godden
Thomas Fidler
Richard Ofer
James Offer
John Cross
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William Foalson
Leicester
Thomas Poulson
Myohn Poulson
Josep Poulson
William Poulson
Henry Martin
Southampton
Chancerylaze
Samuel King
Furnival's Inn
Wiliam Win
Eequire
Bartoo
Wells
Bristol
Deas
Low Life Assurance Society
Fleet-street
Reoris Hernan Oe
Vauxhall
Gielock
Uence Ajesty
Rhareboiiers
Edward Mayne
RAND
Rotherhithe
Deptford
Harps
Charles Dupens
Thomas Ferncomb
John Guyon
Adem Gordon
Bag
William Gunston
Sir William Heoygate
Bart
Frederick
Smith
Indemy Syog
John Thelwall
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Lene
Ohn Macrove
St. James's Square
Bentlsad
Bradfate
D. Campbell
Ireland
John Cumming
Dublin
Francis H. Ramadge
Royal College of Physicians
Longman and Co
London and Westminster Review
Gray
John Mitford
T. Carlyle
Charles Die Eng
Duke of
Wwe
Strand
Arundel
Riak
China
East India Company
Seais
Eovampese
Jamaica
George Thomas Mansell & CO
Arandel-street
Crown and Anchor Tavern
BuckJersbury
Cheapside
W. H. Kittue
Gith Hegt
Foot
Mess
Graham
Holborn
COX Savory, Goldsmith, &c
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Atebes
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Russia
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Russian
Poland
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Cracow
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LAW Intelligence
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Adson
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Plack
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the Medical Gazette
General Penitentiary
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M.D
Angilssia
Basil Hall
Lockhart
Police Intelligence
Lambeth-Street
Wilts
Court OF Common
William the Fourth
Alexandrina Victoria
T. William Pritchard
Spenes
Duchess of Kent
Mr. Pritchard
Rose
Pritchard
Hunter
Lord Grey
Galloway
Mr. Galloway
Ple
Victoria
Wreerams
Cordwainers’ Ward
Messrs
Hanter
Fletcher
Hall
Kor
Gorst
Richard Lambert Jones
Richardson
Corney
Dicer
Tickoer
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Tickygs
Savace
Johnson
FletTeller
Uty Westwoop
R. Taytok
Church of Scotland
Church of England
Lord Mansfield
R. L. Jones
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