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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Dec 18, 1847
Page
6
Courts weigh a clash between The London Manure Company and rivals claiming use of a similar title. The injunction blocks the rival firm from exploiting the London Patent brand in printed notices, while a separate judgment upholds a Master’s heir finding for Anne Taylor’s line amid colonial birth questions.
A long report covers multiple cases: a disputed lease and architectural fees over the Oval at Kennington involving a 21 year lease and a grand tavern plan. a woman’s appeal tied to Captain Whitfield and a benevolent household. a public house dispute over necessaries for Mrs Broad and her illness. a London Sessions assault case against Jane Bryant, with three months’ imprisonment. and cruel treatment of a three year old child by Samuel Jackson, resulting in six months’ imprisonment.
On December 13, assizes opened with Baron Alderson and Justice Coltman presiding. William Shewll, 20, faced trial for stabbing Jeremiah Pooley during a drunken incident at Much Woolton. The court considered whether intent could be proven given intoxication and returned a verdict of common assault, with the judge condemning drink as a frequent catalyst for such violence and urging reform.
Debates on Sailors' Home advances notes and the effect of the new act on desertion. Letters from shipowners describe savings bank use and urge abolishing advance wage notes to foster discipline and prudent habits aboard English vessels. Legal notices follow with petty crimes and public quarrels across multiple courts and incidents.
In court, the prisoner’s father urged separate confinement for the entire term. The lordship had no power to order full-term separate confinement but recommended it, with the common assault sentence to imprison the prisoner for all weeks without hard labor.
A large Woolwich division party is at work on the new barracks making straw mattresses. Over 500 mattresses will be ready for as many men, to be occupied on Tuesday next, with the Fatigna party overseeing the setup.
A pony in Hitchavod injured its shoulder and was examined by Mr Way, with pie-like foreign matter found in the shoulder. In mining lore at Dolcoath, Professors Airey Whewell and Sedgwick attempted deep shaft experiments, an accident involving fire and rope, and miners doubted the trio’s claims amid stormy conditions. A sanitary reporter, Seld, recites a grim domestic scene with a long questioning dialogue about smells, health, and family.
An old tale recounts a scarecrow guard over a church seen as its safeguard, with a feeble parrot’s cry about protection. The fragment shifts to Travelling in Italy noting a passport’s size and cost, and a moral about boasting linked to a Manchester tradesman in a Punch-like critique of Sir Robert Peel and contemporary politics.
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