Thornton verdict in debt case over Gurney creditors
Lord Bentinck and Gen. Lord debate whether Thornton could dictate terms on repaying a debt arising from an improper transaction. The jury found for the plaintiff, awarding £1,250 damages. The solicitor-general stated Thornton intended to donate the money to Christ's Hospital, eliciting applause in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
Bentinck
Thornton
Mr. Gurney
Jockey Club
Christ’s Hospital
Mirrord's Divorce Bill Heard in Lords with Key Testimony
Mr Mitford's divorce bill heard in the House of Lords. Evidence shows marriage to Lady Georgiana Ashburnham in 1828 and alleged misconduct with Mr Molyneux at Frankfort and Wiesbaden. Witnesses describe domestic life and travels, and a Hyde Park hotel episode is noted, leading to the bill's second reading. In the Common Pleas, Kigwixz v Lawson concerns Times publishing extracts from a Polish writer's pamphlet. the jury finds £10 adequate to cover remuneration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House OF Lords
Monnay
Talbot
London
Brussels
E. Noyce
G. Mitford
Frankfort
Mr. Molyneux
Earl of Sefton
G Mitford
Mr. Olyneux
Lord Brougham
Mr. Mitford
England
Molyneux
Georgiana
Eliza Grey
Hyde Park Hotel
Oxford Street
Murray
Slough
Susan Smith
Harriet Mulligan
Colonel Ashburnham
Georgiana Mitford
Court OF Common Pleas
Monnvar
Sawas Kigwixz
Lawson
Nisi Prias
Justice Cresswell
Times
Ridgway
Barnes
the Times
Cambridge libel case teases out trustee profits and damages
In a sheriff court writ of royalty the plaintiff, a former Cambridge MP now trustee of the Cambridge Independent, sues editor for libel over a speech report by Mr Kelly alleging a lawyer profited from £25 to £3,000 and defrauded a defenceless lady. A second letter in the Cambridge Chronicle is also alleged libellous. Verdict for plaintiff, damages one farthing, costs awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriffs’ Court
Wepresmy
Paruz
Brown
Lipg.i
Barchell
Cambridge
Hom
Kelly
Pryme
Louthee
Cambridge Chronicle
Transportation of Jersey Felons and Local Court Actions
A Jersey News item notes a St Albans case set for Hertford assizes after the last election. It reports on Jersey transportations to England, highlighting a highway robber and a minor offender. Judge Winter Nicolle criticizes the system while Sir John De Veuve uses a casting vote to transport the wife and family as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black Dick
Salisbury
England
Jersey
Winter Nicolle
Perret
John de Veuile
Jersey News
Police Court Laughs and Gravesend Fish Folly
Edward Clark is freed on recognizance after a hearing over an IOU for 525 pounds while Mary Connor faces a separate Clare Market dispute. A Gravesend trip, a shawl, and a mackerel quarrel fuel a comic tableaux as magistrates quell the row and dismiss the case with leniency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gravesend
Mary Connor
Emerald Isle
Twyford
Catherine Hayley
Clare Market
John Bull
Connor
Mistress Connor
Mrs. Hayley
Clare-market
Duff
Sampson
Dennis
Orangewoman
Crator
Catherine Hartey
Oman
Court of Justice
Aged Morley Destitute in Soho Rain Pleads for Aid
Alfred Morley, an elderly man with flowing white hair, was found in Old Compton Street, Soho, in a exhausted state with no home. He said he had been a lesman in St James's parish but had fallen on hard times. The magistrate offered silver from the poor box and ordered parish officers to arrange lasting relief, Morley expressed deep gratitude for the magistrate's humane support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Clark
Brompton
Roe
P. Laurie
Lainson
Clark
Argyle-street
Union Bank
Jermyn-street
Aentleman
Oratio Utting
Utting
Lou
Lindsay Shedden
Shedden
IOU
Bridge-street
Fleet-street
IO U
Columbine
Carlton Chambers
Richard Smee
Coleshill-street
Mr. Utting
William Lindsay
Smee
Peter Laurie
Alderman Lainson
Marlborough Byrhet
Alfred Morley
F Division
Old Compton-street
Soho
Maltby
Lesman
St. James's Parish
St. James's
Travalgar-Square
British National Gallery
St. Martin's Church
Percy
Genilla
Royal Academy
Taste
Britannia
Morning Post
Thames Offich
Ovenscarp
David Miller
Robert Walters
John Brewster
John Anderson
Perth
Dundee
Richard Day
Day
Walter
Anderson
Ray
Oliver
Thames
Walters
Brewster
Thames Police
Miller
Broderip
Waterman
Clareenwsell Beggar and the Jew in the Court
In a London magistrates court a veteran beggar was jailed for exposing a rotted hand to solicit money from women. Israel Woolf admitted foolhardy interference and paid a 10s fine. A drunken man was fined 5s after admitting to a tumultuous outburst while a Russian vagrant faced trial for robbery and stabbing. A Youth, Right Thomas Ball, stood charged with watch theft, described with Dickensian features. A comical witness with a bottle-nose and a rosy face added color to the proceedings. A letter from the King of Hanover’s chaplain references a prior case involving Harriet Rolp and a supposed husband in service.
