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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Feb 24, 1839

Page

6

Destitute man and gunfire amid Clerkenwell case

In Clerkenwell, Charles Hitching seeks workhouse relief after being refused by Shoreditch. The magistrate contends the parish must relieve and possibly pass him. an overseer declines to admit him without 21 days notice. In Hackney, a gunshot injures a woman. two brothers are questioned over the shooting with a fowling piece found. The elder admits firing at a cat. the case may become manslaughter if the woman dies.

Shoreditch Sond Benett Mr. Benett Josephs Board of Guardians

Lords Resolve Alderman Case Portsoken Ward Gown

Lord Brougham and other peers sat in the House of Lords on Tuesday to hear the Swales Port seken ward case and the Queen v Jonson matter. The appeal by Mr Scales against a London alderman election was dismissed with costs. The decision ends the long dispute over the gown and returns.

Erle Scales Exchequer Chamber Portsoken James Shaw Es Chamberlain Michael Scales D W. Harvey William Hughes Hughes, Esq M.P Oxford Court of Aldermen Hughes Court of Queen’s Bench City of London Alderman Johnson Johnson Court of King’s Bench Corporation of London King’s Bench Lease of Lords Recorder of London Barnaby Lord Brougham Mr. Scales Lord Wynford

Police Reports From Guildhall and Bow Street

A summary of multiple 18th/19th century London court items including William Rogers charged with obtaining money by false pretences and committed for trial. Bernard Dizon charged with po t stealing and remanded. Ann Steven alias Hughgus examined for bigamy with details of spouses. Maria Tidyman charged with robbery at a high value. Cooke and Sarah Quin impostors jailed. horse cruelty case against Cobb's omnibuses. various minor public notices and a humorous Venus Victrix case over alleged quarrel.

Mwilliam Rogers Jones Finsbury Pavement Alderman Brown Bow Street Bernard Dizon Morgan Russell- Street Covent-garden Tavistock Street Thistleton Mr. Thistleton House of Correction Ann Steven Hughgus Humphreys Flower Steven Madame Hughgus William George Paul St.Marylebone Henry Hughgus Davidson Stirling

ROBBERY AND THEFT CASES IN LATE LONDON COURTS

A string of theft and burglary cases is reported in London courts. A servant, Thomas Harris, is charged with stealing coal from Rev. Esker of Fulham after a police report and a search of his residence. Other accused include Liliza Jones who allegedly stole 15s then a sovereign, and James Wring jailed for selling unrectified spirit. A large robbery case involves Charles Hammond accused of stealing nearly 40 pounds from W Hemes Rayner in Chelsea after entrusting his house. A separate disturbance at Wilton Crescent leads to Matilda Stewart’s bail after intoxication and a quarrel with a countess’s household. A public bridge dispute ends with Mr Giles dropping warrants after attempting to cross before opening ceremony. A burglary case at Crown and Punch Bowl, Buckle-street, results in Gardner’s commitment after a woman’s tip identifies him as the thief and a jemmy is found.

Mr. Rawlinson Rawdinson Maria Edgeware Road Times Joe William Jones Parnell Harrow Road Green-yard Adey Wakley Sarrenly Harry Stocratick Jarvey Marlborough Street Cooke Sarah Quin Horsford Mendicity Society Lord Plymouth Society For the Prevention of Cobb Blackwall Chambers Willey Society Hyde Park Juno Jupiter Thunderer Venus Mr. Conant Queen Square Thomas Harris Esker Fulham Joseph Butt T Division Gregorie Sincular Liliza’ Jones G. Lubder Kensington Westminster James Wring George Somerville Walhamgreen Chas. Hammond W. Hemes Rayner Beaufort Terrace King’s-road Chelsea Prosecutor Rayner White Hi House Countess of Newburgh Wilton Crescent Belgrave-square William Hawkes Wilton-mews George Larkey Matilda Colonel Rowan Cain Lambeth Street Tor Mownarcy Faunt Humphrey Giles Bow Essex Middlesex Browarch Dacre Essex and Middlesex Roads John Gardner John Hardwicke Crown Punch Bowl Buckle-street Mra. Orwell Wire Victuallers’ Protection Society Lawson Ebbs Central Criminal Court Gardner Newgate Taylor Jemmy Bornrye London Shale Low Shields Long Reach Parfleet Purfleet Kent Erith Greenhithe Gravesend George Spiller Blagdon Somerset Spiller Leaze Farm Henry Pepper Bishopsgate-street BrisTon General Hospital Susan Brain Bathurst Hotel William Wood Daniel Login Henry Hope St. John’s New Brunswick Bristol Kingroad Blandford Arms Tavern Boston-street Dorset Baker Sanderson Hutchinson Alpha-road St. John’s-wood Acciwest Birmincham Bay London and Birmingham Watford Birmingham Liverpool Blue Anchor Whitechapel Road Wiliam Blakely Resolution East India Free Trader North Ashort Witness Reid Edmund Reid Mant-place Whitechapel-road Theu Vincennes Bunker Hill

Standon Brothers Charged With Fatal Shot in Gold-Eater Case

James Charles Standon and his 17 year old brother Charles Henry Standon faced charges for shooting Bridget M Lean a 70 year old woman. The incident reportedly involved two younger brothers and occurred at a location described as a gold eatery on Worship Street.

James Charles Standon Charles Henry Standon Bridget M‘lean

London Dock theft trial ends in unexpected death

John Insell confessed to stealing 200 to 300 pounds of coffee and rice from the London Dock Company. After being released due to no action by authorities, he killed himself with a large knife at his Walworth home. Inquests will determine the outcomes of these events.

John Insell London Collins Henge London Dock Company Insell Walworth Twe St. Thomas Southwark St. Thomas’s Jeremy Victoria I Francis Payne James Bull King’s Arms Snowhill Humphries King’s Arms Inn

Prisoner Committed After Simple Larceny Hearing

Howell, the police serjeant, testified he found two rooms in the prisoner’s apartments suspected as part of stolen property. The prisoner admitted nothing, and the magistrate committed him for trial to the sessions, denying a Central Criminal Court transfer for this simple larceny case.

Howell Jeremy Humphries Central Criminal Court

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