Police Reports From Bow Street and Surrounding Districts
Detailed court notes cover indecent assault attempts at Bow Street on Elizabeth Tonner by Henry Baylee, and prostitution cases at Marlborough Street. Also included are maritime wage disputes over religious service restrictions on the Stratheden, with magistrates upholding liberty of conscience and ordering deductions for duty neglect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pelham
M‘nab
Dover
Gravesend
Stratheden
Church of England
Rome
Brederip
Mr. Broderip
Hunt
Theft at the Duke of Clarence tenant’s parlour noted
On Monday morning a landlord found a £50 note a £10 note 38 sovereigns and about £1 10s missing from his private parlour in Repent's Park. A young man who sat in the public parlour last night is suspected as the thief and police pursue the suspected swell mob figure.
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Bow Street
Henry William Baylee
Admiralty
Pike
Elizabeth “Tonner
Agar-street
Strand
Elizabeth Jarvis
Mary Anderson
Porter
Twyford
Central Criminal Court
Marlborough Street
Mary Ann
Maria Jordan
Will Oa
Polceman
Covington
Sussex
Tottenham Court-Road
Dyer
Spreke
Duke of Clarence
Munster-street
Repent’s Park
Bank of England
Friz
Goswell-street
J. Pretty
Pretty
Curran
Glasgow
Coiner Coercions and Riot at No 3 Church Street
Detectives from G division seized three men in a St Giles workshop where base coin was being produced. A mob attacked officers guarding the scene, while two women aided the escape of suspects and the police later remanded them to the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Waterloo-road
Mahoney
Whitestreet
Mint
Murphy
Guy’s Hospital
Owen Fitzgerald
No. 8
Jeremy
Dannis Gane
Church-street
St. Giles’s
Stannard
Scotsman
George Finn
G Division
Broad-street
Rosoman-street
George Brown
James Gordon
Robert Holliday
Mr. Combe
Hatton-garden
Combe
Powell
House of Correction
Wakley
Newnham-street
Edgeware-road
Francis Richards
Mary Richards
Newnham Street
Lisson-grove
W. Nicholls
Queen-street
Dunfanaghy
Horn Head
Dr. Mee
Derry Standard
Messrs. Houldsworth
Mary Smith
Manchester
Constantinople
The Broken Heart and Punctuality T
A miscellany of short moral and whimsical pieces from a 19th century column. It includes a meditation on hidden grief behind cheerful appearances, a tale of mistaken death spurred by a punctuality boast, notes on Norwegian lobsters, dogs as physiognomy experts, and cautionary marriage advice.
Southwark Election Bribery Allegations At Public Meeting
A Southwark borough meeting chaired by Mr. Nash heard disclosures on alleged bribery and electoral corruption tied to the Walters supporters. Mr Teulon urged attention to a circulating bill signed Charles Anderson countersigned George Gillham claiming unlawful efforts to secure Mr Walter’s election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canpispate
Walter
Ais Parrisans
Nash
Wood
Teulon
Charles Anderson
George Gillham
Bribery Allegations in Southwark Election Fight Exposed
In a detailed affidavit, Charles Axprison and George Gillham recount a 1839 Southwark borough dispute over Mr. Walter’s bid to buy support. Witnesses describe offers of 200 to 300 pounds from Mr. Fitch jun and others to secure Gillham and Axprison’s backing, while the meeting denounces bribery and intimidation as a threat to free election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times
Friends
Walter
Globe, Borough-road
Anderson
Union-street
Gillham
St. George
Fitch
Richmond
Crown Tavern
Mr. Gillham
Mr. Fitch
Burbidge
Benjamin Wood
Thomas Day
Savings’ Bank
White
Hop Factor
Barlow, Gill, and White
Rogers
Mr. Rogers
John Day
Batsford
Charles Axprison
Webber-street
Blackfriars-road
Mr. Anderson
Southwark
House of Commons
Mr. Teulon
Messrs. Anderson and
Wood
Wouseley
Messrs
Anderson and
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Lambeth Street
Cuanse
Rave
Frederick Raddish
Emma Ghost
Deptford
Sixx Weravers
Hardwick
Overton
St. George’s in-the-East
Morris
Bethnal Green
Christie
Spitalfields
Board of Guardians
Whitechapel Union
Corrine Axp
Edward Murphy
Lord Ellenborough
Dennis Mahoney
Payne
Giltspur Street
Neam
Cinque Ports
London
Thames Street
Deal
Dornford
Rook
Valah
Valai
Maidstone
Dennis Wingrove
Clement's Lane
Red Lion
Gell
Mary M‘carthy
H Eekly Courier
Ann M‘carthy
Bloomsbury Dispensary
Witness
Whitecross
Street
Weekly
Courier
Parverge
Salem Observer
Norway
Christiansand
Bergen
Bremner
Denmark
Sweden
Grampians
Oakleigh
Davy
New York Paper
Tait's MaGazine
Cromwell
Surrey
John
Sir John
G. A. Walker
Whitecross-street
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