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Combe
Israel Woolf
Gabernanzie
Mr. Combe
Dixine Orr
Rozseny
Alexander Bowinseki
Surge Scavalonska
W. Tooke
Tooke and Hallowes
Bedford-row
No. 12
Russell-square
Tooke
Bedford
Wheeler
Plough-street
Whitechapel
London Hospital
Rossixea Port
Thomas Heartley
Thomas Ball
Dickens
Tubb’s Row
Hackney
Blackfriars-road
Smithfield
Mr. Heartley
Heartley
G37
Jim
Stedet
Broughton
George Hulme
King of Hanover
Hulme
London
Harriet Rolp
Hanover
Benton
Rolp
Paris Hotel Bedford scandal tale judged emotionally charged
A lengthy alleged account of a Paris Hotel Bedford incident centers on Miss B., heiress of Devonshire, and Mr C. with a web of social figures. The narrative claims Miss B. resisted a scheme to claim her fortune, detailing her flight to London and public response, amid references to noble families and a controversial letter from J. B Bs, solicitor to Lord and Lady Paget.
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Miss B
Bedford
Paris
Devonshire
County of
Devon
Highfieldhouse
Conterrace
Exeter
W. P
London
Mr. C
Mr. H
Miss H
Lord
Charlotte
Chapman
Francois
Mies B
Lord Cowley
Misa B
William Paget
Globe
The
J. Bbs
W. Paget
Argyll-street
Temperature Report At Week's End February 5 1842
The record notes a highest temperature of 49 degrees and a lowest around minus values as part of a weekly climate summary. The daily mean is stated as 41 for the period ending February 5. Source cites General Register Office data dated February 17, 1842.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
General Post
C.cevese Successesese
Deplorable distress and court cases in London and Paris
A London court hears cases of suspected theft and debauchery with a wife denying distress, a Bethnal-green pauper’s drunken assault on a window and workhouse threat, and a river police drama ending in fines. Paris municipal police deal with a noisy tenant fined for repeated disturbances and mock-serious trials about insomnia and sanity.
Marie Capelle Illness Report From Montpellier Letter
A Montpellier letter dated the 14th reports convict Marie Capelle Madame Laffarge is dangerously ill and receiving last rites. Physicians say she has little time left as the Gazette des Tribunaux notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mapariz Laffarce
Montpellier
Marie Capelle
Madame Laffarge
Gazette Des Tribunauz
Slaughter of the Aborigines Near South Australia
Hobart papers describe a violent overland clash near the Rufus river where Mr. Robinson and a 26 person party were attacked by Aboriginal fighters. In the ensuing fighting, from 15 natives were killed or wounded and 30 to 40 killed, with others wounded and prisoners taken. A magistrates’ inquiry is planned. Also reports of two major fires in London area destroying property and stock.
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South Australia
Hobart Town
Adelaide
Marys
Sydney
Mr. Robinson
Mr. Moorhouse
Hare
Wapping
Royal Exchange
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Durr
Wellington
Apsley-house
Piccadilly
No. 40
Clareenwsell
Ier
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Bucky
Sion
House of Commons
Perse
Middlesex
St Aeve Wanney
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Royal Academy of Pictures
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Poplar
Ee Seeeseers
St. Saviour
St. Olave
Saint George
Southwark
Bermondsey
Newington
Lambeth
Camberwell
Rotherhithe
Greenwich
Westminster
St. Marylebone
St. Pancras
Kensing
Fulham
Hammersmith
Chapelry
St. Luke
Chelsea
Paddington
St. Mary
Stoke Newington
St. Leonard
Bromley
St. Mary-le
George Taberman
Bethnal-green
Holland
Pasage
House of Correction
Greenwich Police
Feutross
John Cowland
Commerce Docks
Kheon
Rawhey
Grove
George Knight
Charles Davis
Wm. Bailey
Henry Green
Thomas Hancock
Edward Donnall
John Marshall
John Jackson
John Morley
Croydon
Davis
Bailey
W. H. Sandgrove
String
Lewisham-road
Hope
Knight
Green
Hancock
Marshall
Morley
Jackson
Donnall
M. Leubin
Dean Swift
M. Loubin
Itsira
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