Woman Convicted of Manslaughter in A Wagons Case
Oxford assizes heard the case of a young woman charged with murder after a newborn girl was found dead beside the road near Chance’s pitch. The jury acquitted on murder and found her guilty of manslaughter, sentencing her to ten years transportation. two wagon conductors testified, and the case hinged on whether the child was exposed by the mother under circumstances causing death.
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Oxford
Walters
Con Greaves
W. H. Cooke
C. Phillips
Worcester
Hereford
Malvern-wells
Wellington Inn
Ledbury
Malvern Wells
Chance’s Pitch
Weaver
Matlow
Chance’s Pitch Turnpike
Chance
Seatner
Justice Coltman
John Walkley
Eliza
Alsop
Messrs
Pellatt and Green
St. Paul's Churchyard
Spitalfields
Trew
King
H Division
Russell
Shoreditch
Primrose-street
Bishopsgate
St. Paul’s Churchyard
W. Heritage
Herusband
Kinoneanrep
Ellen Morris
Seager
Wapping-street
St. George’s-in-the-East
Bloomfield
Broderip
Aberty
Naxsnaverrer
Michael Murphy
W. Baker
Mid- Glesex
Thomas Connor
Connor
Trinity House
Ratcliffe
Murphy
Newgate
Highaway Robbery Case At Newcastle Transported Fifteen Years
John Getty stood indicted for highway robbery from James Thomson. The case detailed the theft of £160 5 in cash plus notes and gold from a gig near Greenhead and Brampton. Getty and Mooney were found guilty after a pursuit, with £8 missing and most loot recovered. Getty sentenced to fifteen years transportation.
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Highaway
Lord Denman
John Getty
James Thomson
Bliss
Richard Pattison
Carliste
Mooney
Mr. Pattison
America
Thomson
Penrith
Hexham
Greenhead
Brampton
Carlisle
Pattison
Greenock
Belfast
Lisburn
Park Moss
Getty
Ireland
Sar
Stabbing at Coxby leads to transportation sentence
William Sawbridge aged 25 was found guilty of stabbing William Hardy at Coxby on July 32. The incident arose after a political argument in the Blacksmiths Arms where Sawbridge produced a Wharncliffe knife. Sawbridge was sentenced to fifteen years transportation amid a judge's remark on rising stabbing cases.
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William Sawbridge
William Hardy
Coxby
Robbery at Gracechurch auction rooms ends in committal
Police report a theft at Johnson's Gracechurch Street auction rooms. William Smith alias Tom Priest was found with silver spoons and watches. tickets matched the missing lots. Suspects escaped via Barnes's court and skylight. two bags recovered. Priest committed for trial amid questions of multiple thieves.
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William Smith
Tom Priest
Johnson
Gracechurch Street
Sc. &c
Gracechurch-street
Barnes’s Court
Thomas Priest
Compter
Old Bailey
Deer Stealing, Drunk Hunter Brought Before Berks Magistrate
In Windsor Great Park, Joseph Atkins alias Lovely Joe, long suspected for poaching, was brought before magistrate Thomas Ward at Englefield Green charged with shooting and killing a female deer of the Queen. Evidence placed him on Peter's Hill with a gun hidden nearby. he faced Reading gaol next assizes.
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Great Park
Windsor
Old Windsor
Joseph Atkins
Lovely Joe
Thomas Rawdon Ward
Berks
Englefield-green
David Fisher
Her
Sansom Strickland
Her Majesty
Peter’s Hill
Union
Friend
Strickland
Reading
Aylesbury
Egham
Mitre Tavern
Greenwich
John Watson
Swiftsure
Sarah Watson
Samuel Watson
James Robe Williams
Greenyrich
Brassfounder
Lord Ligonier
Thomas Aitcheson
Messrs. Nixon and Hayward
Palace New Road
Stangate
Nixon
St. George's Hospital
Lee
Red Lion Street
Holborn
David Gill
Rogpery
Campstoy
Kollikoff
Cheapside
Crofton
Webb
Pearson
Hotel de Commerce
Leicester Square
Edgware
John Clarke
Clarke
Wakley
Robinson Crusoe
Earl Street
Lissongrove
William Morton
Edward Wright
Carlisle-street
Edgware Road
Hez
Shillibeer
Southwark
Paris
London
West End
Wright
Steve Public House
Charlotte-street
Thistleton Dyer
Her Majesty’s Tower of London
Frederick Hughes
Court of Requests
Osborne-street
Whitechapel
St. James's Square
Army and Navy Club
Kingstreet
Chandos-street
King-street
Regent-street
I Imperial
Phoenix
London Youths Questioned Over Alleged Enticement
Sir John Cowan presided as two girls faced questioning about leaving home for London. They said they wished to see the capital but regretted coming, while Barn and her husband faced scrutiny over strict discipline. Cowan ordered care after a charity aid covered a 10s boat fare.
