Liabilities of Married Life and a Verdict in 1838 Case
A jury finds for Hon. G C Norton in a London trial over a £49 debt for furniture and house fittings supplied to Mrs Norton during a separation. The case centers on whether the items were necessaries and if Norton bears liability without a prior settlement. The witnesses describe Bolton Street furnishings and joint living parts, with Lord Denman summing that furniture may be a necessary but the verdict favors Norton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanvat
Queen's Besa
Harvey Te Prins
G. C. Nortox
London
Loni Denman
Wotindral
Mr. Swann
Harvey and Kingston
Prof Famil
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Norton
Hunt x. de Blaquier
Hugh Wilson
Westminster Road
Bolton-street
Mr. Norton
Wilton-crescent
Green-street
Sir Patrick Ross
Col
Leicester Stanhope
Storey’s-gate
Bolton
Patrick Ross
Bis
Sheridan
Nértns
Norton Noble
King
Patrick ‘Ross
Sophia Burton
Lord Denman
Westminster Sessions Report on Prisons Act Costs and Lunatic Asylum
The Westminster Sessions opened with warnings of a higher county rate from the Prisons Act, suggesting a new Westminster prison could cost at least £200,000. George Taplin was acquitted on insanity for assaulting Daniel McCarthy and ordered to Hanwell Lunatic Asylum, praised for humane treatment. The day’s other cases were routine and the court adjourned after completing the calendar.
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Westminster
Sergeant Adams
Westminster Bridewell
Middlesex
Tur Hannett Lenatic Asylum
George Taplin
Daniel McCarthy
St. James's Park
Bethlem Hospital
Hanwell
Conelly
London Baptists Resist Church Rate Verdict
A London case records J Lowry Burgon a Baptist being summoned for refusing to pay £5 2s church rate. Burgon objects on principle citing scripture over land law, prompting remarks from the lord mayor Alderman Pirie and vestry clerk Mr Lyon. Magistrates order payment while Burgon warns of broader delusion among parishioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Lowry Burgon
St. Benet Shirehog
City of London
Burgon
Pirie
Mr. Burgon
Lyon
Church of England
Church of Rome
Alderman Pirie
St. Stephen, Walbroek
Deck loading law thrust to curb Thames port risks
Aldermen press lord mayor to issue orders to harbour masters to enforce the timber deck load act. Parliament’s rules aim to stop deck loading which has caused shipwrecks and loss of life. The case references Somes Pirie and shipowners' testimonies urging surveys, penalties up to £100, and swift enforcement.
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SS Tay
Burgon
Lou
Copeland
Thames
London
Alderman Pirie
Palmer
House of Commons
Cork
Courier
St.,John’s
N. B
Halifax
Wm. J. Deatey
Bantry
Navy
Conservancy
Leeward
Alderman Copeland
Mr. Somes
Somes
Pirie
North America
William TV
United Kingdom
British North America
Ointment Thefts and Quack Ads in London Notices
The Greenwich Gazette conductor faces a charges over attempting to steal four dozen pots of Albinolo ointment during a sale at Earl Street. In court, witnesses reveal debt and advertisement deceptions by Signor Albinolo. Police also report a Leicester Square gambling scene with Hamlet and Rogers hosting roulette under police observation.
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Greenwich Gazette
Julia
Signor
Albinolo
Turin
Greenwich
London
Sir Et Heygate
Seo
Wm. Heygate
Wreck Timber Sale at Spithead Returns to Crown
The government sold on Wednesday week at the dockyard the remaining timber from the Royal George wreck of 1782. Purchasers were Messrs. E. and F. Emanuel of Portsmouth. In a separate case an inquest at the Cumberland Arms returned a verdict of natural death for a baby found in a box with details given about its mother Mrs. Tully and the midwife Mrs. Kelly. The servant girl who owned the box was detained but not charged.
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Baker
Rod
Hogers
Hamlet
Roulette
Hen
Antonio Perecchgi
Marquis of Clanricarde
Ber
Otway
Lord Canning
St. Petersburgh
Scotland Yard
France
Boulogne
Paris
London
Piccadilly
Witness
Burrell
Lincolnshire
Seale
Clanricarde
Bank of England
Jane Wells
Upper Phillimore Place
Kensington
Hardwick
Hammersmith
St. James’s Church
Wilton-place
Prosecutrix
Jones
Ransom
William Wisdom
Henry Britten
Col. Pasley
Royal George
Spithead
Messrs. E
F. Emanuel
Portsmouth
Cumberland Arms
Mary Ann Rowley
Spirit of Delight and thought on hatred in history
A fragmented verse and prose excerpt blends a plea to the Spirit of Delight with a sentiment on popular hatred and social observation. It also recounts a humorous Persian account of England’s gas lighting and an anecdote about Dr. Mead and Dr. Radcliffe, in a miscellany tone.
Irish Rebellion Tales and Historic Views Across Ages
Vignettes from 1798 rebellion to early Methodism include an execution narrowly escaped by drowning and a plea for a tighter rope. Also recounted are reflections on London in Henry III era, Tod’s travels on Aghori practices, a quip from Persian Princes journal, and notes on Jewish genealogical claims.
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Mansion House
Cavendish Square
Munro
Traill
Para
Bethlem
Burbage
Kent-road
Marlborough Street
Gauntens
John Hamlet
John Rogers
Long
Cremain
Commissioners of Police
Leicester-square
Rogers
Swetty
Africa
Feltham
England
Radcliffe and Mead
Mead
Carshalton
Radcliffe
Alexander the Great
Hippocrates
Ratcliffe
Dr. Lettsom
Mounsey
Chelsea
Crespigny
Camberwell
Echo
John Berridge
Prunella
Glascott
Charles
Wesley
John
George
Whitefield
Countess of Huntingdon
Dr. Johnson
Henry III
Cheapside
Templebar
Jace
India
Saurus
Tod
Israel
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