Morison Libel Trial at Common Pleas on Pills Case
In a sprawling libel action Morison sues Harmer and others after a Weekly Dispatch article alleged harmful medicines. The plaintiffs claim damages up to £1000 as evidence mounts of pill sales. witnesses describe medical harms and alleged misuses while Morison’s defense emphasizes public service and tests.
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Court .of Common Pleas
Frraar
Morison
Weekly Dispatch
Chambers
Kelly
Alexander
James
Banff
Scotland
Persson
Moat
Mew Weekly Dispatch
Dispatch
Mr. K
Paris
The
College of Health
Serjeant
Wilde
Practical Medicine
Mackenzie
York
Salmon
M’kenzie
Morison's pills case trials reveal rewarding cures and fatal limits
Testimony shows patients taking Morison's pills in high, sometimes deadly doses with reports of relief and recovery. Critics emphasize dangerous indiscipline and questionable analysis, while supporters cite personal cures and continued use. Damages awarded £200 to the plaintiff after a lengthy trial at Old Bailey.
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Morison
Moat
Old Bailey
Salmon
R. Tothill
Kelly
College of Surgeons
Exeter
Sergeant Wilde
British College of Health Dispensary
Seravant Wilde
Patience Griffiths
Mr. Phillips
King’s-road
Camden-town
Movison
George Pearce
Isa
Ratcliffe Highway
Lanhter
Serjeant Wilde
Joseph Wing
Stamp Office
Motison
Bialey
James Johnson
Serjeant
Wilde
Saunders
Richard Linton
Limehouse
Mr. Abernethy
Richard Grant
Tower-street
John M‘lawrence
Mr. Kelly
Hume
Daniel
Medical reform and quackery exposed in London reviews
The piece attacks medical education and practice as unregulated, highlighting the Royal College of Physicians and the College of Surgeons as ill suited to public welfare. It condemns monopoly, poor hospital training, and licensure barriers, arguing for systemic reform and safer standards.
A Quick Hand Thief Trial at Bishopsgate
Joseph Lyon and Aspree are charged with pocket picking a handkerchief on Union Street. Lyon, famed for speedy escapes, is captured after a chase. Aspree is arrested later. The Lord Mayor remarks on their notoriety as the pair face trial after being committed by the magistrates.
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Joseph Lyon
William
Union-street
Bishopsgate
Asprée
Lyon
Witness
Aspree
Pamplet
Lord Boringdon in Bow Street barroom hearing
Richard Charles Smythe Parker aka Lord Boringdon faced a Gloucester charge for fraud. Witness W Mann testified he bought a gold watch and ring with a £25 check dated January 6, drawn on a Bristol bank by Parker who had no account. The magistrate ordered Parker to Gloucester for trial at the next assizes.
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Bow Street
Richard Charles Claresmont Smythe Parker
Boringdon
Mr. Minshull
W. Mann
Gloucester
William
Mr. Mann
Mann
R.C.C. Smyth Parker
Gloucester Bank
Messrs. Stuckey and Co
Bristol
R. C
Robbery by a servant at Ryde Cottage Kilburn
John Hill a coachman to Mr William Pyne solicitor Ryde Cottage Kilburn was charged with stealing a £50 Bank of England note from his master after returning money and a bill payment. The note was recovered changed by Robert Hale a butcher at the prisoner’s request. The prisoner claimed innocence but was committed to Newgate after witnesses and recovered cash and duplicates were found on him and with a companion.
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John Hill
William Pyne
Ryde
Kilburn
Bank of England
Hale
Robert Hale
Rawlinson
Morgan
Great James-street
Lisson-grove
Witness
Susan Royal
Newgate
Marlborough Street
Stanislaus Plaszewski
Chambers
Maclean
Buckridge-street
St. Giles’s
Vintad
Mr. Chambers
St. James
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Hygeist
Preas
Steele
H. Halford
Roots
A. Carlisle
Elliotson
Birkbeck
Hawkins
Key
Marsden
Ann Baker
Phillips
Newington
Westminster Infirmary
Bright
Sir A. Carlisle
Anthony Carlisle
London Hospital
Billing
Andrews
Margate Infirmary
Brown
Robinson
Heddington
Hamilton
Johnson Lincoln
Northallerton
Yorkshire
East Indies
Malacca
Ile
Cheltenham
Davis
Spence
London
Pemberton
Bamfield
Navy
Gambage
Mr. Webb
Webb
John Morison
Mr. Morison
Gossett
Dr. Davis
Broad Street
Mr. Lawrence
Whitehall-place
Sir Astley Cooper
Astley Cooper
Monthly Repository
Royal Colleg of Physicians
Henry the Eighth
Oxford
Cambridge
College of Physicians
Macmichael
Europe
Frexcu
Duke of Orleans
Marshal Clausel
Constantine
France
M. Clauael
Chamber of Deputies
Seine
Rouen
Havre
Conn
Mons
Biansion-Houshe
Marylebone
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