Habeas corpus plea over false pretence charge at Reading gaol
In a Reading gaol case the court considered a habeas corpus to discharge a prisoner held for an alleged false pretence. The judge noted the committal may not set forth a precise charge and questioned whether the offence fell under the relevant act, granting a rule nisi to show cause why a writ should not issue. The matter paused for further judgment.
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Fearon
John Fearon
Ann Fearon
Justice Williams
Court of Exchequer Issues Equity Jurisdiction Transfer
On the first day of term the Court of Exchequer debated whether the equity jurisdiction in revenue and subject cases was transferred to the Court of Chancery by a recent act. Baron Alderson and Lord Abinger questioned the act’s reach, while the attorney general sought an initial argument before the lord chancellor.
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Court OF Common Pleas
Justice Cullman
Justice Maule
Justice Erskine
Birmingham
London
Baron Alderson
Lord Abioger
Lord Abinger
Court OF Exchequer
Tuzsmar
Baron Parke
Nisi Prius
Tas Arronney
Psanson
Court of Chancery
Proclamations in Bankruptcy Court Movements and Patents
In a bankruptcy hearing at St. John's Lane Clerkenwell, Thomas Giles faced outlaw proclamation after proofs flooded in due to missing account books. Debts预计 £12,000 to £15,000 with assets under £1,000. books sought to pay outsized claims. A second session listed assignee choices for Clarke, with numerous Belgian Dutch and French patents noted, and a Tower Hamlets suit over canvassing expenses totaling £12 17s 6d.
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Fonblanque
St. John's-lane
Clerkenwell
London
George Dertanson Clarke
Commissioner Evans
Strand
Fieldgate-street
Whitechapel
County of Middlesex
Veador
Chapman
C. F
Belgium
Hagues
Walker
Rudda
Walsh
England
Frank
Chaudron Fanot
É&C
Cowley
Brown
Croft
Chaudron Janot
Holland
France
Ditto
Croll
Dampier
Rymer
Saxony
Mather
Chaudron Junot
Scotland
Delian
Clarke
Court case on Ipswich election expenses and disputed payments
A court heard a dispute over a £40 allowance for a plaintiff in a matter tied to Mr Hutchinson and Mr Bishop. The witness described payments, account checks, and attempts to collect funds, with £9 19s 6d remaining due. The jury returned for the defendant after accounting for cub hire and expenses.
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Eshucondaring Court
Torspay
Tower Hamlets
Melbourne
James
Daniel Edward Stevens
Chingford
Essex
Hutchinson
Bethnal-green
Central Committee
Bonner
Bishop
Cours
Stevens
Hutchingon
Court for Crown Claim on Theodore Hook Estate Seeks Debts
Special sheriff court examined Hook's death estate and crown rights. Witnesses traced Hook’s John Bull shares, life insurance, and mortgage terms while Edwards argued trustee duties and priority. Verdict left to Exchequer for final settlement of Hook property and debts.
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Sheriffs Court- Monpar
Tux Quzsy
Lata Theodore Hoox
Burchell
Theodore Hook
Carpenter Rowe
Sierra Leone
Mauritius
Hook
Elizabeth
Fulham
George Robins
Crown
Hemp
Broderick
John Bull
Joel Edwards
Mr. Hoork
Edwards
Rock Insurance Office
Mr. Rowe
Mr. Edwards
Mr. Hook
Rock
Francis Broderick
Hiralyy
Edmund Robins
G. Robins
Covent Garden
Joel
Hanover-street
Hanover, Square
Witness
Hopkinson
Insolvent Debts Disputed Over Cloth Purchase at Lewes
A court reviewed a debt of £75 1s 2d, of which £38 18s was for cloth bought for a Lewes family. The cloth sold by the insolvent exceeded the amount charged, leading to a dispute over improper debt incurrence. Commissioner Bowen ruled the debt was incurred without reasonable expectation of payment. the case was adjourned for a special balance sheet.
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Mosnayr
Haxrpsuir
Correz-House
Kegerxzns
William Stewart Morgan
Henry Shute
Cambrian Offes-House
Dyes-Street
Covent-garden
Shute
Bowen
Torspax
Edward
Waley Solomonson
Edward Waley
Nichols
Louis Steeheat
Argyle-street
Cooke
Woodruffe
Stock-exchange
Waley
Lewes
Destitution in Cannon Street Bread Theft Riots
A London magistrate heard a raid on a baker's shop where ten to twelve hungry men helped themselves to bread, then shared it with thirty to forty others in the street. Ringleaders denied theft but were remanded for trial as bakers identified six culprits at Newgate.
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Alderman Wilson
Church
Cannon Street
Wilson
Cluny
Gardiner
Clerkenwell
Cannon-street
London
Sir Peter