Seduction and trial of a farmer's daughter case in 1830s England
A lengthy trial record details Elizabeth Lilley Preston declaring seduction by the son of a Abberley estate holder, with corroborating testimony from sisters doctors and neighbors. Judge Williams and Justice Coltman presided, verdict for plaintiff with damages set at 80 pounds. A separate case reports Reverend Robert Carswell's rape trial ending in not guilty verdict. later, two men connected with chartism pled guilty to seditious libel. The Sunderland murder case concluded with death sentence for Jacob Ehlert. Western Exeter forged check case ends with 14 year transportation.
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Jaucee Williams
Preston
Ina Ana
Elizabeth Lilley Preston
Cleobury Mortimer
Alster
Sergeant Ludlow
Elizabeth
Alaugh
Hugh Davis
Messrs. Corfield
Prestona
Betsey Preston
Ann
Miss Ann
Elizabeth Preston
George Clayton
Messrs
Claydon
Rocklane
Miss Prestons
Miss Betsy
Betsy
Betsy Preston
Dornan
Justice Coltman
Robert Carswell
Ann Brown
South Shields
Gregory Lewin
Otter
Dundas
Monteith
Anguet
Scotland
Marsden Rocks
Lawrence
Lord Hale
Carswell
James Williams
George Binns
James Oughton
Bishop Wearmouth
Edward Simpson
Cherton
Sunderland Munper
Jacob Frederick Ehlert
John Frederick Berkholtz
Monkwearmouth
Tince
Pilditch
Murch
John Murch
Plymouth
Dublin
Bird
Justice Erskine
Bow Street
John Dunning
Williams
Longacre
Mears
Drummond
Bankera
Porter
Burt
Messra
Newgate
Elizabeth Ballard
Lord Duncannon
Robert Peel
F. Burdett
Lord Gardner
Dr. Penfold
Robert Peckham
Twyford
Witham
William Harding
Nelson-Square
Surrey
Limehouse
Chancery-lane
Fleet--street
Judges’ Chambers
Rolls
Knightsbridge
Strand
Templebar
Edward James Hutchins
Castle-Street
Leicester-square
Minehall
Vicenzo Cesarini
Italy
Robbery and theft cases heard at Guildhall and Bow Street
Three young men Thos. Colegate Withers Colegate and Joseph Hobinson faced the lord mayor for final examination on charges of robbing Mr Hodgson of Watling Street after confessing to stealing warehouse goods. Other cases included assault in Jewin Crescent, a wage dispute linked to strikes, and multiple forgeries and thefts at Bow Street and surrounding wards.
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Thos. Colegate
Withers Colegate
Joseph Hobinson
Hodgson
Watling-street
Thomas Colegate
James Robinson
Nile-end-road
Parish
Hodgeon
Joseph Robinson
Stolen jewelry and wine case at Montague Square in London
William Dillon, a well dressed butler, faced a charge for taking valuable items including gold carnelian seals, antique rings, Persian coins, and six Persian wine bottles from Right Hon. Henry Ellis at 41 Montague Square. Police traced wine and brandy losses, with Dillon remanded while property, especially jewelry and coins, are pursued. Also details of other minor cases including a wounding at Catherine-wheel and a fowl theft involving James Clarke Lee.
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Hooker
Serjean Hooker
Lambetza Street
Carol Granby
Combe
Hardwick
George Haffer
Henry Barton
Catherine-wheel
Essex-street
Whitechapel
Barton
London Hospital
Haffer
James Clarke Lee
White Horse-street
Ratcliff
Lucy Adkins
Catherine-street
Stepney
Mary Ann Adkins
Rover and Jumbo the Broom Knight Clash on Marlborough Street
A red headed street sweeper named Bob Blatthews was charged by police after a Sunday service incident in the Quadrant. He was seen belabouring a black knight of the broom known as Jumbo, a longtime crossing sweeper.
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Bob
Blackee
Vinestreet
Messra
Dyer
Courtey
Marlborough Street
Rover Et Noir
Bob Blatthews
Irish widow Bralaghan faces assault charges in town court
Bridget Flynn accuses Catherine Bralaghan of striking with a poker over unpaid debt. Witnesses describe threats and a scuffle as Bralaghan denies the blows, pledging to pay what is owed. The case ends with Bralaghan discharged after paying a shilling.
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Catherine Bralaghan
Saint Giles’e
Bridget Flynn
Childer
Shelah Flannigan
Mr. Benett
Mr .Benett
Murther
Helen Macarty
Mary Bevan
Flynn
Prisoner charged with theft and child cruelty case unfolds
Henry Maynard, an elderly man in Lambeth, is charged with stealing a watch a glass and other articles. Witnesses link him to a fence role. A separate tale follows of a boy named Henry Carroll eight or nine, previously rounded up for priggish acts.
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High Street
Newington
Orchard
Taylor
Henry Carroll
Kent-street
Fence
St. Bartholomew's Hospe
Payne
John Morgan
Bethnal-green
Eastern Counties Railway
Whitehouse
Cit Canal
Cuitp Murover
Mary Dewree
G. H. Martin
Greenfield
Colchester
East Clackton
Ose Downes
Borzeke
Mary Downes
Esser
Aweez- Side
Ana
Margaret Hetherington
Stockgill
Loughrigg
Ann Wilcock
Ambleside
Ans
Rothay
R. Wilson
Clanchester
Charles Brown
Keppelmens
University College Hospital
Bryant
Chandos-street
Covent-garden
Charing-cross Hospital
Surrey
Blackfriars Bridge
Queen's Arms
Harrow Weald
Elizabeth Beck
London and Birmingham
Charles Beck
Nottingham
France
London
Queen’s Arms Tavern
Newgate-street
Euston Square
Birmingham
Harrow
Queen’s Arms
Baker
Johnson’s Court Fleet-street
Develing
Morley’s-yard
Turk’s-row
Tiaver
Hossenad
Boy Sentenced to Brixton Three Days for Theft Record
A court notes a boy harshly treated at home and allied with older peers who taught him stealing. He is remanded for three days to Brixton and later to the Refuge where he will be deprived of former associates and trained in a trade.
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Brixton
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Mansion House
Atkins
Jewin Crescent
Chatterton
Alderman Brown
Alderman Lainson
William Satchwell
Walbrook
Beck
Messrs. Sewell
Alderman -Brown
Rock
Sewell
Megars, Sewell
Wontner
Mr. Rock
Hatton Garden
Semell James Long
Kell
Marea Neylan
Margaret Neylan
Pracads
Kinsay
Unicorn-yard
Teeley-street
Witneas &8
Jennings
Jim
Choiee
Murray
M Division
Jenning
Staddon
Union-street
Alderman Kelly
Neylan
Central Criminal Court