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Cowan
Condon
Porte Peo Barnes
Yarmouth
Sir John
London
William Leigh Wood
John Cowan
Elizabeth
Patrick M‘cormack
Samuel
King William-street
Metropolitan
Naval Hero in Dancrit On Tuesday Trial at Regent's Park
Charles Money of 7 Alpua Place Regent's Park faced Mr Rawlinson on a warrant from Euston Square clerk Thomas Stubbs. At Madame Tussaud's he allegedly assaulted a man who pressed past him near a Nelson figure, prompting witnesses and a card exchange. Money was fined £3 after defense claimed provocation.
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Géarching
Dancrit
Charles Money
Alpua-place
Regent’s Park
Rawlinson
Thomas Stubbs
Euston Square
London and
Lord Nelson
Bodkin
Joseph Tussaud
David E. Money
The State Physician and Sir Robert Peel Speech Controversy
A newspaper column reports bitterness over Sir Robert Peel’s speech as printed claims clash with a Tamworth family apothecary’s account. The doctor warns against improper prescribing and defends regular bleeding while urging physicians to consider patient life and fees. A tampered excerpt shows calls to change physicians and critiques practice ethics amid public mistrust.
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Robert Peel
Tam
Swillow
The Soothing System on Norfolk Island Experiment
Captain Maconochie, Norfolk Island superintendent, held an experiment with 1840 doubly and treely convicted felons after the Queen's Birthday. He allowed treys to be used, punch to be served, and a play and fireworks, then a day of cricket and orderly meals. No disorder occurred, and discipline held at eight o'clock. The pledge of decorum and future confidence was kept, proving the experiment prudent.
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Rolls’ Court
Smith
Master of the Rolls
Husband
Devonport
Messrs. Bourdillon
Messrs
Maconochie
Norfulk Island
Iimit
Eight and Thirty in Fashion and Politics
A satirical essay on the aging of beauty titled Eight and Thirty contrasts youth and age, then shifts to a quip about MP qualifications with a skewered Westminster contest. It includes Count D Orsay and a tiny working model steam engine, noting a watchmaker’s miniature engine capable of many revs in minutes.
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East
Slave Auction Scene in the United States Described
An eyewitness account details a slave auction where a mother and child are sold amid harsh bidding. A bystander condemns the sale, calling the child worthless, while the mother weeps. The narrator laments the barbaric practice as others purchase slaves for 30 to 326 dollars.
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United States
Virginia
Phuvist
Augustus
No Gentleman Reveals Hidden Noble Roots at Dinner
A magazine tale recalls a dinner party where a celebrated writer, rumored to be titled, is mistaken for a true gentleman. Guests debate whether birth or achievement defines class as a squire pronounces surprise at the writer’s true identity.
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Squires
The Times editor and public life in a flood of reminiscence
A fragmented Times reminiscence recalls Sir Jan Stoddart and the paper's rise, contrasts editor pay with Napoleonic era glory, and notes the later brief New Lons paper. It also mentions Sheridan, Michael Angelo Taylor, and a German sacred riddle poem translated by Whewell.
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TIMES
Jan Stoddart
Moncri
Mark
Lee Ooap
Bonaparty
Spain
Moscow
Wellington
The
Tess
Dr. Stoddart
Lord Stowell
Lones
Sir John Stoddart
Majesty's Advocate
Malta
Dibdin
W. Whewell
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Edward Wright Anderson
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Ann
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William Halifax
Peacock
George Sutton
No. 3
House of Correction
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William Chettle
Frome
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John Chettle
Sheerness
Myrs. Chettle
Chettle
Sarah Webber
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Blott
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Society of Odd Teliows
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Kerr
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Muay
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Iist
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Lyons
Jo Eve
Auiogr
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Rhone
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Denner
Sheridan
Michael Angelo Taylor
House of Commons
Pitt
Micha
Michael
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