Bribery charge fails in Bristol election case
In Bristol on August 22 the Barrett v Horr trial ended with a verdict for the defendant after witnesses described offers of a five pound bribe to voters. The jury found they could not support the bribery promise as alleged.
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Western Circuit
Bristol
Barrett
Horr
Erle
Crowder
Greenwood
Cockburn
Stone
Jobe Bartlett
Thomas Hunt
City of
William Wilson
R. H. Webb
Hunt
Webb
Wilson
Coleridge
Liverpool
Crown Court
Justice Coltman
William Montgomery
Daniel Wall
Brandt
Wilkins
New Bailey Bridge
Salford
Manchester
Fox
Leach
Wall
James Hanson
William Cheetham
Armstrong
Shepherd
Rochdale and
Clayton
Brownlow Arms
Mill Hill
Leeds
Bold
Jem
Charles Smythie
Flower
Mgr. Burridge
Coulford
Coulford, Wifh
Smythie
Sussex
Pullen
Doctors’ Commons
Burridge
Long
Mr. Long
Compton-street
Dowling
Lisoner
Newgate
Pri- Ublicans
Pollick
George Fox
Witner
Gregorie
James Banner
Timothy M‘carthy
M‘carthy
New-court
New-street
Knightsbridge
St. George's Hospital
Taylor
Tringham
Newcourt
Newstreet
Forbes
Central Court Hears Irishman Accused of Ear Biting
Patrick Ravane, an Irishman, is tried for assaulting John Mulvin by biting part of his ear on July 30. Mulvin and witnesses give conflicting testimony as the jury acquits Ravane. The record also notes burglary cases, a boatswain whistle theft, and a wide range of sentences from banishment to various prison terms.
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Phillips
Mgr. Phillips
Bridget Gallaghan
Patrick
John
Mulvin
John Mulvin
Mr. Phillips
Metropolitan Police
John Collins
Bank of France
Mons
Gilbert Claude Aicard
Davis
Arabin
Havine
Catt
Eliza Davis
Carlo
Alcoran
Catherine Hilman
George King
Frederick Hogg
Charles Green
Michael Bennett
J. Brown
W. Hill Fletcher
Wiliam Butcher
Elizabeth Weston
J. Smith
Francis Green
David Retter
J. Brenan
William Gates
Charles Walbrook
R. Sullivan
Jamies Clark
W. Dalton
John Smith
James Watts
James Parry
W. Ryan
James Anderson
Louisa Dale
George Cook
Mary Lyon
George Simpson
Michael Lamby
Aaron Mendoza
James Baker
James Vial
George Russell
Samuel Baker
Walter Tite
W. Sullivan
J. Williams
J. Jones
J. Ratcliff
Wm. Deacon
Thomas Baker
Ann Barlow
Esau Hayward
John Greech
J. Rockrage
J. Johnson
T. Hayes
Wm. Freare
Wm. Bailey
Wm. Sherman
Ellen Murray
William Whistler
Charles James
John Jones
George Tupping
Charles Wiggins
George Hall
Maria Davis
Henry Connelly
Richard Davis
James Wright
Ann Rafter
Philip Hawkins
John Murray
Joseph. White
Maria Smith
Wm. Cooper
Isaac Miller
John Noble
John E. Dyer
J. Stevens
James Read
Wm. Reeve
Wm. Johnson
Wm. Harlow
Thomas Kersey
Wm. Kelly
Henry Noon
James Kelly
Matthew Jones
Wm. Brown
Wm. Smith
Wm. Atkins
J. Reynolds
Frederick Seal
Henry Wombill
MaryAnn Bennett
Robert Sincoe
Sarah Ireland
Daniel Dewdney
John Brown
Sarah Brown
Charles Scott
Joseph Evenson
Thomas Wooledge
T. P. Whitewood
Thomas Owen
George Row
M. A. Crampton
Francis Morris
P. Jones
Wm. Palmer
Henry Pavett
Wm. Adolphus
Wm. Wellington
James S. Ruse
Francis Mogan
P. Sturgeon
Henry Mallows
Luke Wrotton
Thomas Breechman
James Sizers
T. Ball
J. Collins
T. Blake
Eliza Hickey
W. Smith
G. Wood
W. Wood
Jun
John Keefe
Mary Lions
Roger Kelly
Patrick Burke
George J. Reece
Henry White
W. Jones
J. Watts
James Beard
Robert Dean
Matthew Cuningham
George Jeffrey
W. Palmer
S. Rook
J. Peak
I. Selwood
Bow Street
Creswick
Chandos-street
Covent-garden
Henry
St. Martin-in-the-fields
le Breton
St. Martin’s
Moseley
St. Paul, Covent-garden
St. Martin
Court of Queen’s Bench
Corder
Guardians of the
Strand Union
St. Paul
Queen’s Bench
Murpen
Timothy Sheehan
George Hood
Martin
Long-acre
John Vickers
Covent Garden Market
Police Scenes and Forgeries in Bow Street and Westminster
A crowded police beat reports a drunken miniature man named William Wisp assaulting a grenadier, plus a forged bill case shown to the lord mayor. Other items cover magistrates at Bow Street examining a dishonored bill, drink led disorderly conduct, abductions, and a conspiracy to defraud the ordnance department.
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Will-O'-The-Wisp
William Wisp
Blake
Williams
Mr. Wisp
Hinchliffe
House of Hinchliffe and Co
House of Hinchliffe and Co., Paper Stainer's
Golden Square
Waite
Hinchliffe and Co
Messrs
Stephens
No. 7
Old. Broad-street
Davis
Messrs. Hinchliffe
Mr. Hinchliffe
Mr. Stephens
Mr. Davis
Hobler
Mr. Hobler
Mansion House
Bankruptcy Court Selects Alexander Christie Assignée
In a London bankruptcy hearing Alexander Christie a spirit merchant of Eastcheap faced creditors as assignees were chosen. Christie blamed his losses on brothers who commandeered a bill of sale and absconded with £500 in sovereigns aboard the Iberia bound for Gibraltar. Matthews of Ratcliff proved debts of over £700.
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Alexander Christie
Eastcheap
Aberdeen Joint Stock Bank
Matthews
Ratcliff
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M‘kinigan
Downshire Assizes
Martha’ Edmunds
George Edmunds
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Burton
Central Criminal Court
Hinchcliffe
Marlborough Street
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Wellington Barracks
St. James’s Park
William Allcock
Tierney
Ordnance Department
Knight
Newfoundland
Wellington
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