London Ghost Devil scare letter to Lord Mayor
A Peckham resident writes to the Lord Mayor alleging a wagerled ghost devil trespass near London villages causing women to faint. The Lord Mayor skeptical, police vigilance needed. a Kensington servant girl linked to the tale. A defendant pleads intoxication and is fined 2 pounds 10s or two weeks’ imprisonment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kawlion House
London
Bitger
Rasny
Peckham
Atlantic
Kensington
Hammersmith
Esling
Omnibus driver cleared after street accident
William Lucy, omnibus driver, discharged after being found not at fault in Newgate street collision that injured a man carried to hospital. Henry Edridge, another omnibus driver, fined four pounds plus costs after negligent driving in Fleet street injured a cabman and was found to have forced the man off the footpath.
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Sgsin
Red
Warwick Laze
Rais
Blue Coat School
Aes
Alderman White
Hadren
Matthews
Henry Edridge
Benrett
Fleet Street
James Sheldrake
Sheldrake
Cheapside
Charing Cross
St. Bride’s Church
Ludgate Kill
Street altercation and public disturbances in London
Reports detail two drunken incidents with arrests: Dennis Collins and Edward Chatfield of the Coldstream Guards fined 10 shillings or 15 days for assault after an eye injury in Bedfordbury. Another man named Roberts, a self-described staunch Protestant, fined 5 shillings for drunken disturbance at St Giles in the Fields. A barber shop incident ends with John Hall threats and assault in Crown Street Bohemia, as he tries to stay in the barber's shop after misbehaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bow Street
Dennis Collins
Edward Chatfield
Coldstream Guards
Charing-cross Barracks
Andrew Barnts
Bedfordbury
Chadfield
Roberts
Dublin
St. Giles-in-the- Fields
Roverts
John Hall
Twyford
Mr. Buller
Baller
John Fa'l
Ill-looking man charged with stealing cloth from Cavendish shop
Henry Williams is accused of taking a roll of black cloth valued at £14 from Mr Dufftailer’s shop in Cavendish Street. The incident occurred after a guest left the parlour as the cloth vanished. A witness saw Williams run with the cloth. he claims to have pursued the true thief. Williams denies the act but admits chasing a fleeing man and was committed to Newgate for trial.
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MAI_LEBONS
Henry Williams
Robert Jay
Berkeley-street
Newgate
Queen Square
Patrick Lindon
Charles Aldertor
Buckingham Palace
Wm. Cleaver
Mr. Gregorie
Thomas Almond
Spitafielda
Fraser
Power
Brick Lane
Frager
Onc
Davie
Sr. Fraser
Broughton
Alfred Blake
Susan Walker
St. Thomas's Hosital
Atfleid
Stephen Walker
Witmeas
St Thomas’s Hospital
Gills
Thomas Pitt Spearing
Bowen
America
Biwer
Bishop Sharpe
Sharp
Prins Bpy
Booth
Durance Vile
Merryweather
William Gridly
Assault case stalls old man in a London shop row
Magistrates presided over a crowded Marlborough Street hearing where Jonathan Grigas sues Solomon Higgs for an assault after a dispute over wood bundles. Higgs claimed a calculated demand for two extra bundles and defended his actions as protecting property.
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Marlborough Street
Hicss
Uzea
Jonathan Grigas
W. Spriggs
Solomon Higgs
Spriggs
London
Great Britain
Hizge
Higgs
Costa
Acourtiarg
Jewellees
Berwickstrest
Soho
Police Tailor and Distress at London Magistrates
A young man, out of work, faced three months in prison for stealing waistcoats and trousers from policemen of the E division and pawning them. A 14 year old boy was admonished for gambling on Sunday after teary parental pleas. A distressed family sought parish relief, faced refusals, and were directed to the workhouse with a small monetary aid.
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Gamaiina
Mr. Rogers
Samuel Peary
Benett
St Pancras
St. Ann’s Parish
St. Pancras
St. Ann’s
Mary Gill
George Willis
Andrew
Holborn
St. George, the Martyr
West-street
Seffron-hill
Crown and Anchor
Strand
Captain Pilcher Faces Trial for Assault at Central Criminal Court
Captain W Pilcher of the Columbine is bound over on a judge's warrant to appear at the next Central Criminal Court session to answer a serious assault charge by his former first mate. The injury included binding and scorching abuse by men, with a history dating to November 1836.
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W. Pilcher
Merchant Service
Mr. Coombes
Newgate
Central Criminal Curt
Columbine
Pilcher
Ser
Jorge
Pelham
Wontner
Conviction for Arson and Major Burglaries in Essex
At Essex quarter sessions George N Iris was found guilty of arson for setting a thatched cottage fire in Harlow with intent to defraud the Essex Economic Fire Office. He received a life sentence. A Spanish nobleman, Don Ramon de Bartodane Lope, reported a burglary at No. 14 Burten Crescent, with about £300 worth of plate and jewelry stolen after guests departed. A Poplar shop fire destroyed stock and home. a gas escape is suspected. An elderly woman died in a Blackshear Road fire. an accidental death verdict was recorded after a candle incident. An Islington cheesemonger fire damaged multiple properties. firefighters prevented spread, with several insured parties. An omnibus accident in the fog left a passenger unharmed after a brief fall from a horse-drawn coach.
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Halford
Twe
James Cook
Granda
Bai
George N. Iris
Harlow
Essex Economic Fire Office
Don Ramon de B.rtodane Lope
Burten-crescent
Poplar
Seeres
Saleamas
Phenix
Seal
Buck
Mrs. Buck
Islington
Campbell
Islington-green
Whitecross-street
Farringdon-street
Watling-street
Jeffrey Square
Wellclose-square
Gosling
Red Lion
Lower-street
C:apbell
Smith
Paddington Omnibuses
Cheapside
Coshman
Conqustor
Inquest on John Cox Destitution Death at Surrey Workhouse
Monday coroner in Surrey held an inquest at the John Bull public-house into the death of John Cox age 60. He died after exposure and destitution and a spell in the street and workhouse, with verdict that he died of inflammation of the lusts amid parish relief controversy. The report adds rumors regarding the King of Hanover and other distant items of news.
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Carter
Surrey
John Bull
Tyer-street
Lambath
John Cox
Queen’s Head
Limabeth
Day
Hanover
Toronto
England
Spain
Don Corloa
St Petersburg
Hellespont
Euxine
Tery
Paris
Birmingham
Boulogne
Louis-Philippe
Lord Gosford
Canada
Earl of Beden
Rava
M‘ghee
O’sulivan
Boyd, Robinson, and Co
Ex-ter-hall
Brighton
Glasgow
F. Burde
Empire
Herry Rice
Wenlock-arms
Parsons
Maurice
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Olich Reports
Twyfrd
Davis's Wharf
Oppenheim
Chcar Seckars
Robert Murray
Miranda
Brederip
Thistleton
Charles Cospian
Isle of France
West India Dock
Dmr
Hodgsom
Hodgson
Board of Customs
Broderip
Thisselton
John Challice
Pembroke College
Cambridge
Lambeth Street
Lambeth
Broderic
Toplis
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