Robbery on the Speed and embezzlement cases shift to trial
Details at the Old Bailey style hearing describe a customs case aboard the Speed where a prisoner opened a locked box revealing silver coffee and tea pots after resisting searches and claiming a trick. Witnesses recount thefts by multiple officers, the box’s custody, and demands for further inquiry before trial. Century-old court notes follow with bankrupts, insolvent debtors, and Brentford petty sessions actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Greenwood
Daniel Rudkins
Thames
Nation
Witnes
Greenwood
The
Speed
Customs House
Pelham
Rudkins
James F. Williams
Lambert
Rawlings
Coventry-street
Huckins
Symons
William Webster
John Fisher
Commercial Road
Mitchell
Wandsworth
Fisher
Rabid dog bite leads to man's death in Watton
A poor man named Wade of Watton was bitten by a dog about two weeks earlier. He developed hydrophobia symptoms last week and worsened until he died on Saturday morning in great agony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade
Watton
Destructive fires in Oxford street and Spitalfields
A Sunday morning blaze at Mr Chantley’s agricultural works No 230 Oxford Street destroyed the dwelling and part of the works, with extensive damage to neighboring properties. fire brigades from multiple stations fought the blaze for hours, no lives lost, but insured status unclear for some. In a separate early night fire at Mr Hickey’s No 2 Raymond-row Artillery-place Spitalfields, looting by Petticoat-Lane thieves occurred. despite rapid response and water from several engines, the warehouse complex burned, several houses damaged, insurance status unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford Street
Chantley
Regent’s Circus
Swan-court
Delphin-place
Skereburn
Fox and Hounds
Martin
King-street
Well-street
Baker-street
Crown Street
Chandose Street
Braidwood
Showden
Sissilar
Hickey
Grocer
Raymond-row
Artillery-place
Spitalfields
A Division
Pearce
Petticoat-lane
Jeffery Square
Wellclose-square
Whitecross-street
Southwark-bridge Road
Watling-street
Farringdon-street
Dreadful Inquests On London And Southampton Line
Coroner's inquest at Garretts Lane Wandsworth into the death of Charles King aged 23 proprietor of a public house after his head was severed by a London and Southampton Railway train. Witnesses recount a hurricane wind, a man counting money, and a fatal accident on an inclined plane near the line. Verdict: Accidental death. Also an inquest at the Angel Inn, Hamersmith, on a man killed by the Bath Mail coach near High Street. Witnesses describe the off-side omnibus, the coachman’s actions, and no clear blame on the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London and Southampton
Carter
King’s Arms
Garratt-lane
Wandsworth
Charles King
Richard Bradshaw
London and Southampton Railway Company
Isaac Marchant
Br. King
Peeple
Angel Inn
Highstreet
Hammersmith
Stirling
Bath
Spencer Bates
King-street
Hapamersmith
Griffiths
Dewsnap
Thomas Couley
Accidental deaths at the hospital and riverfront inquests
An inquest at St Bartholomew's Hospital on James Stringer a 35 year old painter who fell from a second floor window after a faulty window cleaner caused his fall. A separate inquest near Westminster Bridge returned a verdict of found drowned for an eighteen year old female found in the Thames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Payne
Jamez Stringer
Thompson Arnold
Grapes
Basing Lane
City
Henry Debason
Nathaniel Lawrence
Thomas Ridout Tuck
Harry
High-street
Lambeth
Carter
Surrey
River Thames
Wesatmi Waterbridge
James William Carey
Westminster Bridge
Bath
Distressing accident and various maritime mishaps in London area
