Three Men Detained In Clerkenwell Over Watchmaker Suspicions
In a Clerkenwell case from 1841, Daniel Flack Prescott and Greaves faced questions about burglary links after being held two days. They claimed no food since Saturday. magistrate discharged Flack and remanded others for food and further inquiries amid public skepticism about the starvation claim. The confrontation echoed Dogberry esque judgments as the scene questioned motives and safety.
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House of Correction
Dogberry
Mr. Greenwood
Clerkenwell
Flack
Bridewell
Prescott
Greaves
Greenwood
King’s Arms
Fraudulent preference case over Hitchcock bankrupts £2000
In a Guildhall sitting before Lord Chief Justice Tindal a jury found for creditors against Richard Preston Prichard in a £2000 claim that Hitchcock the Regent Street silk broker received funds via undue preference. The trial detailed loans totaling £2000 with interest, and readings showed the defendant lent money before Hitchcock’s 1841 bankruptcy. Also, a separate Wednesday slander suit by surgeon Beale against Self yielded £109 in damages for neural death and improper treatment claims.
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Court OF Common Pleas
Turspar
Cook
Serjeant Channel
J. Bayley
William Hitchcock
Regent-street
Hitchcock
Richard Preston Prichard
Sydenham
Surrey
William Taylor Prichard
Mardon and
Ankrupt
Mardon
Beale
Self
Stepney Union
Examination of Cannell shooting case before the lord mayor
The Cannell case features William Cannell 21, alleged to have shot Mrs. Magnus at the Auction Mart coffee-house. Police constable 648 recounts the midnight incident, blood on Cannell’s shirt, a throat wound, a pistol and knife displayed, and surgeon J. J. Adams detailing a dangerous wound with ribs and lungs damaged. Sent to St. Thomas's hospital, magistrates commit him to Newgate for trial.
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Cannell
William Cannell
Magnus
Auction Mart
My. Wilkinson
Lbs
648
Angel-court
Angel Court
Tom
J. J. Adams
New Broad Street
St. Thomas's Hospital
Jans
Guthrie
Remand Planned After Contested Police Testimony
A prisoner faced remand after a magistrate judged police evidence possibly unreliable. The prisoner offered no substantial defense, claiming police testimony was lies. He was remanded for a fortnight and to be taken to the Giltspur Street compter infirmary for care.
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Giltspur Street
Carriage worker George Shepherd accused of desk robbery
A well dressed youth George Shepherd employed by Mr John Sanderson at the Bull and Mouth was charged with breaking a desk at Paddington station and stealing between 4 and 20 pounds in gold and silver. Witnesses described his lodging at the cottage on Harrow Road and a note suggesting flight and disguise. He fainted when questioned and was held at Paddington Green station while the investigation continued.
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Paddington-green
William Mark Minty
Phillips
Minty
Tottenham Place
Tottenham
Court-Road
Prisoner Committed After Plot to Meet Man at Sussex Grafton
A witness recounted sending a letter to a suspect, leading police to the coffee house at Sussex Street and Grafton Street East where the man was to meet. The prisoner appeared, claimed he should have "planted" the money, and was committed to Newgate for trial.
Knife Stabbed Man as Domestic Quarrel Ends in Arrest
In Holborn a woman was remanded after a violent domestic quarrel left a man with a two inch deep knife wound in the loins. The wounded man, a shoemaker, could not safely leave bed. The prisoner claimed she threw the knife in a moment of irritation after her husband spat in her face. A ragged boy was charged with begging in Holloway road with lucifer matches and other goods found on him. He and the man with matches were described as common beggars. The court ordered ten days hard labour for the lucifer seller and twenty one days for the hard labour offender.
