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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 10, 1834
Page
4
Excerpts argue Europe trends toward democracy and monarchy’s decline as nations outgrow guardians. The piece foresees printing’s power to shape society, predicts upheaval from wealth inequality, and envisions a future state where law replaces ruler command, with France’s fate tied to Louis Philippe and the crown’s abolition as a historical inevitability.
A fragmentary catalog of political arguments and actions in the Lords and House of Commons. It mentions minority rights versus majority support for church establishment, criticisms of reports, opposition to Religious Assemblies and Coroners Court access, and disputes over coercion act clauses and Poor Law relief.
A republican critique denounces the Beer Bill as government overreach attached to the Poor Law, arguing it harms the industrious poor. The piece mocks Lord Althorp’s view of quarter sessions appeals, cites local magistrates’ bias, and condemns perceived judiciaire failings and class solidarity among magistrates and clergy.
Plymouth Sept 6 The Court-martial for Captain Lord John Hay and Castor officers began aboard the San Josef. Five Chameleon crewmen testified. Hay urged full investigation as defense presented, and proceedings adjourned to Sept 8. List of officers on trial includes M Cleverty Weare Hopkins Carmichael Hopkins. Carthew died aiding commander. story notes officers’ swords laid on court table. In London, news from Paris follows.
Law intelligence from the insolvent debtors court on September 9 details Walter Silver Godfrey’s admission of spending 1800 from his father’s executors, a rehearing rule for Crosfield, John Davis’s case with two creditors and a family robbery tale, and remands for fifteen months and fraudulently contracted debts with Messrs Young and Bainbridge brewers.
Henry Frampton bookseller and Walter Whickers merchant stood indicted for stealing Hogarth prints and books from Baldwin. Evidence showed Frampton confessed after police interview and Whickers claimed innocence though linked by later seizure of cases. Frampton found guilty and sentenced to two years hard labor. Whickers acquitted. Other convicts listed for various thefts and embezzlements.
In a case at the New Court before the Common Serjeant, William West Joh Jones and Jane Lockyer face charges of stealing a watch seal and dud key from John Ladd. A cab ride from Fetter Lane to Westminster ended with the trio accused of a planned robbery as the girl passed the watch to Jones and West aided the assault. Witnesses testified to the journey and the alleged thefts with the Probable accomplice. The jury convicted all three prisoners and multiple co-defendants received varied verdicts including acquittals.
Mary Ashly senior and Mary Ashly junior, mother and daughter, were indicted for stealing a black lace veil a silk cloak and clothing from Thomas Sims Camberwell. The case notes a cholera outbreak in the house on the 14th and 15th with four people dying while the elder prisoner began packing large quantities of the deceaseds garments and other goods.
Reports from Queen-Square and Worship Street detail cases of thefts and housebreaking by a watchman and accomplices at the Blind School in Blackfriars Road. Other items include a 73-year-old pickpocket Tit Shields charged with stealing a snuff box, and a boy and sister charged with breaking into a Hackney Road house. A chimney sweeps act case ends with discharge for ignorance of law.
The report details a Glasgow-based embezzlement case where the prisoner diverted funds from employers to private use, misled creditors with coded notes, and failed to account for 104 pounds. It also covers a shooting incident aboard the Lady Flora and a brutal assault on Rose Cormick by John Henepick, resulting in a fine and two months imprisonment.
An inquest at the Fleet prison found Mr. John Hampton aged eighty died of natural causes after eight months under surgeon Samuel Cooper. The coroner heard no complaints from friends about his treatment as a Chancery prisoner who refused to surrender property. The verdict was natural death. The report also notes a separate inquest in Southwark into the death of five year old Finnoth Herring, killed by a fallen ruinous house due to pilfering and improper demolition. The jury returned accidental death. Reports on the Duke of Sussex eye condition and a political pamphlet by Daniel O’Connell accompany the page.
Notices record several births and marriages across diverse locations including Studley Castle West Drayton Clapham Norwich Cambridgebeath Hambledon and Greenlands. Details list names parents and children with dates on the sixth or eighth inst and note spouses and familial connections in terse entries.
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