Sailor robbed after drinking in public house dispute
An elderly sailor Jenkins testifies before Sir John Cowan about a fall on London Bridge and a robbery after being drugged with ale in a public house. He describes injuries to his face, the loss of his eight pound pension, and explains his pension funds were used for rent. The defendant is discharged and Jenkins is ordered to St Thomas's Hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eoner
Sir John Key
Ahad
Newgate
Brixton
Jenkins
Wellington-street
Londonbridge
John Cowan
Tower-all
Sir Cowan
Kinsey
Sir John
Sir J Cowan
St. Thomas’s Hospital
Greenwich
William Robb
3D Or
Royal Fusilier Guards
Thomas Moody
Blackheath
George Harris
Blackheath-hill
Woolwich
Walker
Deptford
Central Criminal Court
Tleman
Oxford
Middlesex Hospital
Jeff
Gracechurch-street
Leo
Screme
Craree
Astrum
Southampton
Charlotte Rose
Strong
Murper
Hugh Thomas
Machynileth
Board of Guardians
Thurston
Pennel
Thomas
Dolgelly
Loyd
Aberdevey
Capramm
Somerfield
Ripley
Surrey
Union-hall
Lambeth
Essex Quarter Sessions Cattle Theft Verdicts and Sentences
The Hatfield Broad Oak case saw John and William Dodds and servant Coe found guilty of cattle and sheep stealing after bullock hides and marks tied to the theft emerged. Sentences ranged from transportation for life to fourteen years for the others, with twin brothers James and John Dodd among the convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essex
Dodds
Hatfield Broad Oak
Coe
John Dodd
William Dee
John Harding
Eastwick
Hertfordshire
Buckland
Hatfield
Mr. Harding
Gilston
Herts
Mr. Buckland
William, Coe
A. Bentall
Margaret Roothing
James Dodd
William Coe
Johm
Suicide attempt at the Serpentine and town injuries report
A young woman nearly drowned in the Serpentine and was saved by a Royal Humane Society officer aided by a medical assistant. Separate reports describe a public-house assault, a mapledurham drowning search, and several accidents in London including leg injury from a wagon wheel, a fall from scaffolding, a head injury from a chimney-cowl, and a pedestrian struck by a vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yroman
Royal Humane Society
Mr. Woolley
Sissons
Barnack
Stones
Sissona
Mapledurham
Berkshire Chronicle
Henry Day
Pennyeade
Earl-street
Blackfriars
Blackfriarsbridge
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Putman
Burton-street
Burton-crescent
Woburn-place
Russell-square
University College Hospital
Hunt
Marylebone- Jane
Oxford Street
Inquest Notes on Murrell and Local Deaths in Middlesex
An inquest at the Breakspear Arms Harefield records natural death of Sarah Murrell 45 from cold and want of life’s necessities, with Joseph Watson censured for not seeking parish aid. Additional inquest briefs recount a boy killed by a boar with a 27 levi deodand, a suicide tied to jealousy, penitentiary death, a Jewess Ann Davis with ear mutilation, concealed birth case, and a Southwark workhouse death by famine with paltry food evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breakspear Arms
Harefield
Middlesex
Sarah Murrell
William Murrell
Joseph Watson
Watson
Morgan
Groesllyd
Merioneth
Millbank
Bere
Norwich Assizes
Muricarrox
Payne
Little
George-street
Ann Davis
Peacock-place
Jones
Jewry-street
Crown and Thistle
Billiter Street
Mary Ann Burman
George Garland
Bilster-street
Burman
St. George the Mar
Southwark
William Gould
William Langcake
Redcross-square
Redcross-court
Gillham
William Randall
Bankgate Rotunda assault case at Guildhall Court
A jury convicts Matthew Costan for assaulting W E Merilees at the Bank of England Rotunda after resisting removal orders. In a separate case, Great Gnome Fly actor Harold Leach is found guilty of assault on J Williams, with a £10 to £20 fine imposed depending on compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sessing
Pirie
Magnay, &c, &c
Matthew Costan
