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.
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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