Adultery Case in Scotland Falls to Divorce Court
In a Lord Chancellor led hearing at the House of Lords, Mr Daniel King sued for divorce from Mrs King over alleged adultery with Rev John Macfarlane in Hamilton Scotland between 1836 and 1837. The court found in favor of divorce after weighing extensive, lurid evidence. Macfarlane was dismissed from his church and became an independent preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Lords
Tussnar
Cox
Kina
Lord Campbell
Daniel King
Royal Navy
Abe
Hamilton
John Macfarlane
Muir-street
Macfarlane
Hera
Mr. Macfarlane
Aiso
Elizabeth Hamilton
Lord Medwyn
Lord Moncrieff
Andergoo
Arseen
Fragmented Ledger of 1846 Essex Court Actions and Thefts
The report recounts a string of 1840s petty cases from Essex magistrates and London offices. It covers libel actions, family disturbances, fraud trials involving brokers and attorneys, an attempted suicide, robberies at Marlborough House and Queen Catherine, and a jewellery theft linked to a surgeon and his employer Kennedy. The piece details bail, remands, and witness testimonies, noting fines, custody, and proceedings through Bow Street and the Thames police offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bow Street
Tuesaday
G. Johnson
Great Queen Street
Big Brothers
James Hall
Boswell Court
Messrs
Hiail
Bosvel Court
Chesa
Alle
Cuanes
Pixany
Map
G. Clive
Archibald M'Neill
Kennedy
Riley
Clive
Mr. Kennedy
Farringdon Street
Farringdon-street
Holborn
Misa Church
Mr. Clive
Inspector Morgan
Mount
M‘neil
M‘neill
Ietch
M'Neil
Kesness
Apneil
Slander Suit Over Gas Pipe Row at Spread Eagle
Northern Circuit case in Manchester hears plaintiff a Plumbee glazier claim against defendant Pollitt a calenderer over a public insult in Spread Eagle tavern. Witnesses say words were abusive and implied theft but defense argues no felony accusation and only criticism of repair work.
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Livgtroot
Lirasov
Justice Cresewell
Baines
Tomlinson
Serjeant Wilkins
Manchester
Hangingbridge
Pollitt
J. Westall
Serjeent Wilkins
Mayors Court Opens With 245 Prisoners Listed
The tenth session of the Mayoralty began before the Lord Mayor and recorder as six weeks pass since the last sittings. The grand jury sworn, including 245 prisoners from London Middlesex Evaex Kent and Surrey. Charges include two murders arson six cutting and wounding one rape and other serious offences. One man faces a manslaughter charge over a train collision where an engine operator may be guilty if negligence caused death. Faust Reowrey James Seymour aged forty is charged with unlawfully registering a false birth entry. Registrar Ar Hamiblia testified the defendant claimed paternity and presented a mother Amy Seymour formerly Wallen. the couple’s marriage status remained disputed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy Seymour
Bullock
Henry Mummery
Ballantine
Huddlestone
O'Brien
Eastern Counties Railway Company
Turspay
New Coust
William Slater
Messrs
Tebburt and Co
Theman Slater
John Sister
Clarkson
Ali
Doane
Bia
Rochester
TRE
Fabian
Faulkner
Gic Ballantine
Roenise
George Ackermann
Straight
Hughes
House of Correction
Baron Platt
Hannah Barker
George Barker
Holywell Street
Shoreditch
Baron Tratt
Rartwar
Clare
Eastern Counties Railway
Corust
Rossing Tre Lorn Mavon
James Fitzsimmons
J. J. Harris
Accon
John Johnson
Harding
Miss Harding
Blackwall
Fenechurch-atreet
Mies S. Harria
Meyer
Thames
Bunccary
Edward Walker
Broderip
George Hammond
White Hourse-terrace
Suny
Catherine Public House
John Roberston
Brookstreat
Ratcliffe
Central Criminal Court
Pickering
White Horse-Street
Queen Catherine
Smith
Prisor
Young Walker
Canable
Sorrell
Arbour Square
Elucion
Faust Reowrey
James Augustus Seymour
JM. Doane
Ar. Hamiblia
St. Luke's
Amy Wallen
Mather
Hhe
Admiralty Case Seamen Return Failures For Eden Master
William Finch, master of the Eden, faced the Court of Admiralty in London for failing to deliver within 48 hours the ship’s crew list to the Customs. The case, the first of its kind directed by the Lord of the Admiralty, drew attention as Finch allegedly quarrelled with a harbour worker of color and left a seaman in Sierra Leone. No return was made nor a certificate of detention given for a British seaman, raising questions about compliance with merchant seamen laws.
