Insolvent attorney's petition dismissed amid creditor opposition
In the Bankruptcy Court Commissioner Evans dismissed the interim order petition of an insolvent who claimed repayment from trustees of West Middlesex Assurance and Annuity. Debts listed at £80,732 with £17,577 claimed by the insolvent for money lent. The case cited unmanageable acts and potential injury to creditors, with protests by Mr Byng. A court order demanded explanation for nonappearance before refiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Bankkruptcy
Weopwesmr
Witt Howe
Commissioner Evans
West Middlesex Assurance and Annuity Company
Fia
Byng
Hele
Mr. Byng
Evans
Sturgeon
Public Admission to Trials at Central Criminal Court
April sessions opened with 260 prisoners. Mayor and sheriffs debated free gallery access with no fees while preserving order. Barrowyarded trials began. Barber, Fletcher, William Sanders, and Mrs. Dorey were arraigned for forging a will alleged to be that of Eliza.
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Central Criminal Court
Alderman Kelly
Chapman Marshall
Sheriff Musgrove
Sheriff Moon
Barber
Fletcher
William Sanders
Mrs. Dorey
Eliza
Multiple indictments heard in Old Bailey terms and petty thefts
In a lengthy Old Bailey session, defendants Barber Fletcher Dorey and others faced numerous indictments with pleas of not guilty. Griffin was to testify as Queen's evidence while delays arose over a will case. Separately Ann Elizabeth Earnshaw and Emma Wells were found guilty of shop thefts and jewelry crimes, with Wells convicted on all four counts and Earnshaw acquitted then later convicted. both sentenced to seven years transportation.
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Ann Slack
Griffin
Clarkson
Bodkin
John Bayley
Wilkins
John Stewart
Great Marlow
Bucks
Coxwell
Barber
Baron Gurney
Mr. Baron Gurney
Stewart
Ann Elizabeth Earnshaw
Emma Wells
Mary Ann Rose
Ballantine
Farringdon-street
Wells
Earnshaw
Thomas Clapham
Strand
Her
New York
Hallo
Jonathan
Hoskin
Beyaut
Mistur
Suspected theft on Boulogne steamship voyage noted in trial
Jury hears on shipboard theft of four parcels containing Bak England notes and cash totaling £1600 from Captain Tune's private room on the City of Boulogne. Evidence traces forged notes through Fleet Street, Ludgate Hill, Strand and Oxford Street as prosecutors seek to prove two £5 notes linked to the accused while French witnesses arrive. The proceedings cover additional forged bills case against Henry W Albert and remarks on foreign fraud schemes.
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Jon
England
City of Boulogne
Strand
Oxford Street
France
P. Laurie
Scotland
Agland
Firmin Braseur
Boulogne
Wight
Union Bank
London
Boulle
de Wisme
Etienne Boulle
Jean Baptiste de Wisme
Baptiste
New Commercial Steam-boat Company
Baptiste Seneschal
Commercial Company
Captain Tune
Tune
Baker
Daniel Forrester
Read
Elizabeth
Betsey
Henry W. Albert
Messrs
Bolte and Co
Bremen
Rosing
Paris
Bolte
Messrs. Konigswarter
Copthall-court
Frederick
Mesers. Keenigewarter
Mystery Fire and Theft In Diana Case At St Helena
Police hearings adjourned as Mrs May seeks central trial. Witness Feitch recalls captain shot in March and chain, watch, and papers seized after Diana exploded near St Helena. Lord mayor suspects foul play but holds off jury, defendant denies wrongdoing. A separate pickpocket case ends with three months in Bridewell. The Steam Packet Rospery case continues with George Gumm in custody.
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St. Helena
May
Bozon
Central Criminal Court
Thomas Feitch
Deal
Disne
Island
Ascension
England
Cox
Diana
Goodman
Bridewell
Forcery Forgery Case and Related Courtroom Dramas
A Monday hearing returns a byline of John Skinner Francis and Mary Anne Brown charged with forging a cheque for £190 drawn on Dowager Lady Melthorpe. Witnesses from Smith Payne Smiths police and a sisterhood of witnesses detail handwriting imitation, and police arrest. Separate scenes include a suicide improvised scene in CLEREZEENWELL and a long abduction case involving Miss Wortham, with cross examinations and remands. A wave of petty crimes follows with robberies of childrens’ clothes, assaults, donkey cruelty, and a Woolwich attempted throat murder case, all under magistrate scrutiny.
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John Skinner Francis
Mary Anne Brown
Jardine
Melthorpe
Smith, Payne
Smiths
Bush
M. Chambers
Thomas Eddison
Messrs. Smith and Co
Margaret Melthorpe
Henry Melthorpe, Bart
Kingstreet
St. James's
Messrs
Smitha
Hal
Witness
Times
Elizabeth Mason
Susan Luff
Regent Street
Miss Brown
Pearce
Edward Kendall
Francis
Judge Denies Bail for Two Prisoners Remanded
The court refused bail for the two prisoners noting one is a highly respectable young man aimed at an honorable profession and prolonged detention would ruin prospects. Mr. Jardine stated he could not justify releasing them and they were remanded until Tuesday week. The prisoners were removed from the bar.
