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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 04, 1836
Page
3
A sequence of magistrate court cases unfolds with George Harris accused of embezzling boots, a twin-brother defense, a refractive apprentice sent to the house of correction, and an array of incidents including a violent assault, suspected bigamy, a starving woman case, and a threatened life charge. The proceedings reveal identity doubts, family accusations, and the social care attempts of the era.
The court heard a distressed defendant deny marriage, claim no wife, and face demands for bail as police reported the prisoner cohabiting with his former lover and her mother. A second case involved Elizabeth Windsor accusing a servant of repeated assaults, with the defendant denying charges.
Three journeymen cabinet-makers Cook Grant and Glover appeared before the magistrates on charges of assaulting Evans and his wife in Wardour Street. Evans testified that after a dispute over pay Cook arrived intoxicated and led a group to assault them, injuring Mrs Evans into unconsciousness. Grant allegedly kicked Mrs Evans and Cook struck her neck, causing amnesia. The defendants denied the charges. The bench found the assaults clearly proven and unprovoked, fining Cook and Grant £4 each and Glover £2.
In Marylebone a young woman Mary Anne Horton faced magistrate Rawlinson amid strange charges of assault and attempted self harm at a house of ill repute. Police descried bruises cord restraints and a brutal scene. A second case involves Edwin Dosson an 11 year old charged with stealing a shawl and threatening suicide as his mother seeks secure care.
Miss Elizabeth Good charged John Haywood about 60 with entering her Marylebone lane home during the night and sleeping in her bed after he claimed he mistook her lock for another. He admitted drinking, was fined 5s for intoxication, and acknowledged the error. The report also details a house robbery in Seymour Street where wind toppled chimneys caused chaos, with Evans freed on bail and Smith discharged as robbers.
William and Jane Riley faced Mr. Broughton on a charge of robbing Mr. Collier, landlord of the Green Dragon in Half Moon Street, Bishopsgate. Evidence tied the wife to the thefts with pawnbrokers tickets and access to the till, while the husband allegedly lived in London on her earnings. They were remanded for further inquiry.
A man named Charles Custen, a silk-weaver of Pitt Street Bethnal Green Road, was charged after attacking a married woman in Mile End Road. The case sparked police action, but the complainant could not attend after her distress. The magistrate warned Custen and released him, while the incident highlighted dangers faced by respectable women in public streets. In Limehouse, a fierce storm blew down two houses in North Street, prompting officials to deploy police to disperse a crowd and protect remaining property as residents escaped unharmed but shaken.
Queen-Square tar coor Phoebe Dunsmore and a man named William Dunsmore faced magistrates for robbing Charles Smithson of Cadogan Place. A basket carried wine food and candles. both denied knowledge. They were committed to Newgate for trial.
A 32 year old Mrs Louisa Pattison wife of Captain Clement Pattison appeared before Mr Broderip charged by St George parish officers with deserting her two year old child. Relieving officer William Rook testified the child was found at Captain James Patterson's home in Back Road and sent to the workhouse in a wet dirty condition. The prisoner claimed the father was Captain Patterson and that her husband had left her after her alleged affairs. A servant testified Pattison sought Mrs Patterson, and other details described the scene and neglect.
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