Marriage fraud and a costly family dispute unfolds
The narrative follows a father misled by a false 1840 marriage certificate, the revelation that the wife was not Admiral Fenner's daughter but Harriet Jones's daughter, and the ensuing push to divorce. The court hears that the child was illegitimate, the couple used a false certificate, and the father sought to send the son abroad while finances and loyalties strained the marriage. Several bankruptcy cases, adjournments, and trials at the St Giles court add to the era’s legal tumult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk
Brighton
Hoe
Admiral Fenner
Harriet Jones
Mr. Clowes
Davis
Commercial Road
Carmarthen
Walworth
Marehill
Greenwich
Cooper
Gloucester-street
Portman-square
Islington
Suit Over Garment Value At Drury Lane
An elderly witness for Mademoiselle Grahn disputed a dress value last year used in The Revolt of the Harem at Drury Lane. The jacket body was produced. sleeves and other parts were missing. The court adjourned to consider. a witness led to the verdict of £2 10s plus costs for the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pattyn
Suffolk-place
Drury Lane
Mademoiselle Grahn
Mademoiselle Grabu
Not Guilty In Astley's Indecent Assault Case At London Court
A London court heard Richard Johnson charged with indecently assaulting a lad at Astley's Amphi theatre on April 4. Testimony showed the boy's actions and witness accounts conflicted, with Johnson receiving support from respectable acquaintances. The jury returned a Not Guilty verdict after cross-examination and character evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Thomas Mountjoy
Thomas Callow
Commissioner Bullock
Richard Johnson
Hurst
Astley’s
Doane
Clarkson
Thomas Jurst
Wakefield
Yorkshire
London
Tondon
Parkplace
Hyde Park
Westminster
Tay
Witness
Greenwich
London Bridge
Astles’s
Clarkson Cross
Greenwich Park
Lord St. Germains
Howard Duke Moore
John
Caroline Powrie
Finsbury Pavement
Board of Guardians of the
West London Union
Margaret Melbourne
Helen Gillespie
Field-place
Field Lane
Fetter Inne
Police Reports From London Dock Customs and Bridge Suicide Attempts
In a Lord Mayor examination Robert M’Laren a Custom House agent faced charges of duties evasion totaling about £5 after under paying for six cases of champagne cleared on a December 1840 transaction. Bail set at £800. At Guildhall Catherine O’Brien and Mary Ann Cooper were charged with attempting suicide by leaping from Blackfriars Bridge into the Thames. O’Brien was rescued and remanded. Cooper was prevented from leaping as bystanders intervened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mianbion House
Custon House
Robert M‘laren
Custom House
Thomas Sevill
Old Bailey
Pailock
Bay
Guildhall
Buackyntans Baipor
Catherine O'Brien
Mary Ann Cooper
Alderman Kelly
Blackfriars Bridge
Thames
O'Brien
Kelly
Abe
Assaults and murder in London streets shock boroughs
In Kent Street Borough Jane Mansell a tall 45 year old wife of a knightly tradesman is charged with assaulting her husband Julius Casar Manavl and threatening to beat him. The case reveals a volatile home life with infidelity, heavy drinking, and a public scuffle ending in police bail. In Rosemary Lane Whitechapel Simon Hill Irish lodger is charged with the wilful murder of Jane Thrussell in Blue Anchor Yard. The corroding tenement scene, postmortem, and intoxication precedents are detailed as police investigate the death and remand Hill for further inquiry. The report includes related holdings in Dock Street and Thorold Street prosecutor accounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambeth
John Grieve
Thomas Lester
Grieve
Kent Road
É&C
Drury Lane Theatre
Mazemoore Square
Peckham
Henry
Southwazre
Criu
Cos
Jane Mansell
Kent Street
Borough
Cottingham
Julius Casar Manavl
Ape
Telve
Caaget
Moapen
Simon Hill
Ballantine
Jane Thrussell
Sheehan
Blue Anchor-yard
Rosemary-lane
Whitechapel
Rosemary
Blue Anchor
Newsholm
Aear Hawden
Abs. Sheehan
Simon
Rom
Donogan
Robert O'Brien
Isidout
Corpes
Donegan
O'Brien
Ellen Cox
Broderip
Edward Cox
Dock-atrest
Patrick Dalton
V. Carter
East Surrey
Swanton
Peckham New Town
John Henderson Grieve
Martmere Square
Thomas Coston
MN Division
Montague-place
Rent
Thomas Grieve
Hadding-road
Locks-fields
William Ray
Mr. Grieve
Drergelane Tovatre
Urey
Lucksfields
Walworth
Witness Confusion Over Drunk or Sober Testimony
In a courtroom scene the witness debate centers on whether the woman was drunk or sober. The police officer testifies she was not drunk, though she was violent in temper and drank at a pub after leaving her home. The judge dismisses the case after noting the testimony lacks usable evidence.
