Severe assault ends in transportation for 15 years
In a Western Assize report, a man named Reynolds was found guilty of wounding his wife with intent to do grievous harm after an April kitchen confrontation. The judge branded him case-hardened and sentenced him to 15 years transportation. the grim scene behind court walls contrasted with the mother’s and wife’s sobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Coleridge
Ee Reynolds
Jane Reynolds
Greenwood
Coleridge
John Cumming
William Maybee
Merrivale
Slade
William Mayhee
Hugh Wown
Island of
St. Mary, Scilly
Mr. Slade
Four Houseman children in court as glaze thefts proceed
In a London case at the Mansion House four children named Houseman Carroll Avon and Gray aged under eleven are charged with breaking a shop window and stealing Staffordshire pots. The lord mayor notes two are infants and one has a broken nose. A boy witness accuses the youths while Carroll blames a peer and the boys quarrel in confinement. The lord mayor orders separation and possible placement in the House of Occupation. A separate scene covers an Irish man seeking a pass to Ireland and hoping Father Mathew could restore sight, which the temperance leader does not. The man, blinded by a boiler explosion in Scotland, receives aid for travel after the exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roomin
Christopher Robins
Elizabeth Ann Robins
Kenwyn
Greenwood
Mereiwether
Cornish
Perhons
Betsy Oates
En Grely
Elizabeth Oakes
Jersey
Merewether
Mr. Greenwood
Justice Coleridge
Maye Lau Gutter
Josiah Thomas
Jane
Mery
Coleridge
Josiah
Mansion House
Houseman
Carroll
Avon
Gray
Feller
Summut
Scotland
Ireland
London
Father Mathew
Gill
Mr. Gill
Juror verdict and harsh sentence in a Bilston case
George Moore aged 34 was indicted for stealing a gelding at Bilston on May 29. He pleaded guilty and claimed starvation drove him to crime. The judge rejected scriptural pleas, sentencing him to eight months hard labor in the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Moore
Bilston
Thomas Burley
Boughey
House of Correction
The Queen v Dean and Candy Extent in Watling Street
In the Exchequer approach a jury was asked to apportion property found on the Poesiiees of William Dean and his partner Candy at their Watling Street premises on 20 July. The crown seeks £16,000 value in silks, fabrics, bills and furniture with debts and liens settled. a verdict was returned for the crown on book debts of £21,000 and £780 interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guildhall
Queen
Dran
Secondary Potter
Watlingstreet
Court of Common Pleas
James Wilde
Walford
Customs
Crown
M. Chambers
Candy
Elwin James
Messrs. Lobb
Sheriff
Dean
Ashurst
Wilde
Trinity
William Dean
Messrs
Court of Exchequer
Man Fined After Tearing Church Notice in Crawford Street
A man in Bryanston square was charged after policeman 102 D testified to seeing him tear a church notice from its door at about 8 30 P M. He admitted not knowing harm, claiming he had seen a woman take one earlier. The defendant was fined 10s in this case, as in a prior related charge.
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Turespay
Josere Waitmore
Fonblanque
Ous
Illustrated Weekly Times
Laurence
Kelly
M‘kenzie
Ryan
Stiff
Ohn’ Weltony Ehapman
Crawford-street
Bryanston-square
Marlborough Street Disorderly Case At Westminster Court
A magistrate heard a disturbing case in which a fifteen year old girl accused her brother Thomas King of indecent assault and attempted seduction aided by their father. The father denied knowledge while the son was committed for trial amid a tense courtroom scene. Also described are serious accusations against George Dawson Lowndes for repeated indecent assaults and a public dispute between rival dealers Josephs and Levy Alexander, settled by the court. A separate matter recounts a drunken cab incident leading to the poisoning of Jonathan Davis and subsequent arrest of Henry Baker and companions with substantial sums missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maltby
Herapath
Altby
Thomas King
Tice
Beast Lowndes
George Dawson Lowndes
Poland Street
Clerkenwell
Thomas
Oxford Street
Devonshire-place
Joseph Josephs
Levy Alexander
Monmouth Street
Mister Joseph
Alexander
Shays
Josephs
Mr. Maltby
Removine Lists of Voters From Church Door
John Eaton described as servant to a Cambridge terrace gentleman faced a charge for removing a printed voters list from St James's church Paddington during a service. Witness George Bott testified Eaton pocketed the list, entered the church, and was later found with it. Eaton claimed it blew down. magistrate fined him 10 shillings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Eaton
Cambridge Terrace
Bayswater
Mr. Long
George Bott
St. James's Church
Paddington
The Extraordinary Maraimenial Fracas At Queen Square
In Queen Square a court session centered on Rev. Mr Wetherell and his daughter, with legal counsel, as Mr Cook sought his wife by force and entered Byfield’s home. After threats and a carriage incident, the couple settled terms with Mr Cook promising not to molest his wife and all complaints withdrawn.
