Melancholy death by self destruction at Todd Street lodging
An inquest at the Old Swan public house in Long Mill examined the death of an elderly man, possibly 58 or 57, found dead in a Todd Street lodging house. Evidence described his secret means of suicide with a rope and poison, his recent loss of railway work, and a sad family burden. A letter to a city friend revealed his despair and plea to care for his widow and children. The jury ruled death by laudanum taken while temporarily insane.
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Roberts
Chapman
Old Swan
Long Mill
John Lewis
Todd Street
Shodehill
Mary Mollineaut
Decessed
William Hughes
John G. Harrison
Levis
Hawkley
Constable
London
Family Herald
Thos. Wright
Sydney Street
Chorlton
Medlock
Wright
Manchester
New Bailey
Badge
Mr. Badge
Jane
Anper
Mr. Bagshaw
Salford
Kerry
William Kelly
Manchester and Leeds Railway
7Th Dragoon Guards
Kelly
Leeda Company
Saturney
Lewis
Manchester Examiner
The Fatal Duel at Camden Town Trial Summary
The trial of Lieutenant Alexander Thomson Munro, aged 43, for wilful murder in the Camden Town duel with Colonel Fawcett unfolds in crowded court. Warnings to jurors, witness accounts of the July 1, 1843 duel, loadings of pistols, and Fawcett’s death are described, with defense arguing lack of malice and premeditation. The jury convicts Munro of murder. judge grants mercy, but sentences death.
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Cxvra
Carminat Court
Justice Erle
Lieutenant Munro
Jantie Brie
Alexander Thomson Munro
David Lynar Fawcett
Waddington
Clark
Clarkson
Bodkin
George Gulliver
Horse Guards
Hyde Park Corner
Camden Town
Fawcett
Breaknock Arms
Colonel Fawcett
Mr. Grant
Munro
Grase
Moore
Charles Longland
Regent's Park
Caddy
Royal Horse Guards
India
Grant
Monro
Col. F
Brecknock Arms
Liston
William Russell
Clarkeen
Malic
Explosion at railway works kills two men in Stalybridge
A powder explosion at North Western Railway Works in Stalybridge during rat control caused deaths of Matthew Gomersall and James Platt and injuries to several others. Witnesses described damp powder ignition, a burning store room, and the collapse of wooden sheds. Inquest returns a verdict of accidental death.
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Corresident
Manchester and
Huddenfeld
London and North-Western
Constantion
Wall
Matthew Gomereau
James Pratt
William Shirt
Abrahem Harding
William Cresswell
Church Ton
Wakefield
Matthew Gomersall
James Platt
John Harris
Bayley's Row
Stalybridge
Amoke
Abraham Hardy
Shirt
Amen
Mayea
Robert Mayes
Mesers
Nowa
Hattersley
Longbottom
Gomeraall
Matthew
Gomersal
Samuel Lawton
Pratt
Gomereau
Gomer
Joryman
Rastbottom
The Marylebone Murder and a Suspected Strangler
In Marylebone a 30 year old servant stands charged with the murder of Mary Stwell, with evidence showing a siege of coercion and violence. Witnesses describe the prisoner’s movements, a bloodstained dress, and a struggle in the back kitchen leading to a death by strangulation and blows with a poker. The case includes testimonies about threats to “do for” the deceased and a plan to return to Brighton, with the prisoner under police custody awaiting further proceedings.
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Camtat Collat
Thoraday
Old Court
Janthe Erle
Mary Aon Hun
Mary St
Marylebone
Bodkin
Clarke
Ballantine
Prianve
Brighton
Henley
Bera
Jane
Abe
Thas
Charles Battersby
Adam Street
Staira
Ataie
Witnean
Antone
Sbe
Jackson
Mary Aon Porter
Hartford Station House
Houas
Suagana Nisbett
Mary Anon Hunt
Sue
Charles Hayman
Wimese
Ann Smallworth
Gome
Samuel Watkins
West
Dicter
Aho
Willa
Wyndhare
Aervant
Aha
Trial of a pregnant woman for murder ends with death sentence
At Newgate a long murder trial concluded with a guilty verdict against the prisoner, who was found responsible for the death of the deceased. Medical witnesses described fatal neck injuries and violent pressure. The jury recommended mercy due to prior good character, but the judge imposed the death penalty, noting the crime was dreadful. The prisoner, said to be pregnant, remained unmoved as sentence was carried out.
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Manto
Barclay
London
Rutherford
Ker
March
Earl of Arandel
Anglesea
Monro
Royal Horas Guarda
Col. Bouverie
George Manners
Perceval
Jomes Erle
Fawcett
Justice Erle
Straight
Kuzadoiis
Panpesre
Brighton
Crose
M'Mordo
Newgate
Bi*Mordo
Clarkson
Sutherland
Bodkin
Treasury
Erle
Ballantine
Notable Hospital Inquiry Amid Alleged Double Crime
Details emerge from St Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals on Monday as Mr Crawley and his assailant show recovery. Witnesses recount Ovenstone's disturbed state and prior preparedness with pistols. A separate case at the Mansion House concerns Caroline Ransell charged with leaving her first husband for Henry George Stevens amid questions of bigamy and prior marriage records.
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Owenstone
Overatone
Bond Street
Weat Ham
Guy's Hospital
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Mr. Crawley
Humphreya
Russell
George Henry Yarrow
Shoreditch Church Yard
Henry George Russell
Caroline Mary Norman
Shoreditch Church
Roswell
Henry Smith
Metropolitan Detective Police Force
Shaw
Witnesa
St. Giles's Station House
Abegard
Humphreys
William Henry Stephene
Caroline Mary Norfold
St. Andrew's
Holborn
Stephens
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Exberia
Lone Atke
Coart
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Greek Street
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Bagoe
R.N
le Breton
Langley Court
Long-ecra
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Kends
Royal Regiment of Horse Guards
Bloe
Central Criminal Court
Windsor
Boddy
East Grafton Street
Tottenham Court Road
Crown Street
Chandos Street
Phoenix
Philadelphia
H. D. Cockburn
Cockburn
Fane
Dowse
Lucas
Mr. Dowse
Ordnance Office
Downes
Luces
Messrs
Gay
Mies Evans
Mesars
Evana
Bimec
Misa Evans
Fneo
Morocco
Mr. Lowin
Ordnance
North‘Western Rail Railway ‘Works
Bralybridge
FaEnon
Liverpool
London and North Western Railway
Victoria Station
Times
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Liberal Party
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Sir George Grey
Sir George
Newcastle Advertiser
Picoort
Prince Consort
Paris
Hen Masestr
Teraint
Parnier
Jenny Lind
Mademoteelle Lind
la Normandie
Robert le Diablo
Boy Jones
Queen's Palace
Buckingham
Limerick Chronicle
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