Seduction case at Wells assizes tests gentry letters
The case before Chief Justice Wilde features Gould vs Elton, a high status suit in Clevedon over damages for the seduction of a wife. Evidence centers on letters from Sir Charles Elton to Mrs Gould, detailing affection and financial strain, with witnesses describing a pattern of intimate correspondence and alleged improper intercourse.
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Susannah Bond
Clevedon
Taunton
Bristol
Witness
de Burgh
Bristol Infirmary
Emma Strong
Gould
Sbe
Elisa Bond
Samuel Sherman
Railway Arms Inn
William Vickery
Henry Lomond
Ranesh Phillips
Putin
Sir Charles Elton
Mrs. Gould
Eliza
Cheres Elton
Suveiaker
Elize
Wells Assizes
Trial details of alleged improprieties and elopement report
The article recounts a Victorian trial with witnesses Dr Wailie Charten Greig and Theodore Davis proving the plaintiff’s wife suffered chronic inflammation making improprieties unlikely. It covers letters between Joan Gorin and J G N B and ends with a verdict for the defendant and notes on elopement and public notices in Bristol and Dublin.
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Serjeant Kinglake
Wailie
Charten Greig
Theodore Davis
Mary Sparks
Ilmineter
Gould
Ataira
Sir Charles
Bristol Infirmary
Chas. Elton
Withers
Goulds
Mr. Gould
Abduction Case in Malta Involving Miss Curtis Court Action
The Malta civil court heard the abduction case of Miss Ellen Curtis with Misses Sophia and Sarah Cannon seeking custody. Lieutenant Baker aided by Mrs Emma Curtis forced Ellen and her sister to board a boat, ignoring Miss Cannon’s insistence on honoring a written fatherly promise. The court ruled for the Cannon plaintiffs, ordering Ellen returned to their guardianship, with an appeal lodged by Mrs Curtis and Curtis.
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Malta
Devon
Emma Curtis
Captaina Rich and
Wilmot
R.N
Cecil Bishop
Bare
Menda
Curtis
Frees
Emma
William Curtis, Bart
Afalta
Gitana
Tagus
Miga Erica Curtis
Mias Cannon
Misses Cannon
Valetta
Sliemwa
Bost
Baker
Majcety
Miss Cannon
Charlotte Cortin
Lieutenant Baker
Miss Ellen Curtis
Miss Ellen Cartin
Valetta Harbour
Ripon
Southampton
Charles
Marine Police
Cannon
Lieut
Major Tiday
A.D.C
Patrick Smart
Lucian Curtis
Mr. Curtis
Ellen Curtis
William Tucker
Hack
Elfen
Murder by a Husband Strikes Mrs Pilkington at Farm Home
An inquest in Heaton heard how Robert Pilkington fatally attacked his wife Betty Pilkington with a large kitchen poker at their farm home near Heaton. The killer fled but was captured near Smithill Dean. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of wilful murder and Pilkington was committed for trial. The report also details a history of violent crimes in the Pilkington family and related cases surrounding the farm.
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Lord Corowallia
Bangalore
Hyderabad
Travancore
Trincomalee
Pondicherry
Tippoo
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Assaye
Wellesley
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Weterloo
Palanquin
Ayr Advertiser
Szozasions
Rome
London
Church of Rome
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Barber
Old Bailey
Willa
Norfolk Taland
George Grey
Home Department
James Wilson
Gallowgate
Charles Wilson
J. Wilson
Wilson
Hellensburgh
Wood Yard
Holbeck
Leeds
Joseph Robinson
Ashton Ander Lyne
Robinson
Thomas Cooper
Sumner Gibson
Cooper
Bia
Leeds General Infirmary
Gibson
Baker
Commodore
High Street
Poplar
John May Harris
Robert Anty
Newson
Yardley
Thames Police Court
Poplar Charity School
Abbott's
Elds
Anty
Bain
Heaton
Halliwell
Robert Pilkington
Raol'a Fold
Delf Hillock
Duke of York
Spring Gardens
Great Bolton
Te Algnanee
Pilkington
Brownlow Fold
Liverpool Assires
Doff-cocker
Thia Farm
Ema
Barrow-bridge
John Asaya
Atkinson
Smithilla Dean
County Sessions Room
Town Hall
Lite
Bolton
William
George Wolstenholme
Bridget Dean
John Lawton
Pils Kington’s
Charles Hodgkinson
Smithing Dean
Little Bolton
Belmont
Paranit
J. S. Birley
Mr. Birley
Kirkdelo
Doffsocker
Rutter
John Hodgkinson
Willem Miller
Robert
Betty
Tran
Joseph Hunt
William Pilkington
Hunt
Ann Haworth
George Wolatenholme
Betty Pilkington
Liverpool
George Aspinall
George
Lambert's
Asden
Smithill's Deen
Doffcocker Public House
Aaspinall
Aspinall
John Orrell
Jobn Pilkington
William Kershaw
Duffcocker
John Heaton
Atarvin
Horwich
Manchester Guardian
Sermon at Cheltenham Old Church Sparks Mixed Impressions
A reader details a Cheltenham sermon noted for its lively but informal style. The preacher, viewed as confident and popular, delivers with parental authority, while the listener comments on a brisk reading and a memorable aside urging a German author’s book, which quickly circulates among worshippers.
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Calla
Brietol
John Idler
London
Hamilton, Adams, and Co
John Bunyan
Somersetshire
Gloucestershire
Bristol
England
Bristol Times
Bristowe
Posey
Temple
St. Mary Redcliffe
St. Stephen’s
Somers
O'Connell
Heltenham
Vandrangi
Cheltenham
Vendrangi
Cheltenham Old Church
Labour Bank subscription plan proposed by Chartists
A report notes Chartists raising subscriptions to form a Labour Bank with £50,000 capital. The item reflects reformist finance efforts in progress and local political agitation.
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Arabia
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