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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Apr 20, 1844

Page

4

Theatre wages dispute ends with defendant’s verdict

Testimony recalls Drury Lane season 1842 1843 and performances by Hatton and Haxton. Witnesses discuss salaries refunds and contracts. Jury finds defendant owed no extra for performances and returns a verdict for the defendant after considering notice and salary questions.

H. R. Allen Tener Ager Drury-lane Wacbeth Paul Bedford Haxton Mr. Whitmore Bedford Princess’ Theatre C. Jones Wittwmses Whitmore Macready Court of Justice Isterestting Carr Hecate Joacheth Kuno der Freischutz Simons Charnuck Drury-lane Theatre Serle Anti-Cornlew League Theatre Royal E. J. L. Hatton W. C. Macready Rir Anti Corn Law League Thomas James Serle Theatre Royal Drury Jane Mr. Hatton der Freischnitz Anti Corniaw League Hatton Mellon Romer George Stretton Kung

Easter Term Breakfast Privileges Among London Judges

Lord chancellor hosts Easter term breakfast at Hanover Square with judges including Denman Langdale Shadwell Tindal Parke Alderson and Cresswell. Attended by Queen's counsel and many officials, then proceeds to open Westminster courts. Pollock appointed lord chief baron. Thesiger named solicitor general amid cabinet deliberations.

Cuaxcelton George-street Hanover, Square Lord Denman Queen’s Bench Lord Langdale Baron Parke Alderson Justice Patteson Justice Erskine Starks Talfourd Messrs Thesiger Eale Wakefield T. Miller G. Spencer T. Kindersley T. J. Platt R. Alexander T. Starkie C. T. Swanston J., Stuart Bethell Godson W. Whatley James Stuart Wortley Barlow Farrer Wingfield Giffin Wilson Lynch George Rose Turner Armstrong Wilbraham Roe Teed Walker Parker Russell Anderton Romilly William Follett Westminster Law Morning Herald Frederick Pollock Exchequer Fitzroy Kelly Justice Cresswell The Common Pleas Mr. Kelly Mr. Thesiger Kelly O’connell House of Lords Nsw Crier Bagon F. Pollock Court of Exchequer Court of Common Pleas Sir F Pollock Tae Swearine Tae Lorp Court S. Wortley Baron Rolfe Baron Alderson

POLICE REPORTS AND VAGRANT PUNISHMENTS IN LONDON

A crowded London杂 paper recounts magistrates handling vagrants with fourteen day and month terms at Bridewell. It covers Tory Ann Wood, alleged imposter, and a Westminster robbery case with Grady Lawley and Sheehan. Additional items include a Waterlo o Arms theft, Queen Square disturbance, and a violent infant death case in Shadwell.

CLERKENWELL ASSAULT AND MELTED PEWTER CHARGE AT BAR

In Clerkenwell James Robinson alias Lewis, already convicted, stood charged with attempting to murder a young woman, Mary Ann Maccover, and of possessing melted pewter. Witness Baker testified to a four o'clock struggle in a 26 Buckeridge Street house with a knife, two throat wounds, and a frying pan of melted pewter found. The prisoner claimed no murder and faulted for the pewter, and was committed to the House of Correction for two months with hard labour.

Charlotte St. Clair Mary Rees Westminster Strand House of Correction Murper Mangnesore William Crouch Bullock Frances Elizabeth Crouch Marylebone Rawlinson Clarkson Wm. Crouch Humphreys Parry Henry Reynolds John West Edgware Justice Maule Tourspay Mary Farley George Farley Bethnal-green Mary Butler Wheeler William Gardner Regent’s Canal Globe Tavern New Whitechapel Ijis Ann Wood Peter Laurie Couchman Throckmorton-street Bartholomew’s Hospital Sir Peter Laurie Mr. Couchman Peter P. Laurie Hardwick Maltby Kelly Waterloo Arms Charles-street Haymarket Ramsgate Bradshaw Mr. Hardwick Bank of England Boden Newgate Ropeine William Hindle Jane Hindle Thorpe Broughton Hussey Buttisland-street Hoxton Beckwith Devonshire-street Cranbourne Devonshire-square Mile End-Road Renshaw Hackney-road Weller Nicholas-street Mary White Sarah-street Poplar Ambert Cuance Anson Mary Pettigrew Joblyns Old-street-road Charles Eyres William Henry Walton Henry Abraham Solomons Charcy Murpes Julia Elizabeth Scales Farmer-street Shadwell Valentine John Crews Neale J. Williams Ratcliff Highway Rose and Crown Mr. Williams London Hospital Denmark Street James Robinson Lewis Combe Mary Ann Macover Baker Buckeridge Street St. Giles’s Bishop Margaret Dabock James Middlesex Street Julius Price Germany Richard Stephens St. Justs Cornwall King Sithing Poplar Church Morpenovus Assatttny Musgrave James Carr St. Andrew’s Place Waterloo-road Charing-cross Hospital Carr Blackfriars Batpee Blackfriars Bridge Lxstica West Sussex Petworth Duke of Richmond Hack Washington Petworth House of Correction Birmingham Derby Gloucester Eastern Counties Edinburgh Glasgow Great Western Grand Junction Paisley Ayr Great North of England London London and South Western Blackwall Greenwich Brighton Croydon Manchester Leeds Hull Associated Midland Counties North Midland Newcastle Carlisle Sheffield Liverpool Paris Orleans Rouen South Eastern Dover York Thomas Thornely Wolverhampton Scotland Brazils Cobilen Fox Maule Col. Thompson Bright Drury Lane Theatre Monsieur Duprez England Old Drury Musical Academy William Tell Tayleure Fatan W. Payne City of London Borough of Southwark Green Man Old Kent Road Edward May Charles Wild Southwick York Landings Charles Fox Westbourn-terrace Hyde-park Gardens No. 3 Trafalgar-Square Fox, Henderson, and Company Grissell and Peto Eam Fox

The Will Forgeries Trial of Barber and Fletcher

The trial resumed with judges Guiness Kamy and Maule hearing testimonies about forged documents and manipulated letters of administration tied to John Stewart. Witnesses including bank clerks, stock brokers, and a proctor testified to signatures, transfers of Long Annuities, and a scheme involving Elizabeth Stewart of Southampton Terrace, Camberwell, with Barber acting as the principal facilitator and others providing corroboration or material misstatements.

Barber Fletcher Guiness Kamy Maule R. Wm. Snead J. R. Reid Elizabeth Stewart Southampton Terrace Camberwell Edward Close Wilkinson E. Stewart John Weldom Th Bank John Stewar Aed Bank Register Tha Wits Coxworth Stewart W.H. Barber Tokenhe Yard Enhouse Charles Hill Threadneedle-street Big J. Donald W. H. Barber J. Stewart Hill Southampton Terrace Bank of Lubbock James Cranborne Strode Great Marlow Scotland Graves Donald Wilkins Bank of England Macnamara Strode Edward Thompson Pickering, Smith, and Co.’s Lincoln’s Inn John Stewart Mr. A. Dusant Messrs Pickering's John Witherspoon Kigdore John Harding Phantassie Preston Kirk John Shelley John Pattison Mr. Strode Mr. Pattison Mr. Graves T. Griffin Poland Street Georgiana Richards Sanders Poland-street Duke-street Grosvenor-square Stamp Office Sac St. Paul's Churchyard St. Paul Perty Red Gardener Paul’s Chain Dorey Mr. Poti Corey Fletcher Griffin Mr Wilkins

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