Woman Indicted for Murder by Laudanum Poisoning of Infant
Catherine sak fee faced a murder indictment for poisoning her nine month old child George Michael with laudanum. The trial featured testimony from witnesses in Praed street Paddington and Dr Read whose involvement was questioned. The judge and counsel debated whether giving a lethal dose with intent to kill or administering by another hand constituted murder. The jury retired amid legal directions and cautious assessment of intent and dosage.
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Catherine Sak Fee
George ]Michael
Ryland
Ballantine
Sarah Stevens
Praedstreet
Paddington
Kelly
George
Witness
Esther Jones
Richard Godfrey
Philpot
Wm. Jones
Tavistock-street
Russell, Square
John Mortimer Bowen
Read
Fry
Baron Alderson
Denmark
Mrs. Stevens
Justice Littledale
Jury verdict with Mercy Recommendation in court
After an absence of about an hour the jury returned a guilty verdict with a strong recommendation to mercy. The foreman cited the prisoner being seduced and turned upon the world as grounds for commisseration, and Baron Alderson ordered judgment to be respited to seek the judges’ opinion on the law.
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Baron Alderson
Malicious Prosecution Cases in Bath and Chartist Trials
In a Bath session report, Rookes v Turner concerns alleged conspiracy to falsely accuse Rookes of assault, a verdict for the plaintiff with £150 damages. Turner v Rookes mirrors the case, with £250 awarded. Chester Chartist trials assign twelve months imprisonment and sureties for several defendants with broad sedition charges.
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Chester
H. W. Maule
James Barton
Isaac Armitage
George Wareham
Thomas Howartte
John Wright
John Broadbent
James Duke
John Livesly
Isaac Johnson
Stockport
William Benbow
Manchester
London
Final examination in Hammond bankruptcy at Drury Lane theatre
The court held a crowded final examination of William Jolly Hammond, bankrupt with debts around 8500 pounds, amid questions over assets, alleged song publications, and potential dividends. Proceedings adjourned to audit on August 7. insolv ent debtor Martin Metcalfe seeks bail after assigning furniture to his son, with creditors to receive property.
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Toursday
William Jolly Hammond
Royal Drury- Lane
Strand Theatre
Commissioner Fane
Corps Dramatique
Lewis
Fiat
van Landau
Fisher
Alderman Thomas Wood
Hammond
Alexander Lee
Lee
Hanmond
Alderman T. Wood
Columbine
Drury Lane
van Sandan
Martin Smith Metcalfe
The
Morning Chronicle
House of Correction
Bowen
Smuggling confrontation ends with fines for hawker and publican
A hawker Alexander Boyd and publican Storey before Alderman Thomas Johnson face charges after a warehouseman Richard Scott accused them of offering 500 cigars and French brandy at low prices. A raid found shawls believed to be foreign but were deemed home made. four shawls were condemned and Boyd fined 10 shillings alongside Storey.
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Alexander Boyd
Storey
Somerset-street
Thomas Johnson
Richard Scott
Customs
Whitechapel
Boyd
Mr. Hobler
Customhouse
Scott
Hobler
Custom-House
Williams
Alderman Johnson
Mansion House
Jewellery theft case against two chimney-sweepers at Lord Colchester’s
Henry Ridley and James Lennard appeared on remand for the alleged plunder of a large quantity of jewellery from Lord Colchester’s mansion at 8 Great Cumberland Place. The men, hired as chimney sweeps, left with a sack amid claims of a soot sweep, and valuables including a massive silver inkstand vanished. Ridley was arrested at the Great Mogul concert room. Lennard was later captured, though property remained untraced. The case drew notable attention as depositions were read and Lord Colchester testified.
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Long ColchEstar's
Henry Ridley
James Lennard
Colchester
Great Cumberland-place
Ridley
Lennard
Lord Colchester
Great Mogul
Drury Lane
Fell
Rawlinson
Newgate
Mr. Rawlinson
Lord Lyndhurst
Footmen face charges over Lords club room assault
Samuel Lintwin alledgedly led assaults by footmen serving peers at the House of Lords club room. Other footmen from Melbourne Lansdowne Normanby Tankerville charged as participants. case set for next Thursday. Also at Union Hall Emma Stone accused of enticing a girl for prostitution amid an extensive inquiry into a Granby Street brothel.
