Summer Assizes concealment and theft on board ship
At Liverpool Assizes, Joncas caught stealing a purse from Mrs Fryer on the Great Britain voyage, as officers observed him transferring it to his own. jury convicts followed. Civil and criminal dockets cover guano quality dispute, seduction case, robberies, burglaries, and transportation sentences across Manchester and Liverpool.
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Admiralty of England
Northern Circuit
Liverpool
Tormin
Jaathe Cresawell
Wallon
Mr. Cowling
Martin
Serjeant Murphy
Addison
Hed
London
Sarah
Almouth
Clyde
Clint
Watson
Cowell
Maysox
Whigham
Atherton
Blackburn
Christas
Finmly
Mr. Atherton
Hicaway
Robert Bleasley
James O'Brien
Manchester
R. Baxter
Wilkins
O’brien
Turner
Jersey Street
Beevor
Ashton Under Lyne
Ashton
Bracrany
Joseph Moran
George Murray
George Webster
Monk
Moran
Hanging Ditch
Alanchester
Murray
Taglioni
Webster
Ronsgar
Peter Robinson
Thomas Harris
Hering
Patrick Farrell
Bridget Bowes
Paget
Atkinson
Addison Street
Farrells
O'Flaherty
O’flaherty
Bowes
Stas
William Jones
James M‘donald
Mary Fryer
High Seas
Jonen
Green
M'Donald
Ayrshire Lassie
Great Britain
Mr. Bryer
Weaper
Jones
O'Donald
Riots in Dunfermline Endanger Families at Balmule House
A mob of about two thousand gathered in Dunfermline and Canmore Street, then besieged Balmule House and Alexander residence. They smashed windows, set fires, and threatened occupants, including Mrs. Alexander and five children. Help arrived as the 4th Dragoon Guards were deployed from Edinburgh, while authorities investigate alleged breaches of price agreements with local manufacturers.
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Kiauator
Daefermline
Dunfermline
Danfermline
Perace
Golf Street
Evdeny
Balridge Burr
Foundry Street
Campbell Street
Mew Row
Nether Row
New Road
Thomas Alexander
Canmore Street
Provost Ronaldson
Bailie Birrell
Mr. Macdonald
Neverels
Tnmultuczus Assembly
Mr. Alexander
Can
Aoatie
Balmule House
Mrs. Alexander
Alexander
Edinburgh
Aletander
Balmule Fort
Shireff
Macdonald
Bell
Sherif Monteith
Piershall Barracks
Sherif
4Th Dragoon Guards
Arkwright
Queensferry
Dunfereline
Messrs
Iris
Sherif Minte
Shiref
Dragons Guards
Adulterer Acquitted In Extraordinary Theft Trial
Charles Mc Donald aged 26 faced an unusual Middlesex case for stealing a knife and other items valued at ten shillings from Ebenezer Spencer. The court heard disputes over a wife’s authority to part with property, with Mc Donald ultimately acquitted on the first charge and a second related indictment also ending in acquittal after lengthy testimony and legal argument.
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Middlesex
Charles Mc Donald
Ebenezer Spencer
Prendergast
Payze
Spencer
High-Street
Shoreditch
Charles
Eaid
James Spencer
Lambeth
Mc Donald
James
Payne
Watch theft case ends with not guilty verdict and discharge
Central Criminal Court hears a multi‑case session. Five men charged with stealing watches faced extensive cross examination. the jury finds all defendants not guilty and orders immediate discharge after a thirteen hour trial.
Robbery by a well dressed woman in London streets
Margaret Scott, described as well dressed, was charged with robbing a country gentleman of seven sovereigns and six half sovereigns. A policeman observed her prior to the theft and moved to seize her as the man reported his purse missing. The case details her theatrical distraction and the subsequent arrest, with the prosecutor urging trial.
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Margaret Scott
Newgate Street
Kinsey
John Pirie
J. Pirie
Central Criminal Court
East Ixota
Peter Gordon
Fast India' Stock
Lord Mayer
Hearty Willock
Gordon
Parry
Clarkson
Lawford
Henry Willock
East India House
Extraordinary letters to archbishop read in court
A prisoner facing charges produced two letters he wrote to His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury. A police witness described a sealed parcel to the archbishop containing a fine ladies work box, likely made by the prisoner over months. The court heard the letters and considered his mental state, with a surgeon later declaring him insane and sending him to the workhouse.
