Richard Hogg accused in Gracechurch Street jewellery theft
Richard Hogg, once a schoolmaster, is charged by jeweller Mr Frodsham of Gracechurch Street with stealing jewellery valued in the hundreds. The case details years of employment, trust, and repeated thefts since his admission to the shop, including a watch and chains. Hogg remanded.
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Richard Hogg
Frodsham
Gracechurch-street
Gentefl Company
Coker
Billingsgite
Mr. Hobler
Servant charged with robbing printers' premises
Robert Fittall, a young man in constant employ at 20s weekly, faced Sir Chapman Marshall for stealing among Messrs Wood and Co premises Aldersgate street. He was found carrying away a piece of a valuable printing machine and attempting to sell brass work as pot metal. Wood urged punishment. wife ill at hospital cited. Marshall ordered one month at Badewell.
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Rospery
Robert Fittall
Chapman Marshall
Messrs
Wood
Jeal
No. 21
Old Street
Sir C. Marshall
Badewell
Lincutan Discovery and Capture in a Broad Street Burglary
John Burch appeared at the bar before Sir F Roe and Mr Minshull charged with burglary connected to a coiners gang. Police found seven men in a room at Lascelles Court, Broad Street. a hidden prisoner was discovered crouched above in a loft. Ballard suspected the prisoner matched a Chatham robbery description after a coat switch and servant identification, leading to a lengthy inquiry into the break in at Captain Hillier’s Woombe Hill residence and the recovery of stolen plate.
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Bow-Street
Ballard
Chatham
Hillier
R.N
Woombe Hill
Sveral
Dod
Marylebone Night Cab Thief Faces Knife Threats and Assault
In Seymour-street Euston-square police serjeant Cooper testifies a night cab driver William Burdett drunkenly ferried a horse and passenger. Burdett attacked with a large clasp knife, cutting near the throat but failing to injure. Constable Richards disarmed him and Burdett is to stand trial. An informer Richard Benwell loses a case against Wells-street beer-shop owner Reynolds for selling spirits without a licence. Bridget Hogan charged with robbery of Mrs Reeves’s goods. Hogan jailed at Newgate. Tim Sullivan testifies in a domestic violence case describing a so-called Irish stick.
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Serjeant Cooper
Richards
Ruffan
Cooper
Rawlinson
Richard Benwell
William Reynolds
Wells-street
Oxford-street
Evan
Tomlin
Hattengarden
James Tye
Newgate
Tim Sullivan
Mr. Rawlinson
Tim
Strange Pickpocketing Scheme at Drury Lane Theatre
A young man, alias Simmons and John Davis, faced Mr. Dyer after a man named Edward M. Thomas accuses him of a coercive theft at Longacre and the Piazzas. Thomas alleges the prisoner stole his handkerchief gloves cloak and demanded a sovereign with threats took him downstairs and fled. Police later arrested him at the Piazzas with Thomas’s cloak and gloves found on the prisoner. The case reveals an attempted extortion rather than mere pickpocketing.
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Marlborough Street
Simmons
John Davis
Dyer
Edward
M. Thomas
Warwick~ Square
Drury Lane
Covent Garden Theatre
Longacre
St. Paul’s
Schofield
Benjamin Schofield
Thomas
Nims
Mr. Thomas
Wych-street
Druryldne
Éuth
Snowball incident leads to larceny verdict at Old Bailey
The case centers on Simmons, a seasoned offender, tried at the Old Bailey and found guilty of larceny. Separate Jermyn Street dispute with Mrs Forrest over a snowball, alleged shop insult, and a dying child linked to the fright prompted mediation and bail. Jordan faced with minor compensation terms and potential further action.
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Simmons
Old Bailey
Forrest
Messrs. Dyer
Chambers
Jordan
Jermynstreet
Jermyn Street
Mr. Jordan
Dyer
Ialury
Marriage and insanity cases haunt Holborn court
William Connor was charged by Bridget Stack with marrying her while his first wife was living. The prosecutrix testified of a July marriage and a desertion in October. Certificates showed two marriages. Connor denied the charge and was committed for trial. A separate insanity case described a Camden Town woman seized by delusions of being Queen Elizabeth. A husband in Clerkenwell was charged with attempted murder after a four month marriage, while a St Pancras man incited a mob against a local guardian, threatening violence and shouting of the American fashion.
