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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Union Hall
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Wm. Hallett
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