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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 04, 1841

Page

6

Cobbett denied motion in habeas corpus case over contempt

Law and Consistory Court notes describe Mr. Cobbett son of the late M P for Oldham brought from the Fleet for contempt over costs. The lord chancellor refused hearing until costs were paid. Hackney church rate case judgment Lucas Lushington held the rate lawful despite objections. Insolvent debtor’s bill transactions lead to a conditional discharge.

Court OF Chancery Thorsmay Oxupreto Coppert Cobbett M.P Oldham Fleet EK. Parker Hackney Bayford Lushington St. John’s George the Third Lord Coke Tyndal Exchequer Chamber Edward the Watson Commissioner Law

First Sessions at Old Bailey Hear Wide Range of Crimes

The London Central Criminal Court opened at the Old Bailey with the lord mayor and judges presiding. The grand jury heard a calendar listing 269 to over 300 prisoners for trial including murders, manslaughters, larcenies, forgeries, and exchequer bill frauds. The recorder warned on two unusual cases including a driver’s death and a sheriff’s officer aide’s death, and explained exchequer bill law and penalties for forgery, urging careful consideration of evidence.

Old Bailey Peter Laurie Chapman Marshall Lainson Newgate Grand Jury Exchequer Lords Commissioners of the Treasury George III

Wholesale forgeries and crime trials dominate London sessions

A crowded court week features multiple cases. William Armstrong guilty of forging checks for £2 to defraud Henry Hogg. Levi Thomas and William M'Clive found guilty of raiding a boat, stealing a watch, off the coast of Mexico. Charles Wilcox convicted of stealing books from the British Museum. Mary Evans, Catherine Rackford, and Lydia Myles indicted for stealing a £10 note and valuables. James Hill convicted of embezzlement. Daniel Ward found guilty of murder after a child’s death, with intense testimony and legal directions by Lord Denman. A broader calendar notes 62 further prisoners and extensive indictments across arson, burglary, and forged instruments.

Comptroller of the Exchequer Wm. Armstrong Henry Hogg Fleet-street Jackson Henrietta-street Covent-garden E. Montagu Messrs. Masterman and Co Thomas Ethridge Meta Vs. Hoare Montagu Alsc Levi Thomas William M‘clive High Seas Admiralty of England John Temperley Samuel Jefferson Mr. Bodkin Jane Mexico British Museum Baron Alderson Charles Wilcox Notre Dame Bodkin Chambers Hewitt Holborn Cambridge University Cambridge Cambridge Magazine James Hill Board of Guardians of the Poor St. James, Clerkenwell Board of Guardians of Parish of St. James, Clerkenwell Clarkson Hill Prosrurrs Mary Evans Catherine Oackford Lydia Myles Thomas Longford Myles Evans William Henry Mcnce General Post-office Drury-lane Inland Office Tamworth London Lord Denman Adolphus Atorney Thomas Wilde Smith Cutting Martine Michael Conlan Mary Mahony Mahony Parker Cuarce Munosr Job John Ward Timothy Easted Curwood

Police Reports From A London Suburb May 1850s

A crowded police report details multiple thefts, assaults, and public misdeeds across Alderman Copeland’s court, Marlborough Street, and the Thames Office districts. Cases include a gentleman accused of forging notes, a servant charged with large cash thefts, a baronet’s ring theft, a foreigner’s ear bite, a son stabbing his father, bread thefts, attempted self harm, and a string of riverfront accidents with several drownings and wrongful arrests. The proceedings reflect social ties, trust, and the era’s magistrate attitudes toward servants, foreigners, and public morality.

Elizabeth Cope Charged With Fire at Pimlico School

Elizabeth Cope was again placed at the bar on Monday on a felonious charge of setting fire to the Haus Town School of Industry on Elizabeth Street Pimlico. The particulars of the previous ex-

Queen Square Anson Elizabeth Cope Haus Town School of Industry Elizabeth Pimlico

Prisoners hauled in pursuit after shipboard thefts

Police detained two suspects framed by a tale of a ship named the George and a voyage from the north. One man yielded a sovereign and a secondst sovereign plus silver, while watches proved brass and fake stones. The pair faced three charges and were remanded for trial. A separate case involved James Monroe and Joseph Pizzey with manslaughter linked to misconduct aboard General Brock.