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Extraonpinany Charoe Or
Broamy
Thomas William Chapmen
Mr. Combe
Sarah Pearse
Islington
Wontner
Robinson
Mr. Robinson
Therisoner
Ole Firat
Aho
Anos Smith
Station House
William Mansfield
Ann Smith
Lincolnshire
Charlotte Street
Bap Laxcuace Sy
Storey
Vernon-street
Liogd Square
Edward Laforest
John-atreat
Bedford
James
Janis
Wharton-street
Charles Taylor
Bingham
Charles Chepmep
Cambridge-street
Hackney-road
Chapman
Buckley
Godfrey
Thomas Richardson
Hooper
Chambers
Chapmen
Archbichof
Canterbury
Crispin George Fevillade
Henry
Archbishhop
Lambeth Palace
George Lipscombe
Endes
Alen
St. Henry
Henry Hatchie
Mathews
Princes Road
Lambeth
Gunn
Greco
C. G. Feuttrape
C.G. Fellinrape
Mr. Henry
Lipscombe
Prisoner
Evans
Fenil- Wade
Duke
Parish
Tur Kext Stager Lawren
George Paula Fitt
Kent Street
Traitt
Isaac Tomas
Spierman
Roberta
Isaac Thomas Spierman
Thames Ditton
Surrey
Charnock
Sim
Croydon
Ima
Hardman
Altormey
Roberts
Vauxhall
Trail
Wandsworth
Anysixe
Max
Alice Donner
Battersea
Wandforth
Paynter
Langton
Tenhouse Jane
Connor
Payne
Holyhead Harbour to be built ten times larger
The new harbour at Holyhead will be erected outside the existing one and be ten times its size, with plans perfected by government engineers and an estimated cost of £2,000,000. It aims to create a great harbour linking with Kingstown for cross‑channel communication. Meanwhile the Eastern Pier at Kingstown nears completion and a massive new lighthouse is nearly finished.
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Holyhead
Kingstown
Dublin
London
General Steam Navigation Company
William Joliffe
Rotterdam
Soho
Antwarp
John Bull
Hamburgh
James Watt
Havre
St. Katharine’s
King's Head
Lowerroad
Inlington
Thomas Owen
Tapster
Craven Hotel
Craven-street
Strand
Ashley
Hollowey-road
Camden Town-Road
Jans
Islington
Rioters Riot at Cock Brays Pay Parade
Rioters attacked workers and constables during a pay event, with fights, chasing, and assaults on several men. Military troops arrived after warnings, securing the village and restoring calm. About 400 to 500 huts and lodgers left the area. policing remained tight and the scene was quiet after the soldiers billeted at Dunglass.
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Cock Brays
Fairbairn
Anderson
Heather
Core
Hoever
Tex
Mr. Grant
Peli
J. Hall
Sberii
Tay Bn
Berwick Advertiser
Frugal Hoard Found In Shadwell Cellar After Death
Trustees paid £32 into James Satherley’s will from Benkin notes found hoarded in a cellar, with other money and a will-like find. In Aldersgate Street a 70 year old widow Jane Palliser Philpot died, revealing a large stock receipt and Bank of England notes hidden in a box and basket. The coroner took possession as relatives were not forthcoming and the jury returned a verdict of natural deaths.
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James Satherley
Shadwell
Dsaruova
Payne
Owen Glendour
Aldersgate Street
Jane Palliser Philpot
Edmund's Place
Aldersgate Sitet
Gether
Bank of England
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Fitch
Otway
Tothill Fielde
John M'Carthy
Mary M'Carthy
Langley
Maltby
Lord Cottenham
Fifeshire
Bodkle
LAW
Baron Platt
William Strickland
Edward Lewis
William Bonhaw
Henry Osborn
Her Majesty
East and
West Todia Dock Company
Joseph Savory
Bodkin
Ballantine
Commissioners of Customs
Chadwick Jones
Piggott
Osborne
Quickland
Huddlestone
Bonham and Lewie
Messrs. Savory
East Indies
Osborn
Baron Pratt
United Brothers Birmingham Provident Society
Finsbury Savings Bank
Wade
New Couat
William Surman
Brewer Street
Somerstown
William Joncas
Coombe Hill
Cheltenham
Bir. Jones
Oxip
Marie Pierce
Thomas Kent
Brentford
Viett
Wirer
Manetavcuten
Joseph Harvey
Charles Ruthberley
Anne Rutherby
Walworth
Harvey
Rutherby Dd
Tus Caesar Taronxe
Systen
Desmond
Alderman Fare
Nenasis
Mosea
Aldgate
Ann Headrey
King-street
Messia
Moses
Alderman Farebrother
Marlborough Street
Harriot Nock
Leicester Street
Leicester Square
Herowick
Kemp
No. 6
Hardwick
Leicester-street
Mrs. Kemp
Miller
Campbell
William Fitch
John Waters
Mary Reed
Elizabeth Thomas
Tavistock Square
Stroet
Lambith
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