Murder and Divorce Trials in 1840s England Hearings
The report covers a murky English divorce case where a father sought to annul a marriage after discovering a staged union and a forged certificate. It details alleged adultery, the wife’s deception, and financial strains on the husband’s family, along with multiple bankruptcy proceedings across several courts and a pastry of creditors and misdeeds, including fraud by a Belgian-born draper.
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Ton
Clerk
Brighton
Fenner
Harriet Jones
Mr. Clowes
Davis
Commercial Road
Carmarthen
Walworth
Mazehill
Greenwich
Cooper
Gloucester-street
Portman-square
M. Chambers
E. James
C. Gonne
St. Helen’s Place
Alexander Cockburn
Merklane
H. D. Drars
Billiter-street
All Merchants
Teespay
Fane
Weennesday
L. J. Nicnozny
Baxgeurrey
Fonblanque
Woolwich
James
Lewis
London
Broad-street
Fenchurch-street
Murray, Lewis, and Co
Alexander Grant and Co
Limehouse
Boaz Lewison
Lewis Joseph Nicholay
Nicholay
Rosa Eidersheim
Te Lewis
Polk
Mr. Polk
United States of Arts
Punch
Palk
Britain
Friends of Freedom
England
Kentucky
Liberty
America
O'Connell
Master Polk
Richard NE
Transported for Child Theft at Central Criminal Court
In a London session, Margaret Doolan was found guilty of stealing a infant at the Spotted Dog in Tottenham Court Road and was sentenced to transportation beyond the seas for seven years. The trial, before Mr Justice Coleman and the Recorder, featured a clash of maternal claims with jurors finding the prisoner guilty on both counts.
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Mospay
Buackwatt
Justice Coltman
Baron Platt
Bodkin
Low
Alr
Clarkson
Edward Spicer
Justice Coleman
New Coret
John Swan
Payne
Caroline Swan
Tottenham-court Road
Rom
St. Giles'’s
Mr. Payne
Jon
Solomon
Margaret Birdseye
York Street
Westminster
Doolan
St. Patrick’s Chapel
William Sparkes
Horry
House Steattle
George Thomas Mountjny
Thomas Callow
Epping Forest
New Couat
Commissioner Bullock
Richard Johnson
Police Reports and Trials in London and Salisbury
Reports recount fraud at Custom House where Robert M’Laren faced final examination for duties underpayment. a man named Ady swindled Rich and Laurie in Whitechapel. assault and domestic disputes featured in Thames offices. a Salisbury case details a fatal blow blamed on Simon Hill and a man named George Woolford, leading to a wilful murder verdict. further items mention public exhibitions and the Leviathan telescope by the Earl of Rosse with observations of moons, nebulae, and double stars.
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Custom Hotel Fravcs
Robert M'Laren
Custom House
Thomas Sevill
Old Bailey
Bredstip
Patrick Dalton
Mr. Broderip
Mr. Symons
Symona
Thames
Jane Thursell
Yorkshire
Blue Anchor Yard
Rosemarylane
Whitechapel
Judy Sheehan
Thoreell
Hill
Molony
Sheehan
Simon
Donegan
H Division
Robert O'Brien
Jane Therseil
Mocot Ify
Abe
O'Brien
Baker
Charles Leary
Liddle
Leman-street
Goodman’s Fields
Ballantine
Salisbury
Thomas the Crowner
P.P. Newman
White Lion
Sarah Rose
Southampton
Rosina Rose
Mary Thomas
Thomas the Drowner
Iaverstock
Laverstock Hill
Culver Street
Sarah
Sarah Thomas
Laverstock
Laverstock Hollow
Milford Street
Gigant Street
Mother
Father
Amelia Hillier
Hester Hixon
Andover
Laverstock Bridge
Hester Hiron
George Hixon
Laverstock-hollow
Penny-farthing-street
George
Green Croft
Penny-farthing Street
Laterstock
Mev
Sarah Woolford
Elizabeth
Wilton Arms
Fisherton
White Lions Lodge
Newman's
Tanac Gray
John Winzar
Henry Coates
Winear
William Weat
Cantle-Street
Long
Martin
Saliabury
Wilton
George Woolford
Earl OF Rosse
James South
Ituyat Observatory
Kensington
Lord BL Sand
Rolinseo
Adjas
Obeesh
Ireland
Lord Rosse
Robinson
Saturn
Venus
Earl
Bette
Theo
Ler Rosse
Javon
Sir W. Herschel
Earl of
Short
Woman sues over showy jacket in Drury Lane production
In a London court a Suffolk plaintiff pursued damages after paying 38 shillings for a jacket claimed to be worth less. A witness pressed that the garment was showy and the value inflated, while the defendant’s ally was dismissed from the case. The jury ultimately found for the plaintiff, awarding 2 pounds 10 shillings plus costs.