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Queen Square
Burrell
Samuel Lintwin
Earl of Galloway
Viscount Melbourne
Marquis of Lansdowne
Marquis of Normanby
Lord Tankerville
House of Lords
Lord Dinarben
Lord Dinorben
Charles Stocken
Michael Collins
James Goddard
John Thomas
Thomas Tuck
Lord Viscount Melbourne
Marquis of Mormanby
Lord Ellenborough
Lenton
Goddard
Collins
Lord Holland
Chaiman
Witess
Elizabeth Favell
New Street
Webber-street
Mary Ann
Granbystreet
Webster
Granby-street
Mr. Wontner
Witness
Elizabeth Monday
New-street
Mary Ann Fagell
Mary Ann Favell
Harriet Watson
Atr. Wontner
Navigation of the Rivyen Charged in Gravesend Coal Case
Richard Langler captain of the Faith faced a information by the city solicitor for discharging coal at Gravesend on the 2nd inst without harbour master consent. The case argued to preserve free navigation as coal ships crowded the pool. Langler claimed unawareness. the court proposed a 40s fine and costs, with harsher penalties on repetition.
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Tuck
Gregorie
Thames Office
Rivyen
Richard Langler
Faith
Gravesend
Martin
City Solicitor’s Office
Corporation of London
Port of London
Langler
Newport
Broderip
Destructive Fires Across Towns and Seaside Villa
A printer’s High-street Deptford premises burned out early Saturday. A Bath villa loss near London Road, Maitland owned, with £7000 total loss and £6000 insured. Isabella brig off Hartlepool burned to water’s edge. crew escaped. Tiverton saw four houses burned. A Stratford Essex cart with resin and turpentine caught fire on Mile End Road after a smoker’s spark. horse bolted, cart crashed into London hospital railing. parish and hospital engines saved remaining property.
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Brown
High-street
Deptford
City of
Bath
Maitland
London Road
London Assurance Office
Isabella
Whitby
John Walker
Hartlepool
Tiverton
Murphy
Stratford
Essex
Town
London Hospital
Mysterious Female Deaths in Hyde Park and River Thames
Reports recount a suspected homicide of a middle aged woman found floating upright in the Serpentine with facial injuries and lacking clothing except a chemise and stockings. An inquest opened at Mount Street as police seek clues and a second body of a well dressed woman was found near Lambeth with little evidence of violence and no clear cause of death.
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Woolley
B. Tow-Row
Royal ‘Ump. Society
Serpentine
Hyde-park
Ts. Knight
St. George’s
Hanover-square
Knight
Yy i
Williams
Knigh
Mount-street
Hipas
Grosvenor Square
James Knight
Humane Society
Sarah Knight
Symes
Selby
Grossmith
Lambeth
Hepburn
Dunn
Carter
Newington
Henry Grossmith
East-street
Ehsworth
Fleet-street
D. H
Surrey Canal
Rothiehithe
Deaths and Inquests from London and Worcester
Notices report the death of Dowager Lady Ropnix in Harley Street aged 81 following a short illness. An inquest at St Thomas's Hospital into Evan Evatt's death after a fall from steps cites accidental death. A canal boat accident near Droitwich and a Plymouth Derby case of theft and lenient handling close this disparate local items.
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Ropnix
Harley-street
Thomas Harley
Edward Third Earl of Oxford
City of London
Lord Rodney
Spencer Rodney
Henry Rodney
Hereford
Mortimer
William
Kinnouli
Faran
Banday
Perrys
Mt Payne
St. Thomas's Hospital
Evan Evatt
P Dockhead
Finnis
Droitwich
Worcester Chronicle
Jeanie Srveurar
Samuel Lees
Sheeshead
Elizabeth A
Dudley
Cresswell
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George v. Rooxes
Baron Rolfe
Erle
J. Butt
Else
Crowder
Mr. Hodges
Exeter
Turner
Rookes
Hodges
LAW
Marylebone
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