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Bow Street
Forcrny
William Bailey
Robert Smith
Great St. Andrew-street
Seven Dials
John Eddy
Ernest-street
Regent's Park
Tom Foreman
W. K. Morland
Weatmoreland Place
City-road
Brian Kearney
Mr. Hall
Mr. Smith
James Smith
Camden-town
Kearney
Justin
Flower
Smith
Robert Lenny
Charles-street
Westminster
Bailey
Coleshill-street
Pimlico
Dr. Bailey
Richard Diggins
Tunbridge-wells
Henry Hill
Catherine Glanville
Jones
Hall
Hill
Pearce
Newgate
Thomas Pearce
Queenhithe
Thomas Patterson
Holywell-Street
Clarke
Mr. Twyford
Holywell Street
Patterson
Marlborough Street
William Cunningham
St. George's Workhouse
Payne
Guillford
Surrey
Maltby
Rainsford
Egypt
Globe
East Indies
Portsmouth
Boston
Lincolnshire
Kingston
London
Huston
Laadue Jongisiale
Lim
Mary Bryce
River
Kitty Bateman
Mrs. Brice
Mr. Maltby
Hanner
Bryce
Pat Daly
Stamp Inc
Ellen James
No. 1
Rose-alley
Eagle-street
Holborn
William James
Bir. White
Red Lion
Holloway-road
Iit
Holllloway-road
Greenwood
Charles Street
Drury Lane
Hythe
Kent
Horsford
Regent-street
House of Correction
James Saffron
Brunswick Square
Marylebone
Torin
Lambeth
Cottingham
Union Hall
Mr. Cottingham
Faonny Gordon
Ar. Cottingham
Stones End
Riprots Corpter
John Rowe
Ellen Rowe
Benjamin Banks
Camberwell
Union
Rowe
The Astrologer of the Ninth Century Fraud Case
A middle aged man and his sister accuse a man calling himself Palmer or Raphael of swindling them out of seven pounds ten shillings under pretenses of casting horoscopes and securing their settle ment. The case includes a dubious almanac and threats by the so called prophet. Police follow up on the suspect. Also a workhouse arson attempt and subsequent court actions appear in the same report.
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Broughton
Palmer
Raphael
Moore
Eagle-place
Ealing
Leo
Fitzgerald
Defendants Commit to Pay Damages After Disgraceful Conduct
The court ruled conduct had been most disgraceful and ordered the defendants to pay the amount of damage or be committed. lacking funds, they were taken into custody.
Man hunched begging charged with vagrancy in Hammersmith
Michael Lannigan a short thickset man was charged before Mr Clive with vagrancy after James Cheshire observed him begging on the high road. A peculiar pencil letter from 1842 to Prince Albert was found, discussing prophecies and divine guidance. Lannigan declared the letter was given in the street with a penny for support. He was committed for 14 days to the House of Correction as a rogue and vagabond.
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Kensington
Prince AL
Michael Lannigan
Trishman
G. Clive
James Cheshire
T 123
Hammersmith
Prince Albert
Westmoreland
Clive
House of Correction
Brentford Petty Sessions Rioting in Workhouse Yard
Four girls Sophia Faulkner Eliza Clarke Anne Thomas and Matilda Thatcher aged sixteen to eighteen faced Brentford union magistrates led by Mr G Baillie and others for riotous and indecent dancing in the Isleworth workhouse yard. Governor James Rutland Brown testified to disturbances, indecent posing, and partial nudity during the incident. The bench released the prisoners after a night in custody but warned they would not tolerate such conduct if repeated, with Faulkner singled out for potential punishment on future appearances.
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Dancina Prouinitep
Sophia Faulkner
Eliza Clarke
Anne Thomas
Matilda Thatcher
G. Baillie
Dr. Walmesley
H.s.yrimmer
Lwining, Turner
James Rutland Brown
Brentford Union
Isleworth
Smith
Mr. Brown
Trimmer
Nhumber
Union
Faulkner
Brown
Dublin Street Argument Ends In Comically Sober Skirmish
In Nassau Street a quarrel between Tom Branagan and Thady Casey escalates into a heated mock brawl as police constable 640 records two men fighting near a wall. Casey bristles with a yellowed face paste and Denotes a gaudy, theatrical display while Branagan vamps at a “Unreserved Sales” dispute over a chaotic market day.
