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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Dec 11, 1841

Page

6

Law Case Involving Minor Defendant In London Court

In a Westminster session before Mr Justice Wightman a trial over a two month after date bill of exchange worth 000 recounts the defendant’s alleged minority at the time of acceptance. Key witnesses include the Countess of Dysart, Coyle the pill broker, Mr Reed, and Captain Byng. Verdict favors the defendant as jury doubts the bill’s date details and ink color notes. Insolvent Debtors Court hears Spencer Pencival Plumer seeking discharge and bail secured by Sir Horace St Paul and Thomas Hall Plumer. debts total about 7370 with 1500 bail on household furniture. Crus Houses case, James Gatland Guy versus pianoforte makers Broadwood and others, adjourned to service a creditor. prior business as a farmer and Cocoa Tree club house owner cited.

Court OF Ana Pic Countess of Dysart Coyle Lord Huntingtower Reed Byng Mr. Reed Justice Wightman Monvayr Marter Spencer Pencival Plumer Thomas Plumer Cooke Horace St. Paul Thamas Hall Plumer Court of Chancery Woodroffe Ann Roperty George Nixon William Drake Bachelor Gray’s Thurrock Essex Scotty Adelphi Pier Payne Tidmarsh Kemp Ascot Mary Nixon Elizabeth Beatrice Alsager Captain Alsager M.P Surrey Alsager George IV William IV Queen Victoria Jane Thurston James Nicholls Phillips James Whiting Mary Poulton Coxyiction Gane Tureves Peter J. M‘ewen John Lant Thomas M‘lochlin G. F. Hall Middlesex-street West M‘ewen Sto M‘ewen M‘lochlin Maule Bodkin Treasury Ernest Rapallo Murray Great Ordnance Theology Lon David Fisher Old Windsor Frogmore Church Lane Priory Pn Cavanagh Cavanagh Himsel Iiskn Tieroa Knave Dublin I Nan Nebourhood Steyning Beeding Rudford Pulborough Brookland Billingsworth Petworth Horshaw Lewes Hous Cliffe Sieit Rotherfield Bel Cambridge-street Hakr Road Br. Baker Harriet Palmer Thomas Palmer Great Cambri Street Anne Crencher Travernkeepers Sugar Li Bell-yard Temple-bar Maton Hense Aesh Macintosh Square Gell Jasper Bre King-street St. Bartholomew's Beai James Edwin Price Bloomsbury Cheapside Farringdon-street Dixon Petty Baldry Lidgate Lamprell

Central Criminal Court acquits youth in theft trials

In a Monday session at the Central Criminal Court, George Nixon and several others faced indictments for assault, robbery, and theft linked to a Gray's Thurrock prize fight party. Verdicts varied. some were found guilty of hard labor, others acquitted after contested evidence involving stolen sovereigns and a Bank of England note.

Trials and Sentences in the Old Court

Henry Cave, jailed for stealing trousers, faces transportation for fourteen years after guilty plea. James Bond and others convicted of dock rope theft and calico theft, with long terms. Assault on shipmate results in six months hard labor. Elizabeth M Cabe and Beagley case ends with acquittals and cautions on box searches. Attempted suicide sentences include fourteen days for Ann Bowling and Henry Marriott. Assault, theft, and forgery cases reflect 19th century predominance of transportation and hard labor.

Henry M.cave Michael Solomon Oridat St. Katherine William Bond St. Katherine Dock Clarkson Payne Trnoney Staten Solomon’ Levine Edward Beamond Alexander Forbes Miller’s Wharf Beamond Levine James Monro General Brock Acre England Wm. Gooch Admiralty of England Wm. Rowe Plymouth William Hamett Milbank Elizabeth M‘cabe James Beagley Charles Phillips Beagley Camden Head Camden Town Elizabeth M.cabe M‘cabe Carver Newgate Henry Marriott Chapman Marshall TRE Exchequer-Bilt Casp Phillips Rapallo Exchequer Maule Treasury Crown The

Verdicts and sentences in a December session

The court discharged Ernest Rapallo after a government case hesitation, then delivered sentences for various crimes. Among those condemned were Job James Ward to death awaiting execution, and a broad slate of transportations from seven to twenty years and life for forgery and robbery. The session adjourned to Monday for the December term.

