Assize Riots at Lancaster Racecourse End in Guilty Verdicts
At Lancaster Assizes on July 23 a riot and assault on police led to guilty verdicts for Mount Fryers Brown Parkinson and Jackson with mercy recommendations. Capt Ridge described police being struck while defending the course. further trials and a later acquittal followed, with severe sentences for others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Ave
Cer
Justice Coltman
Robert Brown
Thomas Woodhouse
James Fryers
Stephen Mount
Samuel Thompson
Thomas Jackson
James Parkinson
Wm. Brunton
Wm. Robinson
Edward Hodginson
Baines
Mr. Hulton
Dr. Brown
Hodgkinson
Wilkins
Ridge
Preston
Thompson
Brown
Frazer
Dignaim
Mount
Woodhouse
Highfield
Woodford
Cleminson
Malcolm Wright
Lancaster Police
Woodhone
Brunton
Wright
Jackson
Hulton
Fryers
Parkinson
Bryanton
Justice Cultman
James Thompson
Barton Lodge
Fancaster
Thomson
Therisoner
Foxcroft
Fryer
Police report of disturbance and assault case
On Tuesday at 11 o'clock a disturbance near Gloucester Street led to a police inquiry. Witnesses described a confrontation involving Marylebone residents, with accusations of assault and protective actions by bystanders. The defendant denied charges, while witnesses supported the complainant, and the court considered penalties and custody following the incident.
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Maryle Rawlinson
Colquhoun
William PoeRe
Malichaanice
Ryman
St. Maryibh
Isett
Sioners
Mortinerstet
Cs Place
New-road
Sion
Deloye
Ebone Parish
Enon
Crawley
Ain
Hatton
Ellis
Aioe
Rawlinson
J. John Withers
Hales
Getbaun
Ken
Rachite
Rulipuy
Cane
Soner
Wlinson
Withers
Y. Kensett
Rington
Theron
Lord Lake
Teptiaeth Sena
WG Ae
Fendant
Central Criminal Court Opens Tenth Session With 260 Prisoners Charged
The Central Criminal Court began its tenth session of the year before the lord mayor and officials. A calendar lists 260 prisoners for trial with charges including rape, burglary, larceny, embezzlement, and counterfeit coin. The recorder warned despite punishments crime persists and noted many cases stem from the long gap since the last session. The lord chief magistrate indicated grand jury witnesses would likely include police officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Serjeant Arabin
John Key
Grand Jury
Satirical note on parish head reposing and removal cases
A court debate discusses the reposing of heads in one parish and kicking of heels in another. The speaker plans to leave the pauper’s position to the opponent while noting the bed’s location in the appellant parish. A special case is to be submitted to Queen's Bench, with the court confirming the removal order, and a grim fable tone about lawyers harming the poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
St. Clement Danes
Adolphus
Bodkin
John Henry
Whitechapel
Portsmouth Street
Lincoln’s Inn-Fields
St. Giles’s
St. Giles
Court of Queen's Bench
Marlborough Street Assaults a Magistrate
Caroline Lynch a young street vendor with a long record was brought before magistrate Mr Long charged with drunken disorder in Oxford Street at 2 am. She was ordered to Bridewell for one month. She hurled pennies at the judge, shattering windows, before being taken to lock up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough Street
L Caroline Lynch
House of Correction
New Westminster Bridewell
Long
Oxford
Mr. Long
Bridewell
Worship Street. Rare and Roosery case in assault and theft
Charles Jones a waiter faced a bar fronted assault charge against Caroline Scatchard aged 87 and a theft of wearing apparel from James Barrett. The alleged offences occurred two years prior in Clarence terrace Haggerston where Jones lived with his wife and children. Scatchard’s family details and a reported sexual abuse by a former associate were noted in the proceedings.
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Midland
Warwick
Ave
Max
Maxy
Robert Morley
Ann Rennie
Ann Morley
Marylebone Church
Ireland
London
Mary Swepson
Robert Dean
Messrs
Abbott and Co
Serjeant
Arabin
Mr. Ballantine
William Gibson
Royal Navy
Madras
Serang
Lascar
John Seaton
Gibson
George Elmer
Ballantine
Thames Police Office
Jones
James Brennan
Peter Anthony Cullen
Chadwick Jones
Charles Phillips
Lambeth
Treland
O'Connell
Thompson
Lambethwalk
Baron Gurney
Barz
John Tooley
Maria Boddy
Phillips
Wall
Uxbridge
Morris
William Gates
John M’carthy
Pri
Charles Jones
Broughtons
Caroline Scatchard
James Barrett
Clarence Terrace
Haggerston
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Assize Intelligence
Harriet Drummond
Eliza Millner
Ramsgate Church
Munrz
Sturce
Tindal
Birmingham
Sturge
Hill
Humfrey
Balguy
Whitehurst
G. Muntz
Charles Wetherell
Allen
Charles Wet
Gloucester
Homicipan
Insuntry
Justice Williams
Martha Braine
Bristol
Watson
Hetley
William Pritchard
John Williams
Trelleck
Duke of Beaufort
Serjeant Ludlow
A. E. Somerset
Williams
Pritchard
Baron Parke
Cork
Freeman
William Allen
Liscongill
Sergeant Jackson
Keller
Henn
Q.C
Traverser
Billy Allen
Mr. Allen
Mr. Henn
Q. C
Greene
Emma
King
Shepherd
Clarkson
John Thomas Hogg
Richard Hogg
Bow-street
Elizabeth Cleaveland
George Day
Lucas Place
St. Pancras
Earl of Kinnovut's
John Phetheon
Lord Kinnoul
Duppling Castle
Perthshire
Sgecoup Epirion
Sarah Harris
William Morris
Caroline Story
Maria Eliza Menzies
Joseph Freeman
James Rickson
John Collins
James Brown
James Walsh
William Price
William Warren
James Collins
John Wall
Ann Kennedy
Thomas Godfrey
J. Carlen
William Golding
W. Farrell
James Lewis
Thomas J. Simms
J. Hicks
J. Evans
Thomas Matthews
George Butler
George Thomas Wiles
R. Sims
John Taylor
Robert Waller
John Morenham
J. Marsh
David Barry
Mary Cunningham
Mary Osborn
Mary Sutton
Thomas Atherton
Constantine Sullivan
Newgate
Central Criminal Court
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