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Queen Square
Wetherell
Nisbet
Knapp
Mynde Cook
Evans
Perceval Banks
Mr. Cook
King’s Gaper
Devonshire
Cook
Mr. Wetherell
Worship Street Embezzlement Case Before Magistrate
Robert Cousins, a confidential clerk to silk manufacturer Daniel Walters of Wilson Street Finsbury, is charged with embezzling about 500 pounds. Evidence shows a £44 check was misrecorded as £3.32, with £10 18s later found as the deficiency. Cousins admits a large deficiency and faces bail sought by Mr Walters. Police found £100 in banknotes, 14 sovereigns, and silver on his person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Cousins
Broughton
Daniel Walters
Wilson-street
Finsbury
Stephen Walters
Jaimes Coster
Aldermanbury
John Gray
Coster
Walters
Desperate Assault at Union Hall Over Teetotaller Procession
Thomas Finn faced a charge of violent assault on Charles Orme during a teetotaller procession near Kennington common. Witnesses described Orme driving a gig under a banner as punches and a cut reins sparked a scuffle. The magistrate adjourned to sessions. Finn paid a 10 shilling fine or faced seven days in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Fitch
John Grattie
Green
Wesleyan Society
Mr. Traill
Orme
Kelly
Ae Teetotaller
Mr. Orme
Attempted murder at Chiswick shocks town
A report of a fatal attack on John Blissard by his father at No 5 William street Chiswick New town proved unfounded. Blissard sustained a four inch gash from a grass hook near the elbow, severing arteries, and was taken to Mr Eyre’s surgery. George Blissard was remanded and later committed on a capital charge after magistrate Mr G Clive’s inquiry.
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Eyre
Roebuck Inn
High Road
Parker
George Blissard
G. Clive
Hammersmith
Brickfield W
Reynolds
Clive
Newgate
Court treats vagrant case with harsh 14 day sentence
Three men were jailed for 14 days after being paraded in poor attire, with court officials condemning the handling as improper. The judge said the incident mocked public decency and vowed to report the matter to the poor law commissioners. The exchange highlighted officials’ choices over transporting the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton
Jeremy
Fisher
Mr. Jeremy
Poor Law Commissioners
Aato
Extraordinary charge of rape involving multiple defendants in Lambeth
Court heard a disturbing examination of George Potter and others accused of aiding John Roberts in raping a girl aged 11 at Roberts's Deptford house. Details described a cab transfer and multiple conspirators, with medical and witness testimony casting doubt on consent. Potter denied knowledge of Munro and Stanley, while prosecutors urged remand and continued pursuit of all involved.
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Greenwich
George Potter
Alban’s Street
Lambeth
John Roberts
the Godden
York Street
York-road West
Minster-Road
Roberts
Deea
Namy Stanley
Potter
Munro
Old King-street
Deptford
Stanley
Jeremy
Godden
Tereed
Bob
Mr. Taylor
Mr. Potter
Douglas Simpson
Dorchester Bank
Williams
Simpson and Munro
Commercial Bank of Scotland
Bank of England
Yewens
Yewen
County Joint Stock Bank
G. Munro
Leopold-place
Edinburgh
India Bank
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Flanders
Bunbury, Bart
Scholtergentrel
Croydon
William Thornton
Richard Hill
Cornelius Crawley
George Smith
Newington
Bodkin
Walter Riddell
Charnock
Thornton
Hill
Crawley
Mr. Smith
Bricklayers’ Arms
Kent-road
New Kent-road
Smith
Sambrook
Union Hall
Jeal
New Kent Road
Horsemonger-lane
Baron Parke
Chester
Murvenr
Baron Rolfe
James Ratcliffe
Elizabeth Ratcliffe
Stockport
Mr. Hill
Trafford
Egerton
Oxford
Starrorp
Justice Maule
Charles Higgenson
William Higgenson
Eccleshall
Kinglittle
Bishop's Wood
Bishop’s Wood
Greatrex
Derbyshire
the Weekly Chronicle
LAW
Marlborough Street
America
New York
Quebec
St. Katharine
Boulton
Aldgate
Davis
Smithfield
Lock and Key
City Road
Henry Baker
Johnson
Catherine Street
Lazarus
Old-street
Baker
Tonge
Marylebone
Greenwich Police
Messrs. Gurney
Norwich
England
Loxroon and
Birmingham
York
Roada
Peto
Grissell
Wolverton
John Robins
Lloyd's
Malown
Liverpool
Crelen
Calcutta
Digby
Monster
Newcastle
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Madras
Dunn
Helen
Union
Coeinga
Ellen
Girarw
Bath
New Orleans
Cowes
Beliza
Georgia
Pink
Benson and Co
Shadwell
Constantinople
Panaghia Favoromiria
Taganrog
George Wallis
Hunt Burey
Lloyd’s
Straits of Sunda
China
Harriet
Caernarvon
Northumberland
Alloa
Greenock
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