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William Finch
Eden
London
Court of Admiralty
United Kingdom
Admiralty
Aailora
Sierra Leone
Death of Sir Charles Wetherell and career overview
A long obituary outlines Sir Charles Wetherell’s life from Magdalen College Oxford to his rise as a top barrister and twice serving as Attorney General. It notes his early prodigious talent, role in notable trials, stubborn political stance, family ties, and ultimate refusal to join the Catholic relief measures, ending with his Recordership of Bristol and public duties.
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Charles
Nathan Wetherell
Hereford
University College
Oxford
Hia
Samuel Johnson &Mong
Wetherell
Magdalen College
Super Temple
Lord Eldon
Equity
King's Bench
Samual Shepherd
William Garrow
Watson
Preston
Thistlewood
Spafelda
Serejeant Copley
Lord Wyndhurst
Holt
Duchy of Lancaster
Inner Temple
Court of Chancery
Privy Council
House of Lords
Bristol
House of Commons
Lockhart
Mr. Canning
George IV
Charles Wetherett
Boroughbridge
Boroughbrigge
Yorkshire
Duke of Newcastle
Genere
John Copley
Charles Wetherell
James Scarlett
Lord Abinger
Lord Liverpool
Canning
Areurga TV
Sir Charles Wetherell
Sir Charles
Duke of Wellington
Robert Peel
Goweralreet
London
Studley Priory
Oxfordshire
Jane Sarah Elizabeth
Alexander Croke
Isene
St. George's
Hanover-Square
Harriett Elizabeth
Warneford
Warneford-place
Wiltshire
England
Lord Lyndhurst
John Leech
Launcelit Shadwell
Lord Eldsn
Duke of Cumberland
Hanover
Lord Grey
Lord Melbourne
Home Secretary
Accident Verdict After Railway Hand Belongs to James Grant
An inquest at St George's Hospital on Thoraday into the body of James Grant, found near the Pad dington terminus of the Great Western Railway, revealed a broken leg and crushed feet, with the guard noting the doorway of the carriage opened during a failed escape. The deceased, a suspected pickpocket, died soon after the accident and the jury returned an accidental death verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fatan
Thoraday
St. George's Hospital
James Grant
Paddington
Great Western Railway
Tts
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Chambhes
Nmoxpay
Lars Coniston
Raitwar
William Clare
William Quinland
Chelmsford Anol
Hinde
Anderson
Cour
Rewlings
Middlesex
Whittaker
Charles Renwick
Stratford
James Heath
Quinland
Newgate
LAW
Alderman Challis
Wite
Heshire Assizes
Ant
Ataira
Bartlett
Hawke
Walter Frederick Bartlett
James Mackintosh
Mr. Broughton
William Nichols
Essex Constabulary
Abraham Larry
Broughton
William Driver
Gwynne-place
Hackney-road
George Oakley Nash
Goswell Road
Vallance
Combes
Atmond’s
Hobler
Mr. Nash
Driver
Mr. Hobler
Wes
T. Driver
Chancery
George and Gate
Mr. Street
Alderman Wood
Nash
Chancery Lane
Paul’s Chain
Mr. Combes
Waa
Victoria
Law Society
Clareenwell
Donna Ropatsy
Henry Moore
John Austin
Gray's Ino-Jane
Flo
Islington
Greenewood
Mr. Greenwood
Letitia Davies
Wentmoreland Place
City Rord
Regex
Essex
William Hunt
Abraham Lurry
Lamibateh
Tustats Mantoonoven
Curnace
Ron Lynch
Perkins
Aly
Elliott
Marlborough House
Robert Rese
George Hall
Michael Byrne
Marlborough-house
Hall
Rose
Marlboroughhouse
Thomas Law
William Godfrey
Byrne
John Geary
Stackt Rooseay
Ann Harvey
William Coleman
Kennington
Southware
Sinoutan
Tusaday
Cottingham
Corps de Ballet
Cotlingham
Hey
Hammersmith
Assize Intelligence
Gentral Criminal Court
Houer
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