W. E. Merilees
Governor,and Company
Bank of England
Adolphus
Bank
England
James Tyrell
Mr. Costan
Rotunda
Chidley
Butler
Costan
Wilkinson
Merilees
Humphrey
W. Chidley
Harvey Leach
Pekin
J. Williams
Leach
Clark
John Williams
Ludgate-hill
Boulogne
London-bridge
Birmingham
Payne
Paris
London
Sheffield
George Doudney
Fleet-street
Mr. Doudney
Mutineers of the Braganza Arrive Captured in Chains
The mutineers from the American brig Braganza arrive aboard the Shepherdess Captain Francis bound in irons and chained. They claim self defense and recount beating by the captain and chief mate before the mutiny. They await possible capital punishment as chaplains offer spiritual consolation. They left Hamburg on December 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis
New York
Mr. Moir
Chief
Moir
Embden
Mr. Chiel
Guinest
Thomas Mann
America
Hamburgh
Hampshire
Destructive Fires In High Street and Brentford
A major blaze in High Street Talington destroyed Nos. 21 and 20 and damaged adjoining properties. Fire brigades from multiple stations fought flames for hours, saving others. several residents injured but not fatally. Separate Brentford fire at Berry and Rowe premises caused by a copper failure lit oil. crew contained it with engines from multiple stations. insured merchants. A third fire at South Moreton damaged a paper mill, with two suspects detained and one released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Istington
Talington
Jackson
Thies Hata
Serjeant Collins
Mr. Jackson
Marshall
Edgington
Farringdon Street
Watling-street
Braidwood
Whitecross-street
Jeffrey-square
England
Southwark-bridge-road
No. 21
Three Hats
Riesbach
Cooper
Mr. Edgington
Piccadilly
Sun Fire Office
Melkin
Royal Exchange
Gibson
Manwerns
Brentford
Thomas Berry
Marquard
Division of Police
Sandiland
Chandos-street
King-street
Baker-street
Messrs
Berry and
Rowe
Sun
South Moreton
Wallinford
Charles Batten
Batten
Walcot and Wells
Wells
Aston
Kirby
Moreton
Oxford Herald
Experimental pavement of Oxford Street in 1840s experiment
The Marylebone vestry opens Oxford Street from Charles Street to Tottenham Court Road to public view twelve paving specimens. Officials, protectors, and 21 omnibuses witness the test as ground is laid with Parisian bitumen, Aberdonian granite, asphalt, wood blocks, and Guernsey chippings. A final report by the surveyor will decide the street’s fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Oxford-street
Charles-street
Tottenham-court-road
Marylebone Vestry
Tottenham Court Road
Charles Street
Robinson
Steads
Ryan
Tottenham Court-Road
Val de Travera
Guernsey
St. Marylebone
Oxford Street
Murder at Pleasant Street Bell Found Guilty
A Liverpool jury returns a verdict of wilful murder against William Bell for stabbing John Alderson at Bell's door in Pleasant Street after a night of drinking. Evidence shows Alderson died from a breast wound. Bell claimed intoxication but was found responsible. The coroner and police testified to the events and weapon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Livepool Mercury
Preston
Donohoe
Marsh-lane
John Alderson
No. 30
Henry Forshaw
Glover-street
William Bell
Moizer
Bell
Elizabeth Forshaw
Forshaw
Wellington
Mr. Spencer
Robert Leach
Meizer
Daniel Banister
Lawrence Spencer
Pleasant-street
Herring Arrival and Dustman Court Case
Herring runs appear off Queensferry with boats loaded as south shore fishers report abundance in the Firth of Forth. In London, George Arnold alias Cunning Isaac, a dustman, is charged after being caught stealing ashes and cinders from a manhole and faces a fine or a month in jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forth
Queensferry
South Queensferry
George Arnold
Cunning Isaac
Marylebone
William Collins
Christchurch
Charles-street
Nightingale-street
Mr. Hoskins
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