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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Apr 14, 1839
Page
6
In Bridgwater a man is tried for murder after a fatal knife clash with John MCarthy and a prior confrontation with his daughter. The prosecution and defense present competing narratives as witnesses recount the street fight and the victim’s fatal wounds.
The April sessions begin with a 276 prisoner calendar and the case of Francis Hastings Medhurst, charged with wilful murder of Joseph Allsop, though the inquest suggests manslaughter may apply if the blow was accidental or provoked. The judge outlines the grand jury duties and the distinctions between murder and manslaughter before two women, Sarah Willis and Mary Ann Potts, are tried for burglary. Potts faces seven years transportation, with potential mitigation if she can prove six years of lawful conduct. the other prisoner gets three months hard labor.
Tuesday at Guildhall Mr. Bate a fringe manufacturer faced final examination before Sir Peter Laurie on a bigamy charge. Evidence showed a first marriage to Georgiana Matilda Cartwright at New Pancras Church on Christmas Day 1833, with the second marriage in Sheffield prompting proof issues as the second wife kept out of sight.
An Essex case details Elizabeth Chapman and John Wade's evidence about a second marriage to a man already bound by a prior wife. Letters reveal entangled lovers, a plan to avoid punishment, and a court committal for trial amid accusations of deception and bigamy.
At Marylebone, Mrs Bay and husband accuse the Children’s Friend Society of mistreating a son sent to Cape Town. Letters from the Cape describe harsh master conditions. a reply letter defends the boy’s situation as a master’s mercy. Other docket items include petty theft and drunkenness cases, a hayloft dispute, and a noseless tailor’s misadventure with an assault warrant.
A letter to Magistrate Gregorie reports a watch matching Mr. Mainwarring's theft description was found by a servant at the Opera House after a robbery. The writer seeks to return the Geneva watch to its rightful owner and questions address availability.
John Coop a jobless man was charged with stealing a pork breast from a Brick Lane butcher. He claimed his family starves, and officials investigated his lodgings and Workhouse status as the case unfolded. Mary Richards, a 60 year old drunkard, disrupted church services and was jailed for drunken disorderly conduct.
Mary Ann Ashton and Adam Walters faced Mr. Greenwood for allegedly wounding Sarah Eyles in New Gravel Lane Shadwell after a quarrel and a fight in the Ship and Unicorn long-room. Eyles sustained a fractured skull and severe bleeding. Ashton denied striking with a candlestick as witnesses testified to a savage melee.
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