Wretched poisoner trial in Northern Circuit
William Cookson indicted for administering arsenic to his wife Mary Cookson at Preston to cure an itch. He bought arsenic, drank at pubs, and entered his home using a back door. Arsenic found in tea and oatmeal. verdict guilty. sentence deferred. Remaining cases recount Rochdale and Bury manslaughter and other circuit verdicts with harsh penalties.
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Lancaster
William Cookson
Nary Cookson
Cookson
Preston
Brown
Dewhurst
Ram’s Head
Whewell
Mary Cookson
Liverpool
Baron Alderson
Nancy Wid
John Stott
Rochdale
Walmessey Shepherd
Richard Chadwick
Bury
Holly Godine
Chadwick
Walmesley
George
Warwick
Norfolk
Bury Sr
Epumps
Charles Draper
Samuel Squirrel
John Balls
Partridee
Sexton
Medhum-marker
Goa
Prisicis
Medham
Rafeht
Boa
Charles Abbitt
James Girling
Ipswich
Han
Kingston-Upon-Thames
William Powell
John Richards
Edwin Smith
William Seager
Godalming
Chambers
Powell
Richards
Smith
Richard Baldwin
King v Warwick keeps disorderly house in Moor Street
Warwick faces indictment for running an eating house at his Moor Street Birmingham beer shop with a non excisable cordial. A large exterior sign and grotesque figures drew crowds, often disrupting magistrates and police business as youths gathered for cards and dancing all day. The case details the bell used to summon dinner and the alleged aim of evading excise and magistrates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Warwick
Sun@uuan
King v
Burguy
Clarke
Humphrey and
Bourne
Birmingham
Moor-street
Mumphrey Yin
Thames Police
Elizabeth Woodward
Gammage
Metropolitan Police
James Bragg
Wapping High Street
Jemima Richardson
Thomas. Wilson Bart
Nessrs. Young
Millineton
Hamemond
Puese
Greenwich
Stuart
Maidstone
Handkerc
Heroenf
Nia
Law of Bastardy and Domestic Quarrel Report
Police notes describe Catherine Burn facing desertion trouble under parish law, with recommendations for parish relief. Also covered are theft cases at Bow Street involving a £5 note and silk stockings, and a humorous Tom Cat dispute between Mrs. Smiths at Portman Court with a maids’ garret mishap and a cat’s fateful tumble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Burn
Bow Street
John Charles Dunn
Miss Archer
Red Bridge
Bank of England
Conant
Hall
Tom
Mrs. Smith
Rendered views of mandaié matters cause distress and fines
Mrs. Smith faced a troubling scene as a complaint about her Tom spilled into a confrontation at her house. Neighbors argued hotly over alleged faults and appetites before a warrant was discharged and a small fine imposed on the defendant.
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Rome
Matrimonial Unpleasantness Over Liquor and Theft
In London Queen Square a merchant George Downes faced magistrates with charges of threatening his wife Mary Ann Downes and property damage in violent scenes. After bail issues and restitution of two £10 notes, the case led to further disorders as another claimant faced similar upheavals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Downes
Cambell
Bennett
Tess Thim
Neshit
Tee Welocky
Halidt
Artend
Si. Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Mrs. Downes
Headon
Richmond
Mr. Hendon
James Qidekfeld
Brill Row
Somerstown
James Bradbrook
Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Rogers
Mullett
Committee of the Deaf and Dumb Asylum
Robbery of One Hundred Sovereigns at Worship Street
John Jacobs a fish retailer along with his son and wife were charged with stealing one hundred sovereigns. James Osborne, an ivory turner and longtime clerk at Cumberland Street Chapel Curtain Road, testified his wife befriended the prisoner during his absence. The couple left with the prisoner for a walk, returning to find a deal box opened and the bag missing from the ground floor bedroom. The case unfolded after the evening service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunton
Algo Thera
Deal
Elizabeth Taunton
Mr. Osborne
Brougston
Osborne
New York
Messrs. Wood, King, and Co
Wall Street
M.crae
G. Division
Osbourne
Longaley
Sergeant Read
Sarah Cuttill
M.crag
Read
Broughton
Lambeth Street
Omnibus Ruffians
Ichard Bonner
Shaw
Polies
Sandasiers
Cada
Combes
Irving
Daron Cohen
Messia
Hardwick
Tickell
Billingsgate Market
Josiah Pollard
Petticoat-lane
Billingsgate
George Remington
John Jacobs
Anne Jacobs
Messrs
Broughton and
Codd
James Osborne
Cumberland-street
Curtain-road
Old-street
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Assise Wnthleisgeeren
Hatton Garden
St. James’s Park
Ornithological Society
Meir
Witrens
Delano
Old Gravel Lane
Richardson
147 K
Mr. Bragg
Orage
Ballantine
Mr. Ballantine
Tiet
Cine Iiss
la Consegnienes
Wien
Jacemy
Mr. Goddard
Mrs. Eines
Jeremy
Goddard
Daugher
Wildcleseax County
Kingsgate Street
Mary Morrison
Greenwzich
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