Penitent Convict William Lees Seeks Salvation in Newgate Letter
A convicted man writes to Rev. Carver and the sheriffs from Newgate on December 15 1839 thanking them for kindness and recounting how drink and passion led to crime. He expresses remorse and declares he seeks salvation through Jesus Christ with prayers for mercy and spiritual renewal. He cites scripture and hymns.
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Heaven
Winluam
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Newgate
Christ
Lord
Lord Jesus Christ
William
Law Case Highlights in Chancery and Public Courts
Reports from the Court of Chancery and Westminster detailing a verdict upholding a testator’s legacies to a married woman, an injunction against a pirate dictionary, and various petty courtroom outcomes. Also covered are Irish and English local matters on poor relief and revenue offenses involving a Jewish hawker's gin sale.
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Court OF Chancery
Risaron
Coss
Big Beeson Appee
Monpar
Whittaker
Clarke
K. Bruce
K. B
Impudent thief Dennis Burn committed for trial in Guildhall case
In London a young man named Dennis Burn, previously jailed for coat theft, was charged with stealing a cloak from a four wheeled carriage in St Pauls churchyard. Witness Dallimore saw him with the cloak. the owner Mr Nash identified it. Burn claimed Dallimore urged him to steal. The alderman predicted transport. Burn was committed for trial.
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Dennis Burn
St. Paul's Churchyard
Henry Dallimore
Walbrook Buildings
Nash
Camberwell
Dallimore
Alderman White
Reading
Thomas
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty
G. S. Robinson
Moses Slade
Grange
St. Lawrence
Joseph Willy
John Smith
Society For the Prevention of
High-street
Twyford
Pangbourn
Oughton
Reading Police
Borough House of Correction
Henry Argur
King’s Road
Willy and
Smith
George Coley
Willy
Name is Woman and Assault at Clapham
James Downing appeared before Mr. Traill charged with aggravated assault on Owen Daly after an evening at the lough Clapham and a late night visit to Daly’s Love Lane home. Daly’s wife remained in the room as Downing lay down and Daly later surprised the pair in a compromising situation.
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Fortixe
Hall
Portugal
Lambeth Street
Abraham Lazarus
Hardwick
House of Correction
Thorpe
Coates’s
Whitechapel
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Excise
Defendant Adjudged to Enter into Peace Bond
In a case involving an alleged assault at Daly’s home, Downing testified both men were intoxicated. He claimed he awoke amid a confusing incident and denied guilt, while Daly’s wife was found in the room. The defendant was ordered to enter into recognizances to keep the peace.
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Downing
Leet Jury Controversy Over Seizures In Stepney Manor
In Stepney, the Stepney leet jury faced protests from tradesmen over weights and scales seized as false. Mr Harford defended the jury saying cautions were given and some scales found incorrect. Mr Ballantine advised legal action if reputations were damaged.
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Stebonheath
Stepney
Tower
Ballantine
Sayre
Shadwell
Alcvon
Dismissal of Captain Vignoles Over Insolent Letter
Captain Vignoles was dismissed after an uncourteous letter to Lord Normanby criticizing Lord Morpeth and reflecting virulently on him. The inquiry vindicated Mr. Fitzgerald while portraying Vignoles as a poor figure, with Lord Ebrington praised for enforcing accountability.
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Marquis of Normanby
Trish
Vignoles
Lord Ebrington
Fitzgerald
Inquest Reports on Drowning and Suicide Cases at London
Reports detail verdicts on a found drowned youth at Wapping after suspected foul play and James Brockington's death by temporary insanity from alcohol. Also covered are a shaft accident in Darley-green, a Tours cathedral collapse, and other accidents with brief inquest outcomes.
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Baker
Country Sailor Public
Wapping
Jones
Wapping Dock
Charing-cross Hospital
Higgs
Westminster
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Off-alley
Strand
Robert Garratt
Mary Robinson
George Court
Wright
Ann Woolley
RccupaLe
Kirtsy Ar Summit
No. 4 Shaft
Stephen Bradley
Darley-green
Matlock
Manchester Chronicle
Olivier
Cathedral of
Tours
Wheal Budnick Mine
Peranzabuloe
Nicholas Scobell
Cornwall Infirmary
Falmouth Packet
Bolton
Birmingham
Coventry
Warwick
Staffordshire
Chelsea
Parsons
Chelsea Hospital
King's Head
York Street
St. Germans
Miss Whiteman
St. Marvy’s
Lynn
Carter
Norwich Mercury
Dublin General Dispensary
Fleet-street
Dublin
Bermondsey
Bavington
Spa-road
Morgan’s-lane
Southwark -Bridge-Road
Waterloo-road
West of England
Westwood
Wakley
Duke of York
Devonshire-place
Chiswick
Mary Westwood
Robert Westwood
Princes-street
Soho
Mattiface
No. 5
Dodsworth
Tumham-green
Peake
Passionate plea ends with kneeling vow amid storm horrors
A dramatic excerpt portrays a loving plea and a kneeling declaration of love, followed by a graphic account of a city torn by a violent storm. It describes 20,000 furious Madmen and rampant looting, with civilians assaulted and property destroyed by British troops.
William the Conqueror and the fears of posterity
A historical meditation on William the Conqueror's unrest about his future years and his children's fate. A Norman poet and scholars discuss destiny, power, and the weight of legacy as the king consults wise men and priests for decisive answers.
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William the Conqueror
Read History Rightly and Dream Echoes Across Pages
A collage of quotations notes how power shapes opinions and how vices can become virtues. It contrasts a 36 year old Crown Prince of Sweden in a polished uniform with a dream narrative where the devil tempts a peer and a newspaper Morning Post column echoing slander and temptation.
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Edinburgh Review
Morning Post
Henry of
Exeter
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