Charles Thomas J. K. Gosling C. Campbell T. Major J. Ogilvie Adam White Ann Brewer H. Fawcett T. Murray Edward Coleman J. Bennett J. Reddington T. Jennings Jane Smith W. Virtue C. Jones J. Thorpe D. White Eliza Jones J. Ryan J. Kemp T. Darby J. Darby J. Stanley F. Frank J. Baker J.smith P. I. M.ewen W. Smith T. Connolly J. White R. Newberry J. Mahony R. Hitchman R. Sullivan G. Haydon T. Bruce T. Gener Alias Hewett W. Armstrong W. Clarke C. Tyrell G. Barnes J.cooper Salomon Levine Henry M.cave W. Johnson J. Crittle W. G. Bigg R. Bull Dennis Leonard J. Payboddy Edward Beamond Henry Beaumont Smith Henry Mense Job James Ward

The Masons' Statue and Treadmill Punishment

In a London police session, journeyman mason John Halbert faced charges for assaulting a worker and master mason Furnival amid wage strikes. The lord mayor warned strict action and bailed Halbert with sureties. Other cases included a publican jailed for gin sales on Sundays, a forgery suspect with Belgian notes, and multiple theft and fraud arrests in Bow Street and Marylebone, with remands and commitments pending.

John Halbert Furnival Aldgate Church Mr. Furnival Houses of Parliament Troustz Samuel Simmons Jord Mort Foresties Hobler, Jun Bank of England Bank of Ireland John Daniel Forrester Belgium

Impudent robberies and thefts in Somerse Down court

A crowded sessions record describes a man fined for assaulting Alderson and police, and a woman Mary Gaylor charged with robbing Mr Bond at Skinner Street shop. Details cover thefts of flannel and handkerchiefs, plus a boy and man charged with pocket picking near Oxford Street, all committed for trial.

Alderson Rawlinson Mary Gaylor Bond Skinner Street Somerse Down Danine Young William Jones James Riley Leathard Park Place Bayswater Regent’s Circus Riley Jones Burlington Arcade House of Correction Rossery Charles Heath Elizabeth Pases Varle Oxford-street Heath

Counterfeit coin case and suicide attempts at Worship Street

Henry Meaton, known to police, stood at the bar for feloniously uttering counterfeit crown pieces. A greengrocer’s wife testified to his deceit involving a half crown in a change transaction. He was committed for trial. At Worship Street, three people faced charges for attempted self destruction, including Emma Edwards and Mary Harlton, with authorities remanding or discharging them as details emerged.

Queen Square Waotesate Tae Svicior Maxrai Samuel Jackson Emma Edwards Regent’s Canal Kempt Harlton Broughton Newgate

Juvenile Profligacy and Borough Hall Disturbances

A crowd of six youths, aged eight to twelve, faced Mr. Norton on felony charges with two of them accused of stealing trousers. Cook linked a female known as M Cath y to stolen goods, suggesting a ring nearby. The boys were remanded, singing in court as they awaited Clerkenwell transfer. Henry Evans John Lee and John Roberts, students, faced late night door knocking near Borough hospitals amid noisy street disturbances.

Norton Cook M‘carthy George-yard Wentworth-street Clerkenwell Tan Borovsa Henry Evans John Lee John Roberts Maze

Defendants Adjudged to Enter Recognizances

The third defendant approached a door to wrench off a knocker and the group fled. They were pursued and captured. No residents attended, so the magistrate did not impose fines. Each defendant was bound over in £20 for future good behavior.

Eileush Petty Sessions Describe Davy Nealin Case

In a pauper court scene Davy Nealin, famed for eccentric hospitality and vocal Irish lament, faces a crowded Pound Street hearing with the Hourigans and Paddy Welsh as witnesses. The magistrate quips as Nealin defends himself amid jokes and accusations, ending with a quip about collective thanks to the bench.

Eileush Petty Sessions Davy Nealin Galway Davy Jack Hennessy Nealin Pound-street Hourigan Paddy Welsh Tom Driscoll Pat Hourigans

Steam-Boat Accident at Rotherhithe Drowns Father and Son

An Orwell steamer collided with a waterman's skiff near Rotherhithe while nine passengers were en route to Cuckold's Point. Father John Catlin and his nine year old son perished, others were rescued. the skiff wreckage was later found offshore. A reward was offered for the dead bodies, and Mr. Lambert mourns his longtime servant.

Rotherhithe Orwell Wing Ipswich London Charles Gore Limehouse-hole T. Wood Cuckold’s Point John Catlin W. Lambert West India Dock Catlin Bloomfield High-street Wapping Regent's Canal James Smith Meetwater Bridge Moody Tiffin Hepegts

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