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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Howell
Jeremy
Humphries
Central Criminal Court
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John M‘lean
Baker- 18
Heckney-road
London Hospital
Cotton’s Gardens
Kemp
Broughton
Zeaw
Marylebowe
Ilaria Gaywood Tidyman
Cus Gay
Rawlingon
Lord Montfort
Robert
Clavering Savage
F .G
Wellington-road
Rendalis
Furnival’s Inn
Rawlinson
Rawlinegg
Nicholls
Union Hall