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Biamy
William Connor
Bridget Stack
St. Luke’s Church
Arthur Keafe
Mary Cronan
St. Andrew's Church
Hebborn
Charles Walker
Charlotte Remington
William Brodie
G Division
Holborn
Queen Elizabeth
Virgin Mary
Camden Town
Bethnal-green
Hattengarden
Hanwell Lunatic Asylum
Elizabeth
Earth
John Henterbourne
Clerkenwell
Eliza
St. ‘Pancnas
William ‘Johnson
High-street
Bennett
Reeve
St. Pancras
George Hollingsworth
Johnson
Sollicitor
Harriet Perkins
Queen Square Death by Own Action in Custody
A Westminster magistrates court heard Thomas Calligan, a chronic offender, charged with attempting to hang himself in a police station cell after being found insensible from drink. Inspectors testified he fastened a rope to the cell door and used a noose around his neck, with a surgeon attending after he was revived. The defendant admitted intoxication. Also, a man named Harley enlisted in the 66th Regiment while drunk, then later claimed no incumbrance. the sergeant and magistrates deemed the enlistment improper and declined the regiment’s claim.
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Thomas Calligan
Newway
Westminster
Taylor
Grosvemorrow
Pearce
Mr. Burrell
Harley
Gregorie and Burrell
66Th Regiment of Foot
Carter
Sanders
Fulham Fields
Greyhound
Gregorie
Wilson
Arsenic Allegation At Mile End Colour Factory
William Collier an 18 year old worker at Gibbs and Harrison’s Mile End Road factory was charged with poisoning tea after a kettle supplied by foreman Edwin Abrahams sickened several people and a 22 month old child died. Magistrate released Collier pending inquest. other workers had access to arsenic. Also reports a bigamy case involving James Mitcham and Mary Goodall with conflicting marriage dates and custody threat.
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William Collier
Gibbs
Abrahams
Smautar
Porsons
James
Stepney
Spitalfields Church
Goodall
Stepney Church
Mary Goodall
James Mitcham
Mitcham
Man named Myers charged with shooting neighbour’s cat
In Union-Hall a man named Myers faced charges for shooting Mrs Davis's cat on her back premises. The cat was affectionate but visited the defendant's yard, prompting warnings. Mrs Davis sobbed over the loss, asking for punishment of the shooter. Myers was fined 104 with costs.
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Myers
Mr. Davis
Town Hall. Rozgsry sy a Servant inistate incident
Rozgsry and servant case before Alderman Lucas. Harriet Bolton, about sixteen, jailed for robbing her mistress Mrs Jourdain of three sovereigns and a half hidden in a tea pot. Bolton confesses passing the cash to her father Thomas Bolton who denies guilt. Trial details and evidentiary objections noted.
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Rozgsry Sy
Henerietta Bolton
Lucas
Thos
Bolton
Wm. Rowe
Walker
Kionié
Amorous pilot in Thames court over theft and assault
Thames police report two cases. John Finlay, river pilot, is charged with stealing a sovereign, a half sovereign, 3s, and keys from Elizabeth Wallis, wife of Redman West India chief officer, after an evening at Earl of Effingham Tavern. Wallis testifies to intrusion in her Limehouse home, while witnesses describe a tense scene and suspicion. A second case involves Simon Bowse, seaman, charged with stabbing Thomas Outram, a bargeman, in Limehouse after an altercation outside Noah's Ark pub. Evidence portrays a brutal facial wound and a knife found nearby. Both defendants face trial or remand.
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John Finlay
Clarkson
Elizabeth Wallis
Richard Wallis
Redman West Indiaman
Pethais
E. Loney
Wallis
Earl of Effingham
Mile-end-road
Miss Burton
Mr. Finlay
Witness
No. 1
Old-road
Limehouse
Miss B
Pelham
Finlay
Simon Bowse
Thomas Outram
Noah’s Ark
Tom
Thomas Bourn
Outram
Bourn
Janes
Mr. Clarkson
Robbery Confession Leads to Remand of Henrietta Bolton
A girl confessing to taking and spending money found by herself pleads for leniency but faces life jeopardy from her mistress. Alderman Lucas orders the father to appear and has the daughter apprehended. Mary Bolton testifies she received the money from her sister, who claimed to have found it, and is discharged. Henrietta Bolton is remanded.
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Lucas
Mary Bolton
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P.qlige
Hatton-Garden
Queen Square
Lambeth-Street
Union-Hall
Thames Police
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