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Pattyn
Suffolk-place
Drury Lane
Mademoiselle Grabn
Mademoiselle Grabo
Surrey
Shelions
Mosvay
Thomas Puckle
John Edward Johnson
Court House
Newington
St. Mary's
Crogtty
Elizabeth Ross
Scriven
Charnock
Bethlem Hospital
Ralph Price
Nathaniel Nicholls
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Westminster Court
Central Criminal Court
Huret
Aatley
Ampll
Doane
Thomas Hurst
Wakefield
Parkplace
Hyde Park
Witness
London Bridge
Clarkson Cross
Greenwich Park
Astley’s
Lord St. Germains
Edward Dake Moore
Caroline Powrie
Finsbury Pavement
Board of Guardians of the West London Union
Margaret Melbourne
Helen Gillespie
Field Place
Field Lane
Fetter Lane
Thomas Henry Hecker
Mary Ryan
al Walker
J. Dimsley
H. Jenkins Alias Bates
C. Madden
G. , Widgell
J. Hatcher
J. Jackson
J. Smith
F. A. Arkett
J. 'S Fatham
A- M'Coy
M Heavy
J. Clark
Stairs
T. Stock
Mail Guard
House of Correction
T.claverie
J. Vivian
W. Sagger
T. Cornish
W. Cannon
T. Power
W. Abbott
Ann Forrest
R. Bannist
Catherine Murphy
Mary A. Davis
Susan Wilson
Elizabeth George
Hannah Leary
J. Williams
J. Howard
RK. Roberts
J. Bromcher
J. Edwards
H. Groom
J. Jones
J. Ward
G. Davis
S. Davin
J. Mobbs
W. Hays
J. Wash
W. Wood
M. Hind
C. Brady
W. Banks
G-Just
J. Pratt
J. Morrell
H. Watkins
J. Peterson
J. Brumell
Janes Williams
Isaac Newton
W. Thompson
S. Axford
C. Sullivan
J. Piddington
W. Kibben
W. Gill
G. Smith
J. Scott
Mery A. Brown
Sarah Coe
C. Corhead
Mary A. Combs
Sarah Smith
C. Williams
RB. Williams
T. Russell
J. Lopez
Earber Gilbert
Sarah Limb
Charlotte Singleton
Eliza Jane Dey
Mary A. Coomber
C. Jackson
J. Keys
J. Brown
J. Kemp
M. Steele
E. Rushton
J. Easton
Halliday
Cyrus Symes
J. M'Carly
H. Doughty
H. Bayler
J. Brunster
E. Palmer
W. Goodale
Eliza Mereweather
C. Wiltshire
D. Thompson
J. Raibit
W. Warren
J. Holbrook
J Battersby
Jun
Elizabeth Craddock
D. Washbrook
H. Liebricht
W. Barnes
J. Barnes
E. Ashton
J. Watkins
E. Flatty
J. Gurney
Z. Hughes
Mansion House
Ady
South Sea Stock
Laurie
P. Laurie
C. Marshall
Thames Offich
Ax Inten Portcemay
Ellen Cox
Broderip
Edward Cox
Cockatreet
Hammersmith
Thomas Davis
Chapel-place
Brompton
T. Paynter
Ellen Homfreys
Walton-upon-Thames
Edward Methole
Albert-place
Victoria-road
Brompton Road
Thistlegrove
Major Methole
Miss Humfrey
Miss Humfreys
Methole
Cooke
Skelton
Rutland Street
J. R. Farr
Rutland-street
Mr. Paynter
Stratford-upon Avon
Mendicity Socials
Mery
I‘n R. Journal
St. Peter, Westcheap
Cheaymide
M.de Rothschild
Liensaint
Melin
Ely
Louis XLV
Versailles