Notable 19th Century Court Certainties and Sentences
Central Criminal Court reports multiple cases with George Russell accused of burglary at Strand Union workhouse in Portugal Street and confessing to theft of over £20. The piece details accused’s insanity history, weapon clues, and the verdict of Guilty followed by a ten year transportation. It also covers related trials including Stephen Gordon for manslaughter and Susan Morris indicted for returning from transportation amid disputes. Additional items include cantharides poisoning, assault verdicts, and long lists of transportation sentences.
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George Russell
Strand Union
George Shervill
Portugal Street
Payne
M.murdo
Stephen Gordon
James Simmons
Thomas Biggs
Charles Louis Heurteloupe
Baron Heurteloupe
Adolphus and
Phillips
Clarkson
Carl Frederick Wilhelm
Nce
Horatio Weass
Newgate
Berty
James Oscar Alexander Cameron
Robert Russell
Charles Marsh
Robert Royal
Molyneux
Lucifer
Bethnal-green
Coward
Susan Morris
Lian Jackson
Sparks
Clark
Mr. Bodkin
Affield
William Atfield
Sam
Worship
Glocester
Wharten
Wharton
Hunt
Bodkin
Hale
Tran
New Zealand
Atfield
Edward Button
Mary Ann Wells
Mary Campbell
Doane
Giltspur-street
Charles Louis Stanislaus Baron Hearteloup
Adolphus
James Langridge
Elizabeth Whittaker
Prigack
Frederick Reenie
J. Garrett
H. Matthews
J. Thompson
W. Smith
G. Wilson
Jas. Young
Samuel Davis
Thomas Davis
di Smith
Thomas Worrall
Ann Norman
Thomas Guy
Alias Thompson
James Hobbs
Eliza Wilkinson
Peter Connoly
W. Gibson
Caroline Saunders in Cheapside Window Attack Case
In Cheapside Caroline Saunders a destitute woman previously jailed for trying to smash Mr Bird’s jeweller shop window faces a new charge for attempting to break another jeweller’s window. The court heard her erratic talk and a surgeon refused to deem her insane. She was remanded for further examination.
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Per
Caroline Saunders
Mr. Bird
Cheapside
Cheney
Barber
Caroline
Alderman Lainson
Brighton
Reigate
Woman charged with forging bill of exchange for 230 pounds
Mary Herbert a well dressed middle aged shopkeeper from Cavendish-square was brought to trial before Mr Rawlinson and Lord Montford charged with forging and uttering a 230 pound bill payable at Hoare and Co. The case outlines her alleged scheme involving Lady Wood and a discount attempt with witnesses detailing the handwriting and collaboration. She attempted suicide by laudanum after being apprehended.
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Lady Wood
Mary
No. 4
Bedford~square
Mr. Overton
Else
Wigmore-street
Pancrage
Burford
Oxfordshire
Wood
Rawlinson
Sir George Wood
Kilsby
Mary Herbert
Henrietta-street
Cavendish-square
John Drury
James Street
Manchester Square
Bedford-square
Mary Wood
Messrs
Mysterious Charley and waterman clash in Oxford Street case
A court scene recounts Charles revis a hackney waterman and John Garnham facing a charge after a butcher’s cart injures Charley. Bill Jackson provides a pantomime witness, and a later verdict awards Charley a sovereign. A separate case sees Edward Macguire resisting police and incurring a fine for assault.
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Marlborough Street
Oxford-street
Dean-street
Charley
Waterman
Charles Revis
Hackney Waterman
John Garnham
Dyer
Mr. Courtoys
Fitchen
Postes
Bill Jackson
Marshalset
Marshalsea
Home Secretary
Laing
Fitzpatrick
Waggerbon
King’s Bench
Edward Macguire
High- Street
Marylebone
Isaac Turvey
Oxford- Street
Finch’s
Hammersmith
Conant
Courtois
Lovell Sharpe
Paternoster
Basinghall Street
London Old Bailey Notes Report of Outrage and Trials
Amid mixed sessions in Surrey adjourned court, cases span assault and attempting detentions after an outrage. Paternoster and Sharpe figures face bail actions, Fenner and Ball linked to thefts, with rural and urban relief debates and a Thames police obstruction verdict of acquittal.
Queen Square Theft and indecency cases at London courts
Thomas Higgins and Sarah his wife faced charges of stealing money from Mrs. Anne Mitchell after an omnibus journey ending near Windsor Castle Hammersmith. A 12 year old girl testified the wife dropped a bag containing sovereigns and silver. both prisoners were committed for trial. Separately, Joseph Desgorge faced indecency charges in Regent Street and Bird Cage Walk, with multiple witnesses and a police case leading to a six week hard labour sentence.
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Mary Hall
Peter Laurie
Kinsey
Johnson
Compter
Sir Peter Laurie
Kin
P. Laurie
Hall
Londonbridge
Blackburn
Yorkshire
Newcastle
St. Nicholas’ Church
London
Fletcher
St. Olave’s
St. John’s Parish
White
Mr. Cox
Bow
Hayes
Christchurch
Norwich
Sir P. Laurie
Mr. Barwick
St George
Hanover-square
Byers
Norwood
Mr. Burwick
St. Saviour’s Union
Carpenter Smith
P Laurie
Queen Square
Thomas Higgins
Sarah
Chiswick
Anne Mitchell
Omnibus
Hammersmith
Windsor Castle
Eliza Gyatt
Mitchell
Gregorie
Central Criminal Court
Joseph Desgorge
Vatet
Regent Street
St. James’s Park
Gardner and
Sandon
Westminster
Regent-street
Samuel Goodchild
St. James’s
Tothill Fields
Irish Jane Charged With Stabbing in King William Public House
Jane Brown known as Irish Jane, featured heavily pregnant, faced Mr. Greenwood on a charge of stabbing a man named Sellers. Grove the police serjeant testified the offence happened in the King William public-house long room. The wounded man, met in the lane, had sought medical help and was sent to the London Hospital after blood loss. The prisoner admitted to larking, claiming the act was in jest.
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Catherine Tennant
Jane
Mr. Greenwood
Eir
Elizabeth Millington
Sellers
Mr. Greenwod
Surrey
William Pearson
Thames
St. Katharine’s Docks
Thames Police
Chambers
Jane Sudd
Nathaniel Lamden
Fulham Fair
Neville
John Wakeford
Stoke
Guildford
Jane Brown
Greenwood
Grove
King William
New Gravel Lane
Croucher
Shadwell
London Hospital
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Batton Garden
George Ball
Sarah Fenner
Burrell
Jas
Hibbet
Leather Lane
Holborn
Fenner
Meid
Inspector Penny
G Division
Geme Lace
Ball
Barton
Victoria-place
Bermondsey
Boxer
Town Hall
Worship Street
Cuarce
Starpine
Alexander Crewe
N Division
John Allen
Kingsland Road
Cohen
Hackney Road
Broughton
Thames Office