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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Feb 17, 1844
Page
6
Duncan Trevor Grant faced a murder charge in the Camdentown duel case, with defense arguing lack of proof of involvement and suggesting possible mediation rather than participation. Witnesses described Grant's appearance and movements, but the jury found him not guilty after expert testimony and defense rebuttal. Additional Britain Africa maritime case and engineering notes follow in the report.
Three days after receiving a wound the injured man seemed to improve until lung complications set in and he died. The cold from moving him to his ship was blamed for hastening his death. Mr. Justice Coleridge ruled the charge could not be maintained and the jury returned a verdict of not guilty.
The solicitor general resumed at ten o'clock and contrasted repeal meetings with queries on the union. He argued that O Connell misled crowds about restoring an Irish parliament by royal prerogative, denounced calls for writs, and warned that while the union bound law, it might not bind conscience. He warned against sedition and corruption claims as the court adjourned.
The letter urges cautious political action amid rising division between Irish and English interests. It counsels resisting extremism, urging unity for justice and repeal goals, and warns against overreach in two houses. It mocks leaders while calling for restraint and self reform to outpace factional strife.
In Middlesex sittings at Nisi Prius before Lord Chief Justice Tindal a special jury, the case over copper zinc sheathing with Muntz patent was concluded. Verdict for the plaintiff damages 405. The second Exchequer case, Patten vs Elliott, ended with a jury verdict for the cabman for £5 and a note on alleged perjury from a defence witness.
William Hansford, a 47 year old carpenter, is tried for feloniously cutting and wounding Arthur Hansford with intent to kill. The case reveals a fraught home scene with a quarrel over dogs, furniture damage, and a fire shovel attack leading to the son’s injuries. The jury convicts of assault. sentence two years with hard labour. Also noted is a separate murder case on the high seas and a post office robbery indictment.
A long report covers multiple cases across the Queen’s Bench and related courts. It details a forged sovereign found in a prisoner’s home, a merchant seaman case over leaving sick sailors, a jury misconduct note, libel proceedings against a newspaper publisher, stabbings and assaults with varied verdicts, forgery rulings, a savings bank fraud, a Paddington omnibus manslaughter acquittal, and a crime con notes including threatening letters and a wife theft scandal. Names include Lord Lowthen, Mr. Shepherd, Mr. Adolphus, Mr. Wilkins, and Justice Cresswell among others.
Matthew Hall Curtis and James Bennett appeared for final examination on charges of breaking into Mr. Scott of Long Wenden near Waltham Abbey and stealing plate and goods. Police traced a wider burglary spree, found Curtis lodgings with picklock tools, and linked stolen items to multiple houses including Newmarket and Old Street pawnbroker pledges. The magistrate ordered the pair to be sent to Long Wendon for local inquiry and potential country trials.
Crowded court hears how Samuel Nash a Notting Hill baker allegedly abducted Mary Horn after offering passage in his cart from Gray's Inn to Holborn and beyond. Witness says she was assaulted in a room. defense claims possible consent though she denies. Bail set at two sureties of 400 each and 800 bond for Nash to await trial at Central Criminal Court.
John Wheeler and Joseph Smith two inmates of the Wandsworth and Clapham union were charged with singing a ribald song during chapel service. The magistrate criticized the disturbance to prayer and committed Wheeler for ten days with hard labour, while Smith was discharged as his first offence.
The court adjourned as counsel for the crown urged a verdict against the traversers. The speech described mass demonstrations at Mullaghmast with about 100000 people and over 50 bands in a military-like procession. The attorney argued the case showed a legal conspiracy and urged the jury to convict. The lord chief justice began charging the jury after a brief adjournment.
A Lord Campbell bill abstracts an act allowing defendants in crown libel or seditious word prosecutions to serve notice to offer evidence of truth of alleged facts. Prosecution may rebut with falsehood evidence. jury may return general or special verdict. A quote notes a judge favoring plain English over Latin terms in court.
J R Hinp at Greenwich presents elliptic-element calculations for the Faye comet based on 62 days of observations. He notes agreement with Goldschmidt, provides major and minor axis logarithms, perihelion distance, eccentricity angle, and a sidereal period of 2511.403 days about six years and one month, predicting a return late in 1850 and mentioning possible identity with the 1770 comet subject to Jupiter’s perturbation.
Punch reviews Mr Roebuck elevation to Queen's Counsel and prints one entire speech from the bar in sixteen page pamphlet. The piece recalls his eloquence and judicial banter, including Denman CJ and Williams reflections, ending with a flourish that Roebuck will be ready for “the other time.”
A brief reflection cites the Turks as not uniquely honest, noting ancient neighbours who misused indefinite tenses and were deemed always liars, according to The Doctor.
The weekly mortality tallies show 1,086 male and 548 female deaths, with ages split by birth to 15 years and over. Epidemic and chronic diseases, heart and circulatory issues, respiratory ailments, and accidents contribute to the totals, including 162 consumption deaths and 48 brain-related cases.
The Liberary Gazelle reports Dr. Lepsius has found a second Rosetta inscription at Meroe, with hieroglyphic and hieratic texts in unusually perfect form. This may allow direct comparison with the Greek, promising a revolution in understanding ancient Egypt and its cradle of mankind. The Prussian expedition plans continued exploration toward Syria, aiming to illuminate Egyptian inscriptions across the upper country.
A Punch style report recounts Lord Lyndhurst addressing the Pyx jury on coinage value with satirical asides about alloy, weights, and ancient practices. The foreman invites a banquet, but the privy council declines due to medical advice, and the jury amuse themselves with coin trials.
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