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Court OF Bankruptcy
Moxoi
Reay
Bank Nt Prey
Goulburn
Mark Lane
M. Chambers
E. James
C. Gonne
St. Helen’s Place
Alexander Cockburn
Mark-Jane
H.D. Drury
Billiter-street
Tresday
L. J. Nicroay
Fonblanque
Woolwich
James
Lewis
Lewis Joseph Nicholay
Nicholay
Hhis
Rosa Eidersheim
Lewin
Whitminster
Zequhats
Anothen Theatrical
Mademoiselle Lucile Graba
Mademoiselle Grabn
Central Criminal Court
ST. Giless
Justice Coltman
Baron Patt
Joseph Connor
Mary Brothers
George Street
St Giles's
Illustrated
Coltman
Pratt
Bodkin
Justice Coleridge
Baron Platt
Bow-street
Mzncs
Hose
Joln Parish
Brackwatt
Low
Edward Spicer
Alderman Hughes
Margaret Doolan
John Swan
Ramn
Crown Street
St. Giles’s
Solomon
Payne
Margaret Birdseye
York Street
Consin
Doolan
St. Patrick's Chapel
Surrey
Maxmy
Thomas Puckle
Edward Johnson
Court House
Newington
St. Mary's
Elizabeth Ross
Scriven
Charnock
Scriven Roe
Maynard
Iris
Wepsespay
Bethlem Hospital
Ralph Price
Nathaniel Nicholls
Tug
Josazpa
P. Laurie
Mr. Strong
Limpsfield
Sir C. Marshall
Joseph Ady
Strong
Laurie
Ady
C. Marshall
C. Marahall
Court of Requests
Thamus Office
Hammersmite
Thomas Davin
Chapel Place
Brompton
T. Paynter
Eton Homfreys
Walton-upon-Thames
Edward Methole
Albert-place
Victoria-road
Kensington
Brompton-road
Thistle-grove
Major Methole
Miss Humfrey
Chapel-place
Methole
Moat
Cooke
Skelton
Trutland Street
Rutland Street
J. RR. Farr
Rutland-street
Mr. Paynter
Benson
Temple
Southampton
Salisbury
Bourne
Woolford
Salisburys
Stratford-upon
Avon
Yast
Monilar T
Ibures
Journal
City Books
St. Peter, Westcheap
Cheapside
Polk
Hearkey
Mr. Polk
United States
Amor
Punch
Oregon
Britain
Park
Friends of Freedom
Elias
Lynch
England
Kentucky
America
O'Connell
Richard
Gueas
M. Ce Rothschild
Lieusaint
Melun
Suresne
Louis XIV
Versailles
Earl OF Rosse
James Southy
Boss Observatory
Lord Baut
Hewevens
Sven
Lesters
Meridias
Bees
Ireland
Rasne
Rubinsin
Venus
Pete
Rosse
Fea
Bers
Ste W Lersebel
Han
Hs Karl
Resse
Bre
Bister
Sir W. Hersetall
William
Weser
Providence
Roase
W. Herschel
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