New Winter Assize Alters Essex and Exeter Proceedings
The Essex winter assize opens with Justice Erskine addressing juries. Elizabeth Hammond is tried for infant murder. William Osborne is found guilty of wounding his wife and is transported for life. Exeter reports dull sessions and a failed plan excluding the city from proceedings, with minor theft and libel cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cretmstorp
County of Essex
Justice Erskine
Elizabeth Hammond
Iliam Osborne
Anne Osborne
Exeter
Samuel Scogan
Thomas Pridham
Poukham
Andrew Colwell
Silas Wilmott
Thomas Barrymore Palmer
Harriet Henson
Henry Orton
Bampton
Harriet
Jane Shapcott
Justice Cresewell
Oxford
William Day
Thomas Wilkinson
Harding Price
William Bramsfield
Payne
Chippinghurst
Cuddesdon
John May
Mary Douglas
Henley-upon-Thames
Midland
Warwick
Baron Parke
Elizabeth King
Benjamin Hart
Thomas Marshall
Navigation Street
Birmingham
Hart
Marshall
Central Criminal Court Proceeding Opens With Dense Grand Jury List
The second session of the current mayoralty opened as the recorder and officials charged the grand jury. The calendar lists 89 prisoners in cases ranging from larceny and burglary to rape and perjury. Emma Munton, 18, faces perjury charges after a disputed Thames incident involving surgeon Mr Morse and conflicting statements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Munton
Clarkson
Wilkins
Thames
Lambeth Church
Morse
Southplace
Kennington
Mr. Morse
Union Hall
Cottingham
Charlotte Blogden
Thos. Blogden
Griffin Street
Deptford
Horry
Baron Alderson
Mr. Baron Alderson
Prosecutor
Teresa Press
New Court
George Davis
Eliza Trigg
Livingston
Edward Dixon
Court of Chancery
Sydenham
Captain Livingston
Pelham Place
Charles Davis
Davis
Court of Common Pleas Case in Limehouse Scandal
In a Burnows v Movat case at the Court of Common Pleas the defendant, a coal-merchant and former parish churchwarden, is accused after receiving an anonymous letter alleging improper conduct by the curate Mr. Rawlins with a young woman named Eld. The letter claims Mr. Rawlins used church wealth for another woman and shamed his wife, and the defendant is said to have spoken harshly about the curate and confronted the vestry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss. Burrows
Mr. Rawlins
Miss Burrows
Stepney-green
Mount
Burrows
Mouat
Serjeant
Talfourd
Rawlins
Limehouse
Mary Williams
Cockburn
Miss Urrows
London
Banco
Mr. Whately
E. James
S. Martin
Great Russell-street
England
Mons, Mallan and Sons
Lord Abinger
Board OF Excise
NeEurria
Lott
Culverwell and
Skinner Row
S. H. Gres
C. F. Williams
Monarch Omnibus
Bow Road
Cobb
Duck
C.F. Williams
Mr. James
Times
Mrs. Giles
Stratford
Garner
Court OF Common Pleas
Wroxespar
Burnows
Movat
Sergeant Talfourd
G. James
Miller
Birmingham
Eld
Coventry
Rawline
Foleshill
Woolwich
Lambeth Istrait
Jack Asberg
CrimPine the Sattons
William Heaney
Henry
Morphew
English
Mr. Henry
Shadwell Church
Ratcliffe Highway
Shields
Cook
Wandsworth
Joseph Parnell
Mary Anne Maria Wood
Langton
Paynter
Clive
Carmarthen Place
Deptford
Warman
Constable
Mr. Paynter
Allhallows Church
Lombard-street
Banns
Letiitia Poulter
New St. Pancras
Charles Stannard
Roonery
Painter Hall
Greenwich Hospital
Richard Cooper
Maidstone
Jeremy
Thames Tunnel
Henry Hudson Heath
Devonshire Street
Mile-end Road
Thames Tunnel Company
Theft Involving Furniture From Deceased Captain
A criminal case reported shows Charles Davis and Eliza Trigg found guilty of stealing property left by a Captain Livingston who died intestate. Davis had earlier advanced cash and furniture to his master via a furniture dealer. Both sentenced to transport for seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Charles Davis
Sarah Haley
Prospect-place
Charles-street
Old Brompton
Mr. Clarkson
Charles
George
Eliza Trigg
Porch and Portico Case Divides Belgrave Square Neighbors
In Clerkenwell a dispute over whether a new building is a porch or a portico ended with Mr. Burrell ruling for the complainant. The judge cited definitions from Rules of Ancient Architecture and noted the structure could not be called an open portico. The case drew local interest from nobles and residents around Belgrave Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrell
Belgrave Square
Griffiths
Belgrave Street
Ebury Street
Foxall
St. George’s
Hanover Square
Yoxall
Mr. Griffiths
Mr. Storey
Boyle
Storey
Peripterium
Charge Against the Police Over Insolent Conduct
In Albermarle-street a police constable George Trew faced magistrates after a complaint by John Badman of the Grapes tavern. The case details a man and wife insulted by lantern glare and taunts, culminating in an assault accusation and subsequent custody actions. The hearing includes testimony from Mrs Badman and several officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Badman
Grapes Tavern
Albermarle-street
George Trew
Pavilion Theatre
High Street
Houndsditch
Eliza Badman
Price
Trew
T. Constable
Epsom Ewell dispute ends with fine and costs
In a contested case a witness testified about a lady's past at a house of ill repute in Epsom. The defendant admitted misconduct and faced a 20 shillings fine plus costs, or a month in the House of Correction if unpaid. The defendant promptly paid the penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tioner