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Clerezeenwell
Robert-street
Bedford Row
Coburg-road
Islington
Chancery
Allen
Court of Chancery
Southey
Humphreys
Combe
Mr. Combe
Mrs. Wortham
Frances Louisa
Gerard-street
Hawking
Hawkins
Hammond
Furnival
Miss Wortham
Stationhones
Mr. Southey
Mrs
Mr.Southey
Queen Square RaTHER Extraordinary Assault and Robbery
Eliza Evans, a middle aged woman, was charged with assaulting and robbing Mrs. Margaret Smith of Windsor-place Backfields Westminster. The complainant, after coffee with Evans and another woman, was robbed of two sovereigns and other silver as they walked to Little Tothill-street. Evans claimed she and a friend met the woman at Adam-street Adelphi and helped her home after drinking at several pubs. The magistrate ordered the prisoner held for further inquiries and police to locate the other accused.
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Hertford
Torspar
MaRgigo Lapy
James Bill
Ware
Northern and Eastern Railway Company
Hertfordshire
Jane Rich
William Ralph
St. Margaret's
Ralph
Bill
Jane Ralph
Stanstead
Bilk
Potter
Traill
Killick
Hfe
Essex
Tz Iwap & Donzey, &c
Francis Penny
Thomas Pearce
Smithfield
Kent
Woolwich
Artsmorep Munper
George Moore
Gladwin
Jeremy
Eliza Arnold
Poplar
Ropeyard Rails
Prosecutrix
Eliza
George
Amy Hooper
Dawe
Beresford-street
William Watson
Queen Square
Tothill-street
Adelphi
Prince’s, Head
Buckingham-street
Little Tothill-street
Two Cranstone Girls Stand Accused In Hoxton Robberies
Frances and Elizabeth Cranstone aged six and eight faced Mr Broughton on charges of stealing from numerous children. Their mother Ann Cranstone and cohabiting partner George Follan along with dealer John Flowers were charged with feloniously receiving the goods. Mr Horry represented Flowers as victims crowded the court to press charges. It appeared that for a...
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N Division
Hoxton
Westbury
Crangtone
Weymouth Terrace
Hackney-road
Baker
White Bears
Union Gardens
Follan
Hackney Road
Flowers
Horry
Broughton
Vine
Frances
Elizabeth Cranstone
Mr. Broughton
Ann Cranstone
George Follan
John Flowers
LORD BROUGHAM DREAMS OF CONSERVATIVE COURTESY
A column reflects on a dream in which the speaker visits conservative circles with Peel and the Duke, hears a chancellor praise persuasion over force, and wonders if he might change sides. Yet in the dream his opinions remain unchanged, with the wig and name still guiding him.
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Lord Brougham
Friar of
Bray
Peel
Duke
Free Presbyterian Fund Sparks Self Shaving Question
A Scottish lady, a zealous canvasser for bawbees and bodies, visits a Kirkaldy poor man in the Links. She seeks his weekly penny for minister sustentation, asks if he shaves himself, learns his cost, and proposes the minister shave him to earn the tippence, in a droll exchange cited from the Scotch Paper.
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Kirkaldy
Kirk
Robins Nest in Victory Mast Fragment at Busby House
A fragment of the foremast from the Victory, once touched by Lord Nelson, was kept in a small temple at Busby House. After removal to the dining room, a robins nest grew in a shot hole. The scene contrasts war’s bloodshed with peaceful nature.
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George IV
Busby Park
Lord Nelson
Busby House
Nelson
Jesse
A Mahratta Dinner Party at Nagpore Palace
A graphic account describes a Nagpore Rajah hosted dinner in Mahratta style for the British resident and guests. Ladies were presented to ranees while men wore Mahratta dress, with separate banquets for women and men amid laughter as cooks served varied delicacies and dancers entertained.
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Nagpore
Sahib Log
Seethuldee
Gwalior
Hookum
Agra
Akbar
The Remedy Peel Cade and the Sliding Scale
A satirical verse attacking Peel and Cade with calls to resist trade profits via charity rhetoric. It mocks rulings, inflation of authority, and calls for action against landlords, implying punishment for misused power and a shift in economic control.
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Peel
Cade
Jack Cade
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Tursway
Witham
Susan Baker
James Baker
Board of Guardians of the
Kensington Union
Wilde
King-street
Knsington
Payne
House of Correction
Bow Street
Trafalgar-square
National Gallery
Peck
New Orleans
Literary Gazette
Blake
Carthagena
Cadiz
Portamouth
Bay of
Santi Petri
Andalusia
No. L
London Docks
Brazils
St. Botolph
Aldyste
Bell Tavern
Houndsditch
Museum
City of London
Worship Street
John Cass
King’s Street
Duke’ Place
Raya
St. James
Robert Peel
Robert Just
Olice
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