Seduction and fraud at Dartmouth Assize trial
The Dartmouth turnpike toll keeper’s daughter Mary Dingle, about seventeen, testified to being drugged with champagne ale by a wine merchant at Dartmouth who pursued her for months. After a false marriage scheme and a later birth, the man offered money and attempted to influence her to deny paternity. the jury found the plaintiff nonsuited as the master and servant link dissolved.
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Knowles
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Dunn
Loades
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Dals
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Dale
Shields
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G. Defen
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Refused bankruptcy certificate for Strand tailor Simmons
In the Court of Bankruptcy at London Commissioner Holroyd declined to sign the certificate for Thomas A Simmons of Strand, after finding no evidence of a valid last examination and noting missing records, vanished assets linked to a brother, and lies on the balance sheet. The case involved substantial losses, including Manchester goods moved to London and then disappeared, with Holland as a destination.
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Burglary at Harrington estate nets £200 loot
A London court heard William Wiltshire and Matthew Roach charged with burglary at the Earl of Harrington's residence. Francis Stinger, John Payne, and Henry Tatham testified about the break in and the stolen items including candlesticks, a jewel case, and various valuables valued around £200. Witnesses described entry through a gate and window and attempted chimney tampering. The pair were remanded as more evidence was gathered.
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Matthew Roach
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Earl of Harrington
Francis Stinger
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Whitehall
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Davies Street
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Seth Thomas
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Asmaul
Hen Navrearr
Tagarze
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Reform Club
Her Majesty's Theatre
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Dring
Rot Min
Corrzasiox Oy Muapax
John Ramsay
Henry William
Stickland
Queen's Bench
Osborne
Arnold
Mollett
Rand P Rison
Horry
Henry Oudome
Queen’s ‘Bench
Tower-hill
Williams
Ataie
Peraona
Stockland
William Stockland
Therisoner
Tower Hill
Curious entries in Coventrys old corporate books
The Coventry city records reveal odd line items such as pay for banging Judas and stagescript era fees. Colonial era wages, odd payments, and stage machinery notes illustrate early corporate bookkeeping quirks. A separate sale at Sotheby and Wilkinson lists coins from Cromwell to Elizabeth I, while a Gateshead rope tale imagines immense rope lengths for rail use. A Niagara accident recounts a 13 year old boy drowned after attempting to cross at Chippewa, mourned by many.
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Deville
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Niagara Falls
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Chippewa
Vanne
Trang Ph. Rapide
Canada
Oserbiari
Tittle Mariner
Aochtoael
Rochester Advertiser
Newfoundland dog theft case at Regent's Park court
Edward Redding alias Sanford, an alleged dog thief, faced charges for conspiring to steal a valuable Newfoundland owned by merchant Alexander of York Terrace Regent's Park. Evidence tied him to negotiations to pay £2 for the dog’s return, with police urged to intensify investigations as further details emerged. Separately, William Atkinson was fined for displaying anti-swindling placards and harassment linked to a debt dispute with Palmer, whose alleged conduct prompted Elwood to seek a warrant for Palmer's arrest.
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Thomas Phillips
Lambert
Prizoner
Seven Oaks
Kent
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Norton
Phillips
Carter
Mary Labond
Doc Stearme
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Sanford
Alexander
York Terrace
Regent’s Park
Elso
Portland Place
Park Crescent
Whitechapel
Elwood
Alfredpace
Kentishtown
Palmer
Lower Thames Street
Pelmer
Long
Erwood
Burge Streetconvict case and poisoning advert in 1847
Friday at Guildhall Bass Henry Stronsberg was fined and jailed for three months for embezzlement while managing three buildings. An advertisement promotes James Morison's Vegetable Internal Medicine No. 2 as an antidote to poisons, claiming immediate stomach cleansing and purging to save lives, dated July 26 1847 London.
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Guildhall
James Morison
Bonola
Morison
British College of Health
New Road
London
Apparition of the Holy Virgin Sparks Indictment in Paris
M Alcan and M Rene faced indictment before the Treva 1 Paris for printing and publishing an engraving about the apparition of the Holy Virgin to two children on Salette Mountain on a Saturday in 1816. The account described a vision, warnings against neglect of religious rites, calls for repentance, and threats of famine and war if ignored. The deposition noted the two children giving a detailed description, with officers testing miraculous water, while judgment on the printers was postponed.
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M. Rene
Treva
Paris
II Rt
Salette
Sha
Neicbouring
Christ
Gazette Des Tribunaur
Ancient and Modern Travelling in Ashburton Echoes of Coaches
A historical recap traces the evolution of overland travel from the Diligence coach to the Regulator and Tantivy routes, noting times, inns, and colorful figures like Crack the coachman. It also reports a quarrel between M de Hois le Comte and Bernese authorities over a dog bearing a supposed Legion of Honour cross. A late 18th or early 19th century import note mentions vessel arrivals from Hamburg with seed, meat products, and odd animal parts, hinting at unconventional provisions.
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