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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 10, 1842
Page
5
In a Middlesex Sessions hearing Mrs Evans testifies to two years of residence with the plaintiff, detailing meals and living conditions while she seeks dismissal. The jury finds for the plaintiff with damages of 52 pounds as the court notes a broker’s alleged seizure of her goods was not admissible evidence.
At the Central Criminal Court on Monday, Moran, Leeson, Rugg, Stephens, and Morris faced judgment for obtaining a £40 cheque by false pretences against William Russell. Sentences ranged from transportation for seven years to twelve months with or without hard labour. Earlier, Samuel Hayselden was found guilty of wilful perjury and given six months hard labour. The November session delivered numerous transportations beyond the seas and varied terms of imprisonment with hard labour for other convicts in numerous counts.
The report lists multiple individuals with durations of imprisonment from two months to fourteen years, including names such as Maria Story W Garratt Maria Scott and Eliza Daley Ellen Daley Caroline Lamb Ann Kirby, followed by a long ledger of verdicts and sentences. It records various terms like seven years forty nine, ten years fourteen years and specifies actions such as imprisoned, acquitted, discharged, privately whipped, and judgments respited. The court adjourns to Monday next the 12th instant for the new session commencing at ten oclock in the morning.
Police proceedings recount a Woolwich artillery ground near miss with a ball hitting a boat and a waterman’s head blown off years earlier, plus a Bow Street case where youths sleep under Adelphi arches. Also covers profane publications at Holywell Street, and a crowded Strand incident with indecent assault and extortion claims leading to Newgate commitment.
Report of a complex fraud hearing over a promissory note for £2875 linked to Robert Smith the so called Miser of St Giles. Depositions, witness cross examinations, and decisions on trial postponement fill pages, with related notes from Tolcher and Wheatley and impounded documents.
Witnesses testified that Mrs Murphy fought with Jack Robinson lookalike motives, with Sullivan cursing the resemblance and several others describing her violent outburst. The magistrate dismissed the complaint as witnesses stayed in one consistent account accusing her of starting the melee.
An inquest at the King's Head Islington on a newborn male infant found near a brick-field concluded with a verdict of wilful murder by unknown persons. Evidence showed a brutal temple bruise and torn umbilical cord. the mother had no medical help. The child could have been alive at birth, but death cause remains uncertain. A £500 reward was offered for information. In a second item, cattle-dealer Thomas James was robbed near Tiverton. three assailants attacked him, two grabbed him, one searched pockets. Reward posted for apprehension.
A column of mixed verse and royal decree presents a Burmese imperial edict praising the defender of a thousand kings. It extols Tharawaddie’s coup against the Queen, vows war if needed, and promises restoration of Hindustan’s kingdoms under imperial protection, signed by Casasvenouy in Aya.
A Parisian note from 1813 describes London splashing houses where a man of fashion simulates a hunting party. He rents a disguise, travels to an inn, pays seven shillings for mud from counties famed for hunting, and uses a mechanized quad to mimic a chase. He then returns to central streets, convincing onlookers he has hunted in Buckinghamshire.
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