Winter assizes for trial of prisoners only across English counties
The court outlines a winter circuit to delivergaols in multiple counties with assizes scheduled for December in Oxfordshire Gloucestershire Worcestershire Shropshire Staffordshire western midland and home counties. Trials focus on prisoners with nisi prius cases handled in spring and summer. Damages awarded in two libel and false imprisonment cases follow.
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England
Oxford
Oxfordshire
Gloucestershire
Gloucester
Worcestershire
Worcester
Shropshire
Shrewsbury
Staffordshire
Stafford
Baron Rolfe
Southampton
Winchester
Davon
Exeter
J. T. Coleridge
Knt
C. Cresswell
Midland
Warwickshire
Warwick
Leicestershire
Leicester
Nottinghamshire
Nottingham
Derbyshire
Derby
James Parke
Essex
Chelmsford
Kent
Maidstone
Sussex
Lewes
Court OF Queen's Bench
Greville
Chapman
Sunday Times
Epsom
Jockey Club
Lord Abinger
John Fitzroy
Thesiger
Peacock
Hodges
Lord John Fitzroy
James
J. Pitt Taylor
Lord Eldon
J. Fitzroy
Assault on Mr Morton at sea over crowding stools on Eclipse
On the Eclipse crossing from Margate to London a crowded deck led to a dispute over stools between Mr Morton and Mrs Orme, wife of the defendant. After Morton took a stool, Mr Orme violently struck him on the mouth and warned to throw him overboard. Morton sought damages in a common pleas trial before Mr Justice Cresswell and a jury, with testimony from passengers and both counsels arguing provocation and civil liability.
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Morton
Onme
Middlesex
Justice Cresswell
Sergeant Talfourd
Humfrey
Blackfriars Road
Broadstairs
Margate
London
Eclipse
Mrs. Orme
Mr. Morton
Mr. Orme
Orme
Merton
Sergeant Shee
Court of Exchequer False Imprisonment Case
Sutan v Scales at Whitechapel where the plaintiff, a dock worker and occasional butcher helper, was accused of theft. After trial, the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff with damages of one farthing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkiss
Scales
Susan
Helling
Soane Insolvent Actor Seeks Final Order
In a bankruptcy hearing before Commissioner Merivale, the insolvent son of the late Sir John Soane, now a dramatist, sought a final order. He was told no tax could be laid on his earnings and that he should pay what he can honestly. His counsel hoped for government help for creditors if possible, and the final order was granted.
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Monnar
Sturgeon
Soane
Bellenger Libel Suit Seeks Damages Over Marquis of Clanricarde Case
In a sheriff court action, Bellenger sues Burrows for libel claiming a threatening letter damaged his character as house steward to the Marquis of Clanricarde. After evidence from Burrows and witnesses including Francatelli, the jury awarded Bellenger damages of 46 shillings.
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Bellenger
Chester
Pimlico
Marquis of Clanricarde
Burrows
James Burrows
Mr. Bellenger
Chester-wharf
Pisalico
Marquis
Clanricarde
Charles Eliné Francatelli
St. James's Clubhouse
Her
Lady Balfour
Duke of Wellington
France
St. James's Club
Crockford
Hazard
St. Petersburgh
St. James’s Club
Earl of Erroll
Charles Cuzotte
Davies Street
Mount-street
Gunter
Belgrave Square
First Session of Central Criminal Court Opens
The Central Criminal Court opened under the mayoralty with 255 prisoners for trial and expected to rise to 300 before the grand jury's discharge. The recorder noted two cases needing remarks: an assault with intent to rob and a man slaughter involving a boy quarrel, a dog, and a cart wheel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Key
J. Johnson
Man sketched as for manslaughter at Brand jury deliberations
A Victorian court report details the Brand jury being informed that the prisoner’s unlawful act caused the deceased’s death, constituting manslaughter without malice. The narrative follows Judge and counsel interactions, cases of forgery, transport for life, and public notices from Guildhall proceedings.
Drunken parishioner fined for church disturbance
William Edwards, resident of Acorn Street, Bishopsgate, was brought before Sir John Key for interrupting All Saints Church Bishopsgate during Sunday service. After admitting fault he was fined 5 shillings for drunkenness and admonished.
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Courcu
Wm. Edwards
John Key
All Saints Church
Skinner-street
Bishopsgate
Acorn Street
Ruddock
Sir John Key
John
Edwards
Dear Fortune Teller at Bow Street Court
Bartholomew Brian a shabby man posed as deaf and dumb and was charged with stealing Mrs. Rebecca Goodman’s money and with cheating by fortune telling. He claimed to know of a dark man and a deceitful fiancé while a jailer said he clearly heard him speaking. The magistrate remanded him for inquiries and to notify the Mendicity Society amid laughter. Patrick Kelly, an Irishman, was charged with being found drunk in the street and expressed remorse as the magistrate noted Ireland’s improving sobriety.