Lower Shadwell Graves Roberts George Sts James Monroe General Brock London William Gooch Plymouth Joseph Pizzey Pizzey Monroe Broderip Jad Exeter Assizes Central Criminal Court

Suspicious Character in Tooley Street Court Appearance

A well dressed young man named William Guest faced magistrate Mr Cottingham for trespass on Mr Evans premises in Tooley Street. He and a companion, armed with a life preserver, fled when police arrived. Evans warned of safe-guarded money deposits, and witnesses described a suspected swell mob association. Guest claimed to own four Weymouth Street houses bequeathed by his father, but police countered his bad character and he was committed to six months in the House of Correction.

Daniel Forrester Alderman Copeland Walton London and Westminster Bank Hobler Charles Beamish London and Westminster Joint-stock Company Douglas and Co Witness Rokosky Bank of England William Wybard John Smith Aldgate Thomas Phillips Elizabeth M.cabe Beagley Camdenhead High-street Camden-town Yorkstreet James Whiting Maltby Mary Poulson Prosecutrix Pall Mall United Service Club Sir Thomas Murray St James's Square Baronet Regent-street Charles Street Clarendon Square Fonreigners Roger de Valois la Jeune France Frangois Machier Old Cavendish Street Machier Panton-square Schrevenek Canaille Purgatory Madame Schrevenek Burrell Central Criminal Court Simeon Wynn Barnett Pimlico King-street Crim Davies Lunnun Bristol Troubridge London Metropolis Emily Alton Arnott St. Luke’s Workhouse G Division Old Street Cheapside House of Correction Beame Broughton Emma Edwards Haggerstone Bridge Thames John Roberts James Lee Broderip Ann Auris King’s Head Brookstreet Ratcliff Roberts Lee George Baker Black-horse Kingsland Road Faber Regent’s Canal New Bridge Haggerstone Shoreditch Ann Williams Dea Lim Tur River Pearson Davis Price Hodgson Manor Street Chelsea Hammersmith Cackuld's Point Deptford William Recluse William Guest Cottingham Evans Tooley-street Tootey-street Weymouth Vauxhall S. Division Beevor Jane Graham Graham

Greenwich Stabbing Case and Self-harm Suspect

Greenwich police report a man named James Harris charged with wounding his wife Mary Ann Harris after an incident at their Deptford home. Mrs Harris described being struck and a knife thrown. a witness, George Lineham, confirmed the injury. Separate case concerns Caroline Foreman alias Selway, accused of attempting suicide multiple times, with dangerous health after self harm. commitment made and Magdalen admission pursued.

Greenwich James Harris Flagonrow Deptford Mary Ann Harris George Lineham Caroline Foreman Selway Union Ravensbourne Deptford Bridge Centurion Guy's Hospital Coach and Horses Greenwich-market Jeremy Finch Magdalen

PALL-MALL AND PICCADILLY IN OLD ENGLISH RIDLINGS

Knight's new edition of Brand's Popular Antiquities notes the names Pall Mall and Piccadilly as historic games or places. It cites 1621 and 1598 sources describing pall-maille as a gentlemanly sport with a wooden hammer and long staff, and mentions Piccadilly in early epigrams and tales. The note also records a superstition about goats visiting the devil within twenty four hours.

Pall-Mall Piccadilly Knight Brand Henry Enis Lond Robt. Dallington France Lori England Strutt Picardily Barnabe Rich H. Ellis Scotland

A Bashful Lover Delivers Courtship in Quirky Tale

A Green Mountain youth woos a pretty Sally with awkward humor in a rural scene. He eyes a future by the fire while she fends off bold advances, and after tense exchanges a timing misstep leads to a reluctant consent as they wed the following week.

Gicine Jonstian Jonathan Sally Saly Jonathas Marti

Ignorance and intelligence in a plain countryman

A terse quip contrasts the sun and earth with a countryman’s belief. It notes that the eye of reason sees the sun far beyond a cartwheel, while the man accepts a "learned untruth." The line ends with a reflective remark on the mind’s limits.

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