Central Criminal Court Acts for Trials at Old Bailey
Proceedings set at the Central Criminal Court to commence trials at the Old Bailey on the first of November.
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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 02, 1834
Page
2
Proceedings set at the Central Criminal Court to commence trials at the Old Bailey on the first of November.
Historic provision creates a court named the Central Criminal Court for metropolitan and nearby areas. It outlines commissions of oyer and terrorem, prison assignments, jury rules, venue as one county, and multiple procedural and sentencing specifics across Essex Kent Surrey and beyond with Newgate as a key prison.
Court circular notes Baron Bulow and the Spanien Minister at the Foreign Office. US Chargé d Affaires Me Vail transacted business at the State Department. Mr Whitmore and Mr Jackson visited the Secretary of Rice at the Colonial Office. The Military Secretary transacted business at the Colonial Office. Dispatches were sent to Lord Nugent at the Ionian Islands office.
The East India Company's periodical tea sale commenced at the India House with strong buyer attendance. Total declared quantity nine million pounds including Bohea, Couguo Campoe Pekoe Souchong, Tyankay Hyson Skin and Hyson. Prices ran about 2d per lb below last sale as 10,200 chests passed during a brisk day. Sale to continue about a fortnight.
The report records thin attendance and weak betting on Tattersalls. Plenipotentiary led with odds 5 to 4 against, Shilelagh offered 9 to 2, and Doncaster-bound runners were discussed. Warwick and Leamington Stakes previews list Defen sive Amadon as favorites and several other entries with 7 to 4, 3 to 1, and 4 to 1 against various contenders.
The article discusses a humane eel killing method credited to Dr. Kitchener as opposed to delaying death. It traces a French gastro nomer’s technique to instantaneously kill eels by piercing the spinal cord, and recalls a youth tale of live lobsters scalding by accidental splash.
A Bristol Mercury extract reports a poor Hughes woman in derangement who hanged herself in her cottage near Tockington. In Lawford's Gate a man named Dawe was fined for emitting two pipes through his window. The Bristol mail changes include earlier dispatch and delivery times and updated letter-box hours. Greenwich grave discovery yields 174 ancient coins, some Edwardian, found in a crimson bag. A Turkish tale warns against greed with a porter and a miser. A second edition of Luoxo's Strouts praises Sweden Norway travel and bear hunting.
John Finch writes from Liverpool to praise James R. Ba of Glandore and Mr Barry for a land division scheme that creates small farms, secure rents, and on-site cottages with schools and improved morals. He notes wage rises, reduced taverns, and strong community harmony, urging other landowners to imitate the model.
Falmouth reports from Aug 31 that Skylark arrived from Jamaica on the 26th. Islands peaceful though emancipation nears. US to send two frigates to Port Royal if needed. Lands appear sound after a recent violent tornado. Royalist arrives from Lisbon but not ashore yet.
The piece extols the Liverpool and Manchester railway as a national triumph overcoming Lordly opposition. It details the vast engineering, cost, and effort to lay a 30 mile, 63 bridge route across Chatmoss and morasses, promising faster, cheaper transport and a vivid public exhibition in Baker Street.
The grand sailing contest between Water Witch brig Lord Belfast and Galatea schooner Tal bot Esq. will occur this week with a 500 guinea side bet. The route shifts to round Eddystone light vessel from Goodwin light. Berlin Gazette reports fires. Hochstadt church, 152 wooden houses destroyed. Storms devastate Eckardsberg area. bridges and embankments wash away. orchards and potato fields ruined. Villages Ro thenberg Kab winkel Bernsdorff in distress. cattle saved with difficulty.
The proceedings at St George's Barracks, Charing Cross, detail the court martial of Private John Hutchinson of Blane's company for drunkenness and threatening language toward Sergeant Donal McKechnie on June 24, 1834. Hutchinson was found guilty on both charges and sentenced to 300 lashes, severely injuring his back with a prolonged recovery.
John Govern was executed before the county gaol after being convicted of attempting to murder John Conolly in Barna ville on July 20. He was about thirty, left a wife and two children, and his body was handed to his friends. A separate incident near Bermondsey involved rioters assaulting beadles Chesney and Stow while guarding an Irish funeral. the mob forced the gates and beat the beadles before rescue. None of the rioters were detained.
The Weekly True Sun announces a Sunday edition date of September 7. It will include a summary of weekly news and a full feature on the Poor Law Amendment Act with notes by an eminent lawyer.
The True Sun reviews Sunday Paris war reports amid sensational talk of French intervention in Spain. It calls the Madrid insurrection rumor stock-market chatter and notes no stock bulletin due holiday. Officials provide lines of defense, though details are fragmentary and uncertain.
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