A sequence of late 18th century incidents reports injuries from an accidental shooting near Hampstead Primrose Hill, a Birmingham stagecoach overturn near Stoney Stratford, a fatal Topaz steam-boat collision, a Thames river incident sinking a waterman’s boat, a separate steam-boat collision at Blackwall, a burglary at 44 Jubilee Place Chelsea, and a drowning accident at St Katharine's Steam Wharf with a coroner’s inquest pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampstead
Elphinstone
London
Primrose-hill
Topaz
Diamond Company
Gravesend
William Lewis Davis
Davis
Hubbard
Swallow
Surrey Canal
Fox
Warrow
Lewis
Thames
Dublin
Blackmore
Herne Bay
Blackwall Beach
Wren
Humphreys
Jubilee-place
Chelses
H. H
St. Katharine’s
Hull
Dormas
River-square
Brampton
Establishment of Daily Coaches from Golden Cross to Liverpool
Public notice lists daily stagecoaches from Cambridge, Bedford, Brighton, Hastings, Penrith Wells, Dover and Canterbury, Birmingham to Liverpool, Nottingham to Leicester, Leeds Union, and routes through Upingham and other towns. Operators B. W. and H. Horne advertise morning and evening departures from Charing Cross and Regent Circus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Boar
Whencs
Cambridge
Eagle and Lion
Bedford
Hitchin and Shefford
Brighton
Hastings
St. Leonards
Sonveyance
Anns
Pen Bribee Wells
Dover
Canterbury
Birmingham
Coventry
Liverpool
Nottingham
Leicester
Northampton
Market Harbore
Leeds
Union
England
Grantham
Boncaster
Uppingham
Stamford
Oundle
Wellingboro
Leighton
Manchester
Chester
Oxford
Cheltenham
Bath
Bristol
Reading
Hertford
B. W. and
H. Horne
N.B
Golden Cross
Charing-cross
Regent Circus
Piccadilly
Fluta Players Flatul... Flutonicgon June Issue
A compact advert describes Flutonicgon June No XLIX priced eightpence, featuring Airs from Catherine Grey Male Abdel and Cinderella melodies sung by Grisi Albertazzi Lablache Tamburini. Earlier Nos. 1 to XLIX offered at eightpence each with around 400 popular airs. Publisher Sherwood & Co lists addresses in Paternoster Row Duff Oxford Street and Wolf Cornhill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine Grey
Abdel
Grisi
Albertazzi
Lablache
Tamburini
Exaus- Ner
Europe
Aiia
Sherweed & Co
Paternester Row
Duff
Oxfordstreet
Wolf
Cornhill
Obscure Epistolary Ad Lists Pebbles and Glasses
An aged excerpt presents prices for convex and concave pebbles and glasses with references to names and a London street link. It mentions Chamberlain and British Museum figures arranging a trade or display. The text appears as a dealer listing with assorted items and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Optiscian
Blooms
BURY
Holborn
British Museum
Raquesind
Also Mentioned on This Page
Woodroiv
Bowen
Barratt
Fauc
Moe
John Chaster
Brooke
Holbern
Cooke
Brooks
John Russell
Walworth
Brentford Petty Sessions
Hume
William Barnes
Baillie
Armstrong
James Montgomery
Brentford
Cts
Dean
New Brentford
William Staggs
Montgomery
John Stanley
Allen
Hammond
Byng
Xen EN Fs Goldsmith
Foll Reece
Nationa Arciapea
Madert
Gulla Barise Bern
Tae Sanz
R. Phillips
Sherwood
Gilbert
Piper
WM Walker
France
THORN
High Holborn
United Kingdom
Alex. Thorn
Charles Houghton
Parringdon Street
Britannia
Ile
Samuel Hawkins
Britannia Patent
Bishopsgate
Lowther Arcade
Strand
Grayson-place
Kennington
R. Wright
Platform
Rotherhitrse
Siews
Bhwervoce
H.R
Dughess
Arnt
Grimstone
Charing Uros
Broadstreet
Bloomsbury
J. G. Goruuiz
Grimstore
Fyia
W.hrimetaxe
Hruad-atreet
Bloomybury
Ring-street
Longstore
Enning
Messrs
Barclay
Sanger
Willoughby
Johnston
Prout
Upper
York-street
Bryanstone-square
Teitto
Pitta
Bern
Imforsilhwe
Patilizs
Amilies
Rippon’s
Wells-street
Oxford-street
Ate
Japan
Aru
S. J. Brrron
Rowland
A. Rowland & Son
Hatton Garden
Warren
Oxfords
Teel
Green Manana Still
Bailey
India
New
Jean Lefay
Whitechapel
J. W. Stirling
Srioreses
Brandretm
Branereth
His Majesty's Honourable Commissioners of
GEO. Hodgkinsox
Aldersgate-street
D. R. Wright
Charles Aston Key
Guy’s Hospital
Wright
A. Ray
Quy’s Hospital
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