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Newspaper
True Sun
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 26, 1834
Page
4
The piece laments the penny wise shallow tax on voter registration as unjust and impractical. It argues it discourages electors and corrupts equal civic duty, suggesting reform to align costs with public service and preserve the franchise for engaged citizens rather than the selfishly minded.
Yesterday morning two ill looking youths were stopped near St Pancras church. A bag held five pint and half pint pots and milk cans taken from pubs in the area. One thief was jailed. the other escaped. The incident follows advice from the Middlesex Sessions chairman that beer pots lent for outdoor use should be of little value to thieves and shared within the community.
LAW INTELLIGENCE. Court of Commissioners of Bankruptcies reports extensive failures. Chandler and King's Woollen Drapers in St Paul’s Church Yard faced a bankruptcy fiat issued on Sept 17. Creditors massed at the first meeting, with debts estimated near 50,000 pounds and stock valued 5,000 to 6,000 pounds. debts proved today about 21,777 pounds 16 shillings. Meeting adjourned for continued proofs. MR. R. C. Staines’s Bankruptcy concerns an Chelmsford agent and bookseller. commission awarded since 1814. Debts proved 214,431 pounds. dividend of five shillings and fourpence in the pound previously paid. no dividend recently. assets valued at 24,500 pounds, but proceeds fell under 13,000 pounds. Assignees’ accounts led to postponed further dividend.
Judah George Summers appeared in Insolvent Debtors Court with opposition from Mr. Cooke and Mr. Lacy over his discharge after amassing and selling a large book and paper stock in February and disposing of assets in Dublin. Evidence showed false bill records, prior bankruptcies, and a pattern of fraud, leading to remand and possible revocation of relief.
William Todd of Battersea-fields faced a police court summons over refusing to pay 8d fare for a Palace-yard to Vauxhall Bridge trip. The cabriolet driver Beale testified they traveled at six to seven miles per hour, and Todd admitted the fare should be paid though parsimonious behavior was noted. The case referenced an act penalizing delays and improper driving, with Mr. Shutt criticizing Todd for not paying.
Thames police report details two men linked to a donkey export scheme found aboard a ship bound for Trinidad after Hampstead Heath thefts. In Manchester Square a publican is fined for harboring a suspended sergeant, while a drunken apprentice case ends without custody after violent conduct and pistol threats.
Birth notices list a birth at Clapham rise to Mrs J Evans of a son. at Walthamstow a daughter to Soh Remington Mills Esq of Tavistock square. at Chichester a son to Captain Fraser RN. at Hawkhurst a son to B B Paliser Esq of Tavistock square. Marriages include F Francis of Westerham Kent to Anna Maria Chapman of Hayes Kent. a American aboard marries Elizabeth and the Jara Me Chaser’s youngest daughter. John Morley jun of Hackney to Caroline Youngest daughter of Joseph Trueman of Walthamstow. a ceremony at Lewis Place Fulham for R Moate aged 79. notices also from Smith Street and Wimbledon. Printed and published by William Mevewett at 366 Strand, London.
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