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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Aug 26, 1848

Page

6

Writ of habeas corpus ends in chaotic custody dispute

In a dramatic Lords Chambers proceeding a writ to restore Ann Hallifax to her father Charles Halifax led to a public ruckus as the father seized the child and forcibly removed her with bystanders and police present. The judge discharged the writ after private questions, leaving custody to private courts amid uproar.

Sursapar Hartivax Kiscerr Charles Hallifax Elizabeth Kingett Fulham Road Ann Hallifax Baron Alderson Howe R. Simpson Charles Halifax Portland Place Regent's Park Great Chesterfield Street May Fair Bannister Elizabeth Kingers Mr. Bannister Fulham Raed Miss Kingett Chamters Chancery Jane

Government Appointment Bribery Case Heard at Central Court

The August session opened before Recorder Farebrother and aided by Aldermen as judges. Thomas William Sadpe pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for inducing William Jacobs to offer £200 to secure a government appointment through influence. Prosecutors stated the case, noting Sadpe was a junior clerk in the Queen's Remembrancer office and had been dismissed by the Treasury. The Recorder questioned Sadpe's claimed influence as he prepared to sentence.

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