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Guildhall
Caup Loan
Joanna
Farebrother
Witness
London-bridge
Alderman Farebrother
Ann Carroll
Farebother
Nancy
Deptford
Peter Laurie
Richard Morgan
Morgan
Seidom
Sir Peter
Paris
Peter
Thames
Tovucu
Nararz
Benjamin Green
Amos Chilver
John-street
Cross-street
St. George's
Broderip
Holloway
Rosslyn Castle
London
Ross
Sergeant
Mr. Broderip
Barber
Archibald Campbell
Royal Navy
Jubilee-street
Clay
Jubilee Street
Campbell
Lieutenant Campbell
Lieut. Campbell
Mr. Clay
Admiralty
Norton
Lambeth-street
Preston
Lancashire
Bristol
Bethnal Green
Linlithgow
Liverpool
Brodenp
Bow Street
Bartholomew Brian
Rebecca Goodman
J. F
J. D
Mendicity Society
Father Mathew Warted
Patrick Kelly
Hall
Father Mathew
Mr. Hall
Maeleghrough Street Case and a Threat to Stab a Mother
An old French gentleman and a young French lady sought intervention over a dispute. A note accused a party of scurrilous conduct and was discussed for clarity. In Queen Square, sixteen year old William Verity faced a magistrate for threatening his mother after refusing to work and attempting to seize his father's coat with a knife.
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Maelegrough Street
France
Queen Square
William Verity
Margaret Verily
Vauxhall Bridge-Road
Parlour window notice of Petitions and Letters in Parliament
A scrawled notice seen at a Charles Street Drury Lane parlour window reads Petitions and Deters wrote Heare Leage Leters wrote to Irish Memberra of Parlement Chargis Moderait indicating a pamphlet or correspondence scene tied to political matters in Parliament.
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Charlesstreet
Drury-lane
Deters
Leage Leters
Parlement
Chargis Moderait
The Chemist to His Love
A playful poem imagines a love union through chemical puns and reactions. The speaker likens Mary to elements and compounds from salts to acids and bases, envisioning a humorous, science flavored marriage. The verse ends with the intended Johnson Briggs union and a humorous sign off.
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Mary
Glauber
Epsom
Briggs
Johnson
The Druid's Stone in Portugal Awe Inspires Wanderer
In Portugal a traveler discovers a pristine Druidic altar on a windswept hill. A circular, massive stone structure tapers to a scallop-like top with a southward door. Inside grows a thorn tree, while the speaker honors it as a surviving beacon of ancient Celt memory amid fading Roman and Gothic legacies. Borrow's Bible in Spain.
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Portugal
Europe
Borrow
Spain
Extraordinary Monster Found Adrift Near Barbados
In Lagnayra Roads on August 22 a brig Rowena entangled eye catching large sea creature. The flat body, two tusks, small tail, resembles a hat's tail. Measured 18 feet long tail to tusks, 20 feet wing to wing, mouth one foot wide, weight 3502 pounds. Curiously towed ashore.
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Barbadoes
Rowena
Lagnayra
C. S. Dit
Romance Miette-fine of Fernors Lured Officer for Murder
The Limoges Court of Assizes tried Jean Labat for the murder of M Allegrat a half pay officer. Labat and his wife plotted to extort money. the wife lured Allegrat to a wood, the husband shot him. The wife had earlier been convicted. Sixty six witnesses testified. verdict guilty with extenuating circumstances. The daughter of Miette-fine had died in prison that morning.
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Court of Assizes
Vienne
Limoges
Jean Labat
M Allegrat
Paris
Souchard
Creuse
Puy-de-Dime
Miette-fine de
M. Allegrat
Creeq
Miette-fine
The New Comet Discovered Near Orion by M Faye
A comet was spotted near Orion's Gamma star by M Faye at Paris Royal Observatory. Observations from November 1843 show shifting right ascension and declination, with a distinct head and a tail about four minutes of a degree long. A letter from J South of the Ken sington Observatory describes telescope views and position near A Orionis.
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Gamma
Orion
M. Faye
Royal Observatory
Paris
J. South
Observatory
Kensington
O Connell Breaks Breakfast Courtroom Tension
In a Irish special commission O Connell bows to judges and argues during breakfast in court. He cites law, contests crown statements, and claims the crown cannot admit certain evidence. Barons Pennefather and Doherty observe as the bench rules in Ireland and its rulers since 1829.
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O'Connell
Baron Pennefather
Doherty
Crown
Ireland
Extraordinary canine sagacity in collie drives flock home
The Caledonian Mercury recounts a collie owned by Robert Murray that drove four score of sheep seventeen miles home. She alternated between guiding the flock and carrying her two dead whelps, then dug up two rabbits to nurse, and later met her master thirteen miles from home.
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Robert Murray
Samel Richmond
Condie
Dunning
Perthshire
Murray
Falkirk
Collie
Caledonian Mercury
Statistics of a Bee Hive Population
The piece explains hive composition with workers as undeveloped females and drones as males under the queen. Workers exceed 15,000 in a strong hive, drones number about one to ten workers, and swarming prevention can yield 50,000 to 60,000 in a single family, with wild hives potentially even larger according to the Quarterly Review.
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Bevan
Quarterly Review
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Cresswell
Duke of Sutherland
North
Court OF Common Pleas
Sheriffs’ Court
Central Criminal Court
Brand Jury
Bann
Grecory
Wilkins
Court of Queen’s Bench
Vallance
Gregory
Westminster
George Dawson Lowndes
Prendergast
Baron Parke
Justice Coltman
Samuel Sydney Smith
Henry Bush
Baron
James Bush
Mansion House
Baron Park
Smith
Barnand Gregory
Bodkin
Barnard Gregory
Chambers
Tose
Mr. Gregory
Henry Pennington
William Bowyer Gregory
Joshua Gregory
Samuel Parsey
Arthur Parsey
Frederick Prideau
Edward Saunders
James Doyle
Lord Ellenborough
Serene
Duke of Brunswick
Thomas Jennings
M. Zulueta
Tra
Munro Axp Grant
War Office
Queen’s Counsel
Clarkson
Adolphus
Waddington
R. Garney
Hovse
Iine
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