Liability of Shareholders in Imperial Distillery Case Upheld
London court debated the effect of a jury finding that a committee’s settlement certificate was false. The jury concluded the certificate underreported the company’s liabilities of about £17,000 and the per-share amount around £600. A second trial was ordered if the parties did not agree to a special case.
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Court OF Comemon Pleas
Moxpay
Apg
Wees Boers
Imperial Distillery Company
London
Toilette of a Mutton Thief and Public Notices
A London police report details James Driscoll, an Irish labourer, jailed for allegedly selling a stolen leg of mutton after being found by a constable near Moorfields. The case reveals shopkeeper evasions and a Bridewell remand, with further notes on a Paul Pry suppression and Queen Square indecency case.
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James Driscoll
Moorfelds
Whitechapel
Chapman Marshall
Driecoll
Bridewell
Pat
Bennett
Mr. Bennett
Law Wager Demurrer in Williams Will Case
In the demurrer to the declaration Waters Evans v Jones the £10 wager on Williams fate was challenged as potentially perverting justice. Counsel argued wagers foster improper interest. opposing counsel said no connection to the trial. Lord Abinger, with Barons Parke and Maule, allowed the demurrer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarvis
Legal motions in Dublin court cases raise set aside verdicts
In Dublin, Mr Holmes sought to set aside the verdict in Tucker v Yore on misdirection and witness inadmissibility, with judgment reserved. In another matter, Lord Lorton’s tenants saw a conditional order to overturn a Longford verdict if evidence claimed forged.
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Holmes
Queen’s Bench
Dublin
Hannah Jane Tucker
Peter Yore
Miss Tucker
Lord Lortron
Court of Queen’s Bench
Smith
Queen’s Counsel
Viscount Lorton
Longford
Murphy
Wich
House of Commons
Leaze
Thomas Fetherstone
Roaring Street Domestic Dispute Leads to Knife Incident
A wife declines pressing charges as the husband is warned to guard his conduct. Henry Hewing, a Roebuck public-house servant, faced examination for stabbing Thomas Hawkins, a lawyer, in the abdomen after a quarrel with Hewing’s father. Hawkins remains in danger, Hewing remanded.
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Lambeth Street
Elias Moses
Morris Andrews
Messrs
Lea
Moss
Solomons
C. Isaacs
Hardwick
Clerkenwell
Wm. Regan
Combe
Mr. Combe
Henry Hewing
Roebuck
Cannon-street
Thomas Hawkins
Hawkins
Thames Offic Magistrate Beneath Poor Relief Dispute
The Thames magistrate and Mr Serjeant examine a Saunders beer shop owner in Shadwell for refusing to support his wife. The wife, reduced to poverty, describes minimal relief received. Greenwood condemns failing relieving officers and orders a warrant if needed. A separate case recounts a destitute woman sent between officials and ultimately directed to the workhouse. The tale includes a London alderman’s intervention and later police action to locate a fleeing man.
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Greenwood
John Simpson
Ellis
Thames
Warren
Fire risk in Lambeth timber yard ends in custody
Joseph Parnacott a young worker for timber merchant George Baker of Russell Square was charged with attempting to set fire to a large timber yard on Palace road Lambeth. Witnesses described seeing shavings oak fillets and dry deal piled near timber piles and flames at the shed. The prisoner claimed only to smell smoke and was committed for trial.
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Joseph Parnacott
George Baker
Montague-place
Russell-square
Trail
Palace-road
Lambeth
Montagueplace
Henry Essenhigh
Baker
Witnness
George Coney
Essenhigh
John Jane
L Division
Coney
Young Staffordshire Potter Targeted by Stranger in London
A Staffordshire potter named William Wilson, traveling from Hull to London to reach France, was lured ashore by a man posing as a tailor. The pair left the Water Witch at St Katharine Dock and went to Tower Hill where they shared beer and gin before Wilson fell into a risky situation awaiting further events.
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William Wilson
Compter
Alderman Copeland
Staffordshire
Hull
London
France
St. Katherine Docka
Towerhill
Multiple accidents and deaths reported in Hyde Park and London
A long list of accidental deaths and injuries follows from Hyde Park, Kensington, Bermondsey, and Charing Cross. A sapient sentinel saw a body pulled from the Serpentine. a man died from a fall at Kew Bridge. a cabriolet collision injures a milkmaid. a tannery fire, a wagon crash near Hatton. a horse fall at New Road. and other inquests on accidental deaths and strangulation.
Fatal Accidents and Jury Verdicts Reported
A jury found accidental death with a deodand of one shilling on a horse and cart and urged the Smith firm to fence the pit edge. Two well-dressed young men were found dead near Vauxhall Bridge, believed to be missing from Wandsworth meadows. A Greenwich railway worker died after being run over by a train near St Thomas's Hospital.
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Vauxhall Bridge
Chelsea College
Wandsworth Meadows
Greenwich
London
St. Thomas's Hospital
Body of a Child Found Near Merton in Surrey
A corpse of a newborn infant was found in the River Wandle near Merton. Inquests and a magistrates hearing revealed allegations against Ann Archer a servant, who allegedly concealed the birth. The jury and magistrates weighed whether the infant was born alive, and Archer was committed for trial at Horsemonger Lane."
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Merton
Surrey
Wandle
William Carter
Nelson Inn
Rebecca Martin
Abbey Row
Emma Seymour
John Chapman
Tooting
Mary Ann Lettbar
Caroline Merritt
Ann Archer
Archer
Nightingale
Letthar
Ann Arehtr
Henry Hart
Merion
Tottenham
Ted
Horsemonger-lane
Town Crier Warns Ludlow Boys Over Street Whistling
Ludlow town crier warned that boys found whistling in the streets would be apprehended by police. The notice claimed such acts offended the venerable and well disposed inhabitants.
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Ludlow
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Paul
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N.B
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