Burglary by a ticket of leave convict in Blackfriars road
William Riley, 25, a ticket of leave convict from Spike Island near Dublin, indicted at the Surrey Sessions for breaking into Medwin and Hall engineers and patentees of mining portable steam engines in Blackfriars road. He seized a steam gauge a die stamp models and gas fittings among other items. He was found guilty and sentenced to four years penal servitude.
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William Riley
Spike Island
Dublin
Surrey Sessions
Messrs
Medwin and Hall
Blackfriars-road
Richards
Southwark
Edward Hewlett
Hewlett
Thomas Charles
Medwin
William Rock
Beggar Mary Cowdry fronted for begging tricks
London police report Mary Cowdry an inveterate beggar was charged at Marlborough Street after a series of feigned fits in St James’s Square and outside the Duke of Argyll’s carriage, with similar acts later near the Marquis of Bristol’s residence. She refused offered help and was remanded to the House of Correction for fourteen days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cowdry
Mendicity Society
Marlborough Street
St. James’s Square
Duchess of Argyll
Marquis of Bristol
West
London
Bingham
House of Correction
Mary Smith
Steele
Tottenham
Frederick ‘Usher
Drapers’ Hall
Colney-hatch
Witness
Eliza
Cook
N 257
D'Eyncourt
Mr. Corrie
Mie
Carrie
Chingford
Mr. Wontner
Mr. Webber
Rachel-Norton
Samuel Morell
Wells-tow
Mary Lowe
Joseph
Wontner
Christian Instruction Society
Emily Pouncey
Christian Knowledge Society
Henry Ginger
Corrie
King
Bow-street
Charles King
Albert Smith
Mont Blanc
Butler
St. James’s Park
Jardine
King Street
Soho
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George Hall
Marylebone Court
Camidge
England
Balak Java
Peto
Betts
Broderip
Frederick Knowler
Worship-street
Eliza Usher
Hitchcock
Buccleuch Terrace
Upper Clapton
Greyhound Court
Milford-lane
Strand
Harriet Nelson
Mills
Clerkenwell Court
Joseph Cheetham
Emily Lowe
Essex
Upper Street
Islington
Highbury
Corge
Randle
Vinegar Yard
Langley
Drury-lane
Bodkin
Humphries
Lord Palmereton
Hall
Royal Free Hospital
Gray's Inn-lane
Wakeling
Tyrwhitt
Bell-court
Bedford-street
Bedfor Square
Old-town
Baylis
Hodson
The
Royal Hospital
Edwards
Hackney-road
Copenhagen-street
Burrows
Dorking
Surrey
Mr. Wakeling
Free Hospital
Fox
Dickens
Board of Trade
Railway Passengers Assurance Company
Great Western
Dover
Sydenham Palace
Crystal Palace
x—Dickens
Academy of Sciences
Halphen
Brazil
M. Halphen
Palace of Industry
Mesars
Jennens and Bettridge
Birmingham
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