Epsom
Ewell
Broughton
Badman
House of Correction
Miserrimus Resting in Hereford Cathedral
A column laments Miserrimus with a plain stone bearing no noble title or banner. The poem contrasts grand memorials with a simple inscription that records only the name Miserrimus, mourning a nameless, sorrowful tomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereford
Life-preserving coffin at New York fair
A Canadian paper cites a remarkable mechanical device by Mr Eisenbrant of Baltimore. The life-preserving coffin uses springs and levers to detect even the slightest movement and instantly raise the lid, preventing premature burial. The device is showcased among items at the American Institute's annual fair in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Institute
New York
Eisenbrant
Baltimore
Nenagh Guardian editor threatened over political stance
The Nenagh Guardian reports its proprietor Mr. Kempson received a major threat saying he would have his brains blown out unless he changes politics. It notes a denouncement from Killeen chapel altar and provides the denouncer’s name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nenagh Guardian
Kempson
Killeen Chapel
A Worthy Acknowledgment by the Peace Convention Society
The Peace Convention Society plans to award a gold medal to Prince Albert in recognition of his service to their cause and the ridicule his new regulation hat has drawn upon the army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peace Convention Society
Prince Albert
Marriages by Denomination in England and Wales 1838–1842
An 1842 return shows registered marriage places by denomination across England and Wales. Presbyterians 178 places, Independents 798, Baptists 461, Methodist groups 177, Roman Catholics 263, Foreign churches 4, Miscellaneous 41. Totals for 1839 121,683 marriages, Established Church 114,632. nonconformist 6,451. Lancashire 187 places. Middlesex 115. Yorkshire 171. In 1841 total marriages 122,182. 114,448 within Established Church. 8,034 not. Signing marks indicates many could not write. Analysis links church divisions to practical outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William IV
England
Wales
Church of Scotland
United Secession Church
New Connection
Primitive Methodists
Wesleyan Methodist Association
Independent Methodists
Wesleyan Methodists
Methodists
New Jerusalem Church of Swedenborgians
Evangelical
Lancashire
Middlesex
Yorkshire
Presentation of trophies to her majesty from the late Chinese war
Commander W H Hall presented a rare trove of Chinese ordnance to Queen Victoria, including a 12 pounder brass gun, a 4 pounder brass cannon, a silk-bound gun, two long gingals, three matchlocks, a bound double sword, and a noted musket with inscriptions. A Bombay artilleryman, Cook, who lost an arm at Worsung, accompanied Hall and now receives a pension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winsor
China
W. H. Hall
Royal Victoria and Albert
East India Company
Canton
Hall
Tzykee
Bombay Marine
Cook
Worsung
Hat Confusion Spotted in Personal Compliments
A Sun item notes Mr A presents compliments to Mr B and mentions a hat not his. It questions ownership asking if Mr B has a hat not yours, implying both hats may be the expected ones. The piece reads as a light linguistic puzzle rather than a report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. A
Mr.b
Elephant Caravan Invades Whitby Streets
In Whitby on a Friday, caravans with wild beasts arrived from Scarborough led by a massive elephant named Jimoona. The creature stayed at the White Horse and Griffin, then in the brewery, broke a thirty gallon porter cask, emptied a bin of beans, and drank stout, leaving astonished keepers and a costly night for the host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitby
Scarborough
Jimoona
White Horse and Griffin
Church-street
Fastern Counties Herald
Poor Law Relief Totals in England and Wales 1841 42
Returns report English and Welsh poor law unions totals for year ends Lady Day 1841 1842. Indoor outdoor paupers counts salaries and establishment charges and aggregate expenses across unions. For year ending March 1842 indoor paupers 149 461 outdoor 855 283 with total expenses 4 105 887. Quarter ended Lady Day 1842 indoor 182 148 indoor breakdown by able bodied and other classes 69 2? 2. outdoor 998 824 total relieved 1 180 997.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Wales
Ever Beautiful and Gay Goeth Youth Upon His Way
Fragmentary verse about youth leaving sorrow and crime for pleasure and sunshine. Repeats lines praising onward youth and bright paths, with imagery of smiling faces, flowers, and carefree days.
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Skirrow
Talleyrand
Mammalia
Fox
Reynard
Green
Commissioner Skirrow
Sarah Jones
Thomson
Mr.Green
Mr. Green
James II
Central Criminal Court
LAW
Queen Square
Clerkenwell
Farr
Emmeline Jamieson
William Matthews
Emmeline
Emmy
Mr. Matthews
Henry Manvers
Greenwich
E.M
Poor Law Amendment Act
Poor Relief
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