The Will Forgeries Trial Of Barber Fletcher And Others
In a sensational English trial at the bar, Barber and Fletcher face charges over a forged will and stock theft tied to Emma Slack who used aliases. The jury returns guilty verdicts for Henry Bapse, Joseph Frerwer, and Lupia SauypeEns as Barber denies guilt and defends his attorney role while detailing his relationship with Fletcher and the complicating bank and diary evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Williams
Barber
Fletcher
William Saunders
Lydia Saunders
Georgiana Dorey
Erle
Nevilles
Saunders
Emma Slack
Captain Foskett
Baxter
Miss Slack
Dorey
Lincoln’s Inn-Fields
Mr. Baxter
Sens
Abbots Langley
Anne Slack
Smith-street
Chelsea
Herts
Croydon Assizes
Slack
Southampton-place
Camberwell
Jane Slack
London
Foskett
Somerset-house
Bath
Mrs. Saunders
Rivers
Ton
Law
Bircham
Prisoners at bar in fraud trial and plea changes
Monday sessions recount the plea of guilty by William Saunders to forging a will and the concern over related cases involving Barber and Fletcher. Barber urges caution, details alleged deception by Fletcher, and claims misfortune tied to Fletcher's influence while revealing argument about stock ownership and handwriting checks.
Law. Bail Court and Bankruptcy Case at Hampstead and Soho
In Mownpay Harron v Macreapy the rule to show cause for a new trial was argued. The judge ruled the action concerned salary and services, not unliquidated damages, so no rule was granted. In the Bankruptcy Court the Jonathan Gunpry case revealed a web of fraudulent bill transactions linked to Consolidated Rock Tin Mining, with the bankrupt confessing extensive endorser and drawer activity and government-wide concern. Debts totaled about £5,000 with assets near £500. assignees Payne and others were appointed to manage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mownpay
Harron
Macreapy
Charnock
Drury Jane Theatre
Sheriff's Court
Coleridge
Thelaintiff
Rock Tix Mixing Company
Inne
Jonathan Gunpry
Hampstead
Hendon
Her Majesty
Soho Square
Consolidated Rock Tin Mining Company
Cornwall
Lombard-street
Payne
Pullen
Bamfylde
Alderson
Dalston
Harrow-upon-the-Hill
Morgan
Lark
C. F. Williams
Nathan Blake
Ball
Goodge-street
Brown
Carnarvon
Fountain
Ealing
Ward
C.F. Williams
Bilg
Mr. Graham
Mr. Payne
W. B. Tomlinson
Upper George Street
Trial transcript shows multiple defendants sentenced for fraud
In a packed courtroom the bar and Fletcher group faced verdicts on fraud and forgeries. Joshua Fletcher and Georgiana Corey received transportation for life and two years respectively for aiding felonies, with Barber transported for life as an accessory before the fact. Saunders and Lydia Saunders got seven years and two years respectively, while others were noted as principal participants and issued related sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Saunders
Lydia Saunders
Georgiana Corey
Captain W. Simpson
W. H. Barber
J. Fletcher
Martin Kelly
T. Barber
T. A. Simmons
T- Burton
Ad T. Edwards
W. Brown
Grant
Jun
T. Smith
T. Page
Mary Green
T. Wright
Bristow
B. Smith
T. Williams
T. Child
J. Clark
J. Smith
T. Kerr
T. Bullen
T. Wanklin
T. Clark
E. Seay Turner
W. Saunders
W. Hatch
John Kebble
James Kebble
W- Brown
J. Brown
Mary Furley
Police Reports and Trials At Mansion House and Marylebone
Edward Bathurst faced examination after attempting to obtain two thousand pounds in Exchequer bills from Joseph Davis. He claimed authority to draw the bill, but Sir Charles Cockerell and Co. denied knowledge. Davis opted for leniency, ordering recognizance of £100 and discharge. In Hatton Garden, George Arnold Huggins was charged with stealing carpentry tools. after attempting theft under distress, he was sent to trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansion House
Edward Bathurst
P. Laurie
Joseph Davis
Stock Exchange
Barradale
Cape of Good Hope
Charles Cockerell
Aggs
Woorship Street
Duarce
Mary Ann Jabson
Mary Pettigrew
Old Street
Hooleys
Sun Insurance Office
Mr. Broughton
Newgate
John Hickey
Palace Court
Westminster
Broughton
Jane Perry
Brunswick-street
Hackney-road
John Perry
William
John
Preasner
House of Correction
Abduction case at Worship Street court over Miss Wortham
In a crowded Worship Street session William Newenham faced further examination for abducting Louisa Frances Wortham, a ward under sixteen. Wortham detailed a Gretna Green marriage and travel from Gerrard Street to Birmingham Carlisle Gretna with a clergyman officiating, revealing a planned future life together amid money and a claimed £500 yearly income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clezesnwell
William Burton Newenham
Louisa Frances Wortham
George Dann
Bell
Bedfordrow
Gretna-green
Blackheath
Miss Wortham
Mousseline de Laine
Mrs. Wortham
Mamma
Jane
Furniver’s Son
City Road
St. Luke's Hospital
Euston Square
Mr. Combe
Charing-cross
Furnival’s Inn
Birmingham
London
Carlisle
Gretna
Mr.Combe
Mr. Southee
Linton
Humphreys
Newenham
Esther Downing
Central Criminal Court
Noted Robbery Case Involving James Dearlove and Suspect Prisoner
The testimony details a bank robbery attempt linked to James Dearlove who kept £600 in notes, bonds, and securities in a locked cash-box. The prisoner, alongside his wife, visited, shared tea, and escorted Dearlove to a beer-house before returning toward Dearlove’s home. Dearlove describes the prisoner as tense and eager to depart with his wife, and the prisoner was remanded after declining to answer in his defence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lambeth Street
Daniel Dearlove
James Dearlove
Bank of England
Witess
Bethnal Green Road
Wood
Cleveland-street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elizabeth Stewart
William Henry Bapses
Jossua Frercwr
Lupia SauypeEns
Baron Gurney
Justice Maule
Phinn
Stone
Straight
Arraigne
Mary Hunt
W. Joliffe
Cornwall Joliffe
Mr. Wilkins
Erie
Mr. Phinn
William Henry Barber
Joshua Fletcher
Captain Feakett
Letcher
the Weekly Chronicle
Mr. Freshfield
Meyor
Messrs. Scoones
Tunbridge-wells
Bramall
Joshus Fletcher
Wandsworth
David Winfield
Brook Cottage
Brook Street
Lambeth
Paynter
Charlotte Winfield
Langton
Battersea
Battersea Fields
Putney
Roehampton
Daniel
Myr. Paynter
Pho
William Naylor
High-street
Oxford
Bent
Nine Elms
Thomas Smith
Howse
South Western Railway
No. 19
Mr. Howse
Ant
Howsry
Pike
Ee Paynter
Gedik
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