Antiquated London Courtroom Proceedings Report
A long police and court narrative recounts trials from slander to theft, assault and debt prison, covering Brown v Vallee, Good v Rochat, Osbaldeston hounds, and various January sessions. Jurors determine verdicts awarding damages, while insolvency cases highlight small debt confinement reforms and bail outcomes.
Trial postponed in Dryad insurance case and related assaults
Prisoners charged as accessories to casting away the ship Dryad with £10,000 Liverpool to Santa Cruz insurance face postponement until next session due to lack of proof of actual loss. Prosecution and defense debated bail, while earlier trials in assaults, robberies, and perjury filled the docket alongside public-house licensing arguments over Sunday opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Santa Cruz
England
James Phillips
E. S. Phillips
Maritime Insurance Society
Phillips
Pro
Courtine Anv
Mammina
Robert Langston
John Edwards
Edward Hopkins
James Michael Wood
Edwards
Hopkins
Duke Street
Waterloo Road
White
Langston
Jane White
Langstom
Michael Shaughnessy
John Shaughnessy
George Mayhew
Messrs
Ballantine
Michael
John
Joseph Peet
Justice Williams
Justice Coltman
Mary Ann Hoskins
Greenwich
William Bolton
Keble
Afary Watson
Pitts
Peerless-place
William Morris
Wim. Snelling
London and Westminster Bank
Peniger and Westmacutt
Gray’s Inn
Holborn
Camberwell
William Searing
William Atkins
Payne
House of Correction
Louis Frederick Rivoux
John Baptist Rousseaus
Portsmouth
Hue and Cry Police
London Police
Prisoner Found Guilty After Clear Case
The defense barrister Mr. Ruuaseax and Mr. Charles Philips stated the case was clear with no defence possible. The jury returned a guilty verdict and the court, noting the prisoner’s youth, sentenced him to two years in the House of Correction with hard labour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruuaseax
Charles Philips
House of Correction
Smuggling trial at Fleet Street ends with £100 fine
A customs information against Amende Burie of Sabloniere's hotel Leicester Square led to a mixed hearing. Evidence showed 1084 yards of foreign lace and nearly 1000 yards of thread lace seized in Fleet Street. the jury or magistrates fined Burie £100 for non payment of duty while a parallel case against a city club was dismissed after witnesses failed to prove after twelve o'clock service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavy Smitedens
Amende Burie
Sabloniere
Leicester Square
Thomas Wood
Pirie
James Jordan
Alderman T. Wood
John Jones
Pitt-atreet
Hent Road
Munroe
Sablomere’s
London
Alderman Wood
Customs
Fleet-street
T. Wood
Henry Morgan
Queen’s Warehouse
Custom House
Alderman Pirie
Jordan
Munie
the Sun
John Campbell
William Grey
Ship Tavern
Gate-street
Lincoln's Inn-fields
Muserove
Aya
Willer
Breddick
Cgi
Jardine
Eliza Lee
Mr.Twyford
Mr. Twyford
Miss Lee
Y. Crewe
St. Martin’s Lane
Joseph Copperal
Sui
Twyford
Well-dressed Row proves intoxicated clerk causes china damage
A young bookbinder named Clarke was brought before Mr Rawlinson after a night incident at Regent's Park. He leaped over a basket of china and candlesticks, then jumped into a skylight, destroying much fragile ware. He admitted intoxication and paid thirty shillings in damages plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cama
Clarke
Woburn
Rawlinson
Sion
An Actre&s in Trouble. Curgline Cluth Charged With Theft
A court heard Curgline Cluth charged with stealing bed clothing and other goods from Agnes Kerr’s furnished rooms. The prisoner, described as of superior manners, appeared unconcerned, admitted pawning items, and was remanded after evidence showed she took five weeks’ rent, a cloak, carpet, and other items. The case highlighted rising thefts from ready furnished lodgings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Actre&s
Agnes Kerr
Henry
Karr
Houes
Vis
Solomons
Gravesed
Gravesend
London
Mr. Henry
Reny
J. Pelice-Ofice
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ruby
Eae Hen Boult
D Division
Harley-mews
Marylebone-lane
Court OF Common Pleas
Theobald
Sergeant Talfourd
Petersdorff
Comet
Dragoons
Connaught-square
William Chamberlayne
Bryanston Street
Walton
Chamberlayne
Brown
Sergeant Bompas
Justice Erskine
Common
Westminster
Goop x. Rocuat
Thessiger
Hoggins
Serjeant Bompas
Byles
Miss Good
Morison
Court OF Hecheouer
Monniy
Fisurn
Parse
Asp Otheens
Kelly
Cambridge
Cambridge Liberal
Cambridge Election Committee
Baron Alderson
F. Pollock
Serjeant Storks
S. Taylor
Cardigan
Vth Hussars
Ducie
Henry Bentinck
Roslyn
Cresswell
Watson
Wi, Follett
Erle
Phelman
Osbaldeston
Harvey Coombe
Tattersall’s
Earl of Cardigan
Creswell
Mason
Jem Mason
Jem* Mason
Lord Henry Bentinck
Allan
Allen
Lord Ducie
Osbaldeston Hounds
Coombe
William Follett
Tatterstall
A. Barclay
William Todd
Huntsman
Stevens
Coombes
Lord Abinger
Sheridan
Lushington
Coourt
Finnpay
Burrorpay
Bincham
Burchell
Corner
Chadwick Jones
Henry Burford
Panorama
Leicester
Henry Bingham
Ryder’s Court
Leicester-square
Terore
Society
James Higgs
Whitecross-street
Eleanor Timms
Sarah Ann Brown
Sxy
Rhaann Siangy Buise
Manuel Villascusa
Charles Clements
Society For the Relief of
Society For the Relief
James Comey
Woodroffe
Joseph Bebb
Cooke
Knightsbridge
Owen Evans
Evans
Bebb
Great Marlborough Street
Central Criminal Court
Her Majesty's Gaol
Newgate
Chief Baron Abinger
Justices Coltman
Oyer
Middlesex
Essex
Kent
Surrey
Wallaces
Dryad
Clarkson
Court of Queen’s Bench
Eant
Dovoias
Adolphus
Lord Cardigan
Bodkin
Douglas
New Court
Serjeant
Arabin
J. Key
C. Marshall
John Richard King
John Thompson
Hartlepool
Ijn
John Foley
Smith
Nevis
Charles Downie
Prendergast
Charles Blake
Marylebone
Blake
Warding
Thorn’s
Hyde-park-gate
Hyde-park-corner
Cumberland Gate
Parklane
Downie
Stuart
Robert Palmer
William Price
Thomas Fardell
Navy
William Green
Cope
Justice Coliman
Frauns Uron Insurance Com Panies
Tar Dryav
Amichael Shaw
Stewart Wallace
Patrick Alaxwell
Mesars
Clarison
Laurie
the Wheeely Chronicle
Bow Street
Pushlcans
Launcelot St. Albyn
Constitution
Bedford-row
Covent-garden
Mulling
Moore
Chancery
Musgrove
Sutherland Arms
May's
Mr. Moore
Mullins
William IV
Mr. M
Taubmit
Henry Revell
Lambeth Steert
Ssames Office
Turcmatt
Seamex
Dougalli'ca
Ainlutta
Brodesmen
Henry Farndell
Greenock
Orc
Emi
Brodevip
Funder
Plondert
Sach Assurd
Rich