Law case over fake nulla bona return in writ execution
In the Common Pleas, a suit against late London sheriffs Sir George Carroll and Sir Moses Montefiore is heard over a forged nulla bona return on a writ of fieri facias tied to Captain Polhill and the Age newspaper shares. The jury finds for the plaintiff with 2500 pounds damages.
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Court OF Common Pleas
di Pinna
Carron
Knr
London
George Carroll
Moses Montefiore
Sergeant Wilde
Martin
Ogle
Sergeant Talfourd
Crowder
Petersdorff
Friswell
Polhill
Mr. Friswell
Age
Captain Polhill
Captain Pelhill
Pealhill
Drury-lane Theatre
Bragg
Wapping
Nicholson
London-bridge
John Key
Guildhall
Wilde
London Poor Charged with Vagrancy and Abuse
A Lord Mayor case describes Peter Jordan, a destitute man, sheltered by Mr. Duncan Campbell after being found begging. Bridewell detention is decided with relief efforts discussed and two neglected beggar children placed under special directions. A separate charge against Harriet Hadnes for savage treatment leads to a £5 fine or two months, and the injured girl is to be cared for.
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Peter Jordan
Duncan Campbell
Campbell
Pirie
Cannon-street
Alderman Pirie
Mr. Campbell
London
Bridewell
Maria Butcher
London-bridge
Josiah Evans Abe
Cattle theft case against Wm Cowan in Smithfield market
Wm Cowan or Rolfe was charged by Mr Alder man White with stealing four heifers and a cow valued at about £60. Serjeant Bates testified seeing the cattle under Cowan's care in Smithfield, with salesman Mr Wanstall noting Cowan offered about £44 for them. Farmer Mills identified the cattle as his, said stolen from a field the previous Sunday, with gate disturbed.
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Alderman White
Clapton
Smithfield
Wm. Cowan
Rolfe
Bates
Wanstall
Therisoner
London
Hertford-heath
Herts
Ambrose
Compter
Mills
Waltham Abbey
Ole Aey
Hatton Garden Beggar Mary Macarthy Brought Before Court
Mary Macarthy an Irishwoman with two children was brought before Messrs Benett and Whiskin in custody of Pring the mendicity officer charged with begging. She claimed distress and said her husband, born in London, is unemployed. The bench warned she must not beg and would be sent to gaol if brought again. It was noted vagrants in Mill Lane Deptford borrowed infants to solicit charity.
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London
Mill-lane
Deptford
Constable George Warrington Charged With Assault in Chelsea
A Chelsea constable, George Warrington of the B division, is charged with assaulting Mrs. Louisa McLean in Grosvenorrow Pimlico. The 2 a.m. incident involved attempted indecent conduct after Warrington offered money and was seen with a lantern. Police reports confirm the complainant identified Warrington as the assailant and described her disordered dress and distress.
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Queen Square
George Warrington
Police
Louisa McLean
John McLean
No. 3
Hans Place
Chelsea
Grosvenorrow
Pimlico
Park
Royal Hospital Row
Thatcher
Police case reports force abuse and convictions
The article details a magistrates court hearing where a policeman denied assaulting a complainant while evidence showed muddy clothes and a struggle. The bench condemned police abuse of power and sentenced the officer to £10 or three months hard labour. Additional cases include a burglary at Addison Road, a wife assault trying to defend herself, and a man fined £5 or two months for assaulting police.
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Incfd
Moran
Mr. Gregorie
Gregorie
George Webb
F. H. Hill
Addison Road
Kensington
Eliza Hill
Inisa Rurriay
Patrick Murray
J. Bradley
Fruit hawker freed after Shoreditch street-keepers overstep authority
John Noah, a fruit hawker, was taken into custody by Shoreditch street-keepers for loafing during church hours. Magistrate Mr. Broughton ruled the officers overstepped, ordered Noah discharged, and his basket returned, while noting the street-keepers acted with petty authority. Christie later apologized, but Noah again denied abusive conduct and the magistrate stood by the finding.
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John Noah
Mr. Broughton
Smith
Shoreditch
Christie
Broughton
Coste
Fletcher seeks return of goods tied to St Katherine's Dock theft
Samuel Fletcher and family, recently acquitted at the Old Bailey of plunder charges, press for delivery of cloth, merinos, carpet coverings and other goods from Lea the officer. Sir John Hall’s instructions prompt opposition from Pelham as the property is sworn to be stolen from St Katherine's Wharf. Combe declines to intervene, urging the parties and Lea to settle.
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Lambeth Street
Wooler
Samuel Fletcher
Old Bailey
St. Katherine’s Dock Company
Combe
Lea
Fletcher
Les
Pelham
John Hall
St.’ Katherine’s Wharf
Criminal Court
St. Katherine's Docks
Fletcher to Bring Action Over Recovered Property
Mr Wooler withdrew but warned Lea he might face a writ next day as Fletcher, his client, resolved to sue for the property. Old Fletcher, described as a field preacher, attended the application with a self confident bearing.
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Wooler
Lea
Fletcher
Silk Handkerchief Theft Trial at Shadwell
Benjamin Collier faced Mr Greenwood on a charge of unlawfully possessing two silk handkerchiefs after buying one at a Shadwell linen-draper. Evidence showed the suspect placed two handkerchiefs in his pocket. two other pieces found on him were said to be legitimately bought in Cannon Street Road. The magistrate fined him 18s with 14 days' imprisonment in default.
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Charles Broker
Hoskins
Thomas Watts
Praed Street
Paddington
Smithfield Market
T Division
Thames
Benjamin Collier
Greenwood
High-street
Shadwell
Philip Price
Cannon-street-road
Price
Beggar in High-street Borough faces magistrate over pie debt
A well dressed young man calling himself John Bearhead was brought before Alderman Farebrother after a pie seller in High-street Borough reported him for eating several pies without paying. He claimed to be from Sheerness and said he had robbed Chatham’s post office long ago, then fled to America and only just returned. He was detained for a mental state examination.
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John Bearhead
Alderman Farebrother
Attfield
Borough
Sheerness
Chatham
America
W. B
Martha Baker
Humphreys
Wyatt
Peter Laurie
Peter
Russell
Payne
Suspected Camberwell Robbery Leads to Guilty Verdict
Frederick Nicholas Somers Thomas a surgeon and his groom William Boys were found guilty of stealing eight mahogany chairs a table spoons and other items from Henry Myers Seely of Camberwell. The jury handed down twelve months hard labour for Thomas and three months for Boys with no appeal noted.
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Surrey Shssiows
Frederick Nicholas Somers Thomas
Grove
Camberwell
Boys
Henry Myers Seely
Commercial Road
Thomas
Chambers
Detour
Polday
Brixton
Lyncnine Extraorp iNARY a Valley Forge Whisky Fire
A barrel of whisky was tarred and feathered and burned at Valley Forge Virginia after Mr Hunt. An temperance address by the leader of the work of destruction praised ardent spirits. A digressive note on civilization cites dogs between wild and civilized states with barking differences.
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Valley Forge
Hunt
Sonnini
Egypt
Columbus
America
Inquests Review of Accidental Deaths in Whitechapel and Thames areas
Multiple coroner hearings report accidental deaths and drownings in London. A child Allen dies from clothes ignited by fire while unattended. Edward Robinson drowns after falling from Griffin's Wharf. John Holmes suffocates on a chartered schooner due to charcoal smoke. Oliver drowns near Eliza brig. unknown man found drowned in London Dock with unclear cause. Jury calls for Royal Humane Society distribution of safety directions.
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Whitechapel
Allen
Princes-street
Strong
Pines
Isleworth
Everett
Payne
St. John’s
Horselydown
Edward Robinson
Thames
John Hands
Griffin's Wharf
Royal Humane Society
Mead
F. Pullington
Clark
Green
W. Carter
Surrey
Old Justice
Bermondsey-walk
John Holmes
Plymouth
Fountain-dock
Bermondsey
Hambley
Holmes
Carter
Royal Oak
Rotherhithe
John Thompson Oliver
Eliza
Newcastle
Knox
Shadwell
Mill-hole Tier
Leitch
Younghusband
London
Baker
Lebeck’s Head
London Dock
Manny
New Gravel Lane
William Munns
Munns
Ship
Unicorn
Ross
Deverell
Beadle
W.W
A. W
B. W
M. W
W. W
H. W
Farat
Bartholomew-close
Lionel Grieves
Royal Exchange
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Bow Street
Ludlow Gedder
Leslie
Fitzowen Skinner
Keppel-street
Ruszsell-square
Barker
High Holborn
le Bull
Sussex Street
Tottenham Court Road
Marylebone
Marlborough Street
Harriet Hadnes
Salisbury Street
Lisson-grove
Rawlinson
Elizabeth Wells
Margate
Metropolis
Town Hall
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