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Tom Brana
Heman
Casey
Bill Sticking
Mr. Branagan
Nassau-street
Branagan
Tom Branagan
Grafton Street
Dublin
Thady Casey
Tom
Thady
Mr. Casey
Steam Ship Schedules and Vessels In Transit Notes
Oriental and other mail steamers set to sail in January with routes to the Mediterranean East India and North America Royal Mail lines. The Peninsular and Oriental plans February passenger service Calcutta Madras Ceylon England via Suez. Queen Victoria shore landing near Rhyl after fog. Napoleon steamer to be launched at Brest. Two large steamers of 800 tons each under construction for Russia, heading to Constantinople for Black Sea service.
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Oriental
Mediterranean
East India
Peninsular
Clyde
Thames
Havannah
Peninsular and Orients Company
Calcutta
Madras
Ceylon
England
Egypt
Constantinople
Trebisond
Malta
Athens
Syra
Smyrna
Dardanelles
Sinope
Sansoon
Dublin
Liverpool
Rhyl
Havre
Brest
Todia-dock
Black Sea
Bosptorus
Raiheay Magazine
Caledonia
Absolution and Absurdities in a Leeds Toll Tale
A curious column piece recounts a Sunday scene in Clerkenwell and a Leeds toll gate farce about absolution. A Roman Catholic lady seeks exemption, the toll collector Joe resists, and a clash over absolution ensues, revealing rural blunt honesty and humorous misinterpretations.
Curious Tale of an 18th Century Cuyp Painting Found in Southampton
An elderly hane collector in Southampton found an old canvas fragment with an ox lead, bought it for 8s, and after varnishing by Mr De Lainey the work fetched 29 pounds. London connoisseurs valued it as possibly the finest Cuyp, with offers up to 3000 pounds, but the owner refuses to sell.
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Hane
Southampton
Mooney
de Lainey
Southamptons
No. 32
Prince's Sueet
Bristol
Colosseum London Auctioneer Proposes Colosseum Demolition
Robins, a renowned auctioneer, issues a prospectus announcing plans to knock down the Colosseum in London. The item decorates the Colosseum's walls and sparks astonishment in town as the prophecy of the building's fall unsettles observers.
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Colosseum
London
Colosseum London
Robins
Magnanimity of a New York Editor in Webb Pardon Drama
A New York Morning Herald inspired piece recounts Col Webb's prison case and a public petition drive. It describes efforts to secure pardon through appeals and gifts, humorously detailing wine and cigars sent to Webb and the editor’s plan to pressure for clemency before a Saturday sentencing.
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New York
New York Morning Herald
Weei
Col. Webb
Audion
Sneha
Lave
Gilbert Davis
Willan and
Pine Streets
Webb
Heuriques
William-street
William Street
J. G. Pennett
Cal Webb
Col Web
Henriques
Miller
Joe Smith
Anton
Nassau and
Fulton Streets
Napoleon and the Wounded Boy at Ratisbon
In a vivid Civil War style scene a young rider bursts through smoke to announce victory at Ratisbon. He claims to have wounded the Emperor and is hailed by the general. The boy is mortally wounded, his pride and courage contrasting with his fate as the scene shifts to a compassionate moment from the commander.
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Ratisbon
Caief
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the Weekly Chronicle
Sussex Street
Grafton-street
Collard
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Rosngry
Lady Malcolm
James Young
Major Malcolm
China
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Bank of England
Great Western Railway
Maidenhead
Rawlingon
James Powell
Burney-cottage
Dover-road
Joseph Hallet
Termius
Williams
Rawlinson
Brentford
Petty Sessions
Seaog
Clerkenwo
Cy Rite
Harrowgate
Kungyay
Joe
Leeds
Worshipford
Rey
Aprygate
Shin
Shi
Jue
Absolushun
Leeds Intelligencer
Duke of Wellington
Exeter Flying Post
Peres
Royal Asiatic See
Eniow of
Lin
Hrntcomen
Alexander Johnston
Ratisbon Amite
Napoleon
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