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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 12, 1840
Page
6
Reports the trial of Bronterre O'Brien and three co defendants for sedition at Liverpool with details of proceedings, witnesses, speeches, verdict of guilty, and subsequent recognizances and anticipated further cases.
Mayhem across Ashton and Bolton linked riots yield multiple convictions. William Aiken George Wilde John Johnson William Clark and Peter M Douall convicted of sedition. Wigan rioters released on recognizances. Richardson Butterworth Jackson face lengthy terms. Jackson singled out for harsh sermon by judge. Other defendants receive prison terms from six to eighteen months with recognizances and sureties.
The Central Criminal Court began its April sittings before the lord mayor recorder and sheriffs with grand jury sworn. The recorder warned that many prisoners face serious charges including a child murder case, though proof of maternal violence may be lacking and the jury may focus on concealing birth.
A Mendicity Society case accuses Oakley his wife and Baker of obtaining money through a false petition. The trial reveals a bundle of harsh petitions, scorned by Baker and defended by the others. The lord mayor sentences the trio to prison, with the woman one month. A butcher is remanded for fraudulently light weights, with bail set for next sessions. A dairyman faces charges for selling diseased cows, while Ann Jones is remanded for neglecting her infant, with evidence of extreme neglect and a skeleton child exhibited in court. The magistrate rules the mother must answer for mild neglect at a later trial.
A man named Barraclough told the magistrate of a Yorkshire burglary tied to a recent report. He cited a letter from his daughter Ellen Hawkesworth describing intruders with pistols, looting £30 and a watch, threatening the man-servant Joe for £14, and warning the victim to stay indoors. The magistrate referred the matter to Cullinson and Wynn for investigation.
Smoke pours from Adelphi arches near Chendos Street station as fire brigades extinguish flames in straw and hay found in a terrace vault. A South Western railway train collision at Drurox Ditton station injures many passengers. an engineer faces dismissal for negligence after a slow earth waggon propelling error.
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