Bankrupt’s loan details and balance discrepancies emerge
In a bankruptcy examination dated December 1841 the bankrupt admits borrowing £7,000 from Cook and Gladstone in 1840 for seven to ten years at 7.5 percent, with a joint promissory note issued with his brother. The note was renewed for twelve months, though the loan term was longer. Official assignee reports show potential misstatements between 1839 and 1841, with a large deficit and questionable entries, including a disputed debt from the bankrupt’s New Zealand-born brother. The examiner adjourned the proceedings, and copies of evidence were requested by the bankrupt’s solicitor.
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Mr. Cook
Messrs
Cook
Gladstone
Sule
Mr. Ashurst
Ashurst
Holroyd
Hitchcock
James Hitchcock
New Zealand
J. F. Groom
Messrs. Cook
Groom
Furpay
Richards
Heywood
Messrs. Cook and
Insurance policy dispute over temperate habits of Talbot
In a covenant action on a life insurance policy for £2000 on Hon. George Henry Talbot, the Northern Reversionary Interest Company alleged temperate habits at policy time. The Asylum Insurance Company defended, arguing intemperance, but evidence showed improved conduct since 1837. Jury returned verdict for the defendants.
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Court OF Queen’s Bench
G. Crate
Bart
Fenn and
Orens
Lord Denman
Cresswell
Kelly
Andrews
Hugh Hill
Thesiger
Butt
George Henry Talbot
Earl of Shrewsbury
G. H. Talbot
Northern Reversionary Interest Company
Edinburgh
Asylum Insurance Company of
London
Talbot
Lord Berman
Arches Court Rules on Dover Church Rate Case
Sir H Jenner ruled on a Dover parish dispute where churchwardens sued Mr Daniel Palfrey to enforce a church-rate. The judge upheld the rate despite peculiar parish practices and debated if stipend payments could be funded by the rate, noting historical blending of church repairs and ministerial wages since 1611.
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Claurce Rares
Srmt
Bunn
Palfrey
St. Merete. Virgin
Dover
Sir H. Jenmer
Brere
Comment on libel and costs in ecclesiastical suit debate
The court rejected portions of the libel while noting the potential power of the court in other forms of suit. Dr Phllimore argued for costs, but Sir H Jenner observed that admitted parts of the libel should be settled before any cost decision.
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Phillimore
Costa
H. Jenner
Court Proceedings Expose Mining Scams and Public Warning
The adjourned bankruptcy examination before Sir Charles Williams reveals a clergy linked mining scheme, losses of £120,000 among fifteen reverends, and a total mine loss of £194,017 amid rosy promises. A separate insolvency case ends with a five month term for debt without payment, plus a brutal assault story and transport for seven years, and other court notes on thefts and public notices.
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Sir Charles Williams
Charles Williams
Horse-Guards
Lucre
Bolton
Fiat
Bank of England
Central Criminal Court opens second session with 84 prisoners
The Central Criminal Court marks the start of the new session before the lord mayor and civic officials. Eighty four prisoners are charged, including larceny cases, embezzlement, and a Portuguese theft of wine orders and bonds. The recorder notes brief labour and highlights two notable cases, plus a serious assault involving Thomas Bulper who feloniously wounded James Peto during a dispute over pay at a Middlesex farm.
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Chapman Marshall
Thomas Bulper
James Peto
Clarkson
Heston
Middlesex
Viplehay
Not Guilty And Plate Robbery Case Ends In Acquittal
A trial over alleged plate theft from Windlesham hall ended with a not guilty verdict after defense argued lack of felonious intent and misnaming. The Dash court also heard a heavy transport sentence for Williams and detailed the January session adjournment with 143 total adjudications including 59 new committals for burglary larceny and other crimes.
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Baron Alderson
Plate Rossery
Samuel Bundy Williams
John Allen Giles
Clarkson
Dr. Giles
Windlesham Hall
Williams
Giles
Thaia
London
Strand
Thomas Kerwin
George Moore
Mary Casey
Emma Mills
C. Higgins
J. Holland
J. Bundy Williams
House of Correction
W. Taylor
Catherine Bryant
J. Bulpit
John Miller
James Abrams
Catherine Bowley
George Morley
James Miller
Henry Meaton
J. Fletcher
Henry Wybrow
J. Way
Sarah Way
Elias King
William Ash
J. Carter
William Aldridge
Charles Stow
James Edwards
Charles ,Church
Ann Jones
J. Roberts
J. Didmarsh
W. Earle
J. Barnes
Ann Lee
Mary Ann Sheriff
G. Merriman
Chas. Edwards
Benjamin Young
Ann Browning
B. Mash
G. Mole
Mary Ann Dunn
A. Green
John Allen
J. Porter
William Stroud
J. Lepear
J. Merchant
John Richards
Mary Gaynor
Henry Dear
J. Arnold
W. Chepley
Ann Wilson
J. Thompson
J. Johnson
J. M. Brown
J. Scamnell
P. Cunningham
E. Rice
Maria Roberts
Sophia Clark
Philip Quarterman
Henry Senior
George Weston
M. A. Calthorpe
Charles Maberly
E. Brown
Eliza Clark
R. Carter
Mary Strong
M. Nicholls
Bullock enters shop sparks damages in Whitechapel case
A drover, Charles Higgins, faced a magistrate after one of three bullocks under his care entered Mr Isaacs the broker shop and overturned furniture causing about £4 damage. Lathbury and officers discussed shop safety on market days and the case ended with a private settlement. In Queen Square a public reexamination dealt with the alleged abduction of a ten year old girl Mary Anne Howell by James Hopkins a wealthy oilman. The court heard lengthy testimony detailing the girl’s removal to the countryside and back, with Hopkins committed for trial for abduction and bail set for Old Bailey.
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Jaxine Savesman
Charles Higgins
James Lathbury
Whitechapel
Isaacs
Smithfield
Newgate-market
Alderman Crowder
James Hopkins
Old
Rochester-row
William Howell
Mary Anne
Southampton
London
Howell’s
Dover
Gell
Westminster
Mary Anne Howsett
Cowl
Howell
Anna Cowl
Belmore Terrace
Nine Elms
Rochester Row
Price
Pimlico
Gregorie
Central Criminal Court
Old Bailey
Newgate
Indecent Assault and Public Altercation at Marlborough Street
In Marlborough Street a defendant faced Alderman Thompson for damaging John Stewart’s person and clothing after an incident involving a man with a box and a fellow who shouts opposing remarks. The complainant swore he saw a gentleman push the box bearer, provoking a confrontation ending with the defendant shaking the complainant and his coat sleeve. The case was dismissed after cross-examination and remarks about street altercations. A second case, Indecent Assault upon a Policeman, was heard before Mr. Maltby.
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Caim
Marlborough Street
Maltby
Prisoner Committed After Offer of Money to Police
A man described as about sixty and five feet eight inches tall was brought to court after offering a sovereign to a Grosvenor Square constable in exchange for liberty. He attempted to bribe the officer twice, offered £100 then £200, and was found with Doddridge's Rise and Progress of Religion in the Soul. The prisoner, drunk at the time, denied knowledge of the act and was committed to Newgate.
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Derarme
Clarkson
Edward Decarme
Peto
Reuben Hall
John Twomey
Edward Wilkins
Phillips
St. John Street
Clerkenwell
Commissioners of Police
Caulfield
New York
Tutspay
StEatine Forrica Bonos
Jose Joaquim Gonzalves Basto
Antonio de Silva
Bodkin
Payne
Mr. Phillips
James Gazelee
Messrs. Doxatt ,and Co
Bishopsgate-street
Finsbury-place
B. B. Jackson
Piccadilly
Campbell
Basto
Portugal
M. Guilielmo Xavier de Breto
Sanders
Stone
Stone and Co
Messrs. Pinta & Co
Joseph Abrahams
Thomas Edmonds
Shoelane
House of Correction
William Croft
Sarah Deborah Jevens
Sarah Deborah Stevens
Deborah. Stevens
Deborah
Baron Alderson
Charles Edwards
Henry Day
Grosvenor Square
Doddridge
Barnard
Gray’s Inn
Bereford
Newgate
Domestic Strife Leads to Mild Court Case
Mr. W Hampson, 79, was charged on Wednesday by his wife with assault after a long troubled marriage. She showed a black eye and recounted failed cash support and domestic turmoil, while Hampson claimed only necessary force to keep her from entering his home. The magistrate urged orderly maintenance and dismissed the case after testimony showed mutual dispute and irregular payments.
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W. Hampson
Theobald’s Road
Hampson
Chancery-lane
Seduction case seeks damages after wife affair
In a high profile Crim. Con. action at the Surgives' Court, William Oliver Jackson sues for damages over the seduction of his wife by clergyman defendant and seeks £10,000. Evidence details a lengthy tale of infidelity from 1835 onward, with witnesses describing the couple's happy marriage and the defendant's conduct. The jury awarded damages of £700.
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Surgives’ Court
Lioy-square Wedneca
Datag
Ain
Q.C
Martin
Plainage Co
Fitzroy Kelly
Mr. James
William Oliver Jackson
Adelphi
Square
Regent’s Park
Paneer Shack
Haings
Roc Hung
Thrower
John
Suffolk-place
Tsong
Bromehead
Clerpuy
County of Derby
King’s College
Titele
Lincoln’s Inn
Southampton Arms
Sha
Albert Jackson
St. Martin's Church
Derbyshire
T. Beattie
James
Jackson
A. Richardson
Bath
Christian Jones
Chester Square
Chester-square
Eit
Eis
Joe
Robert Tyson
Fane
Sant
Pf Legal
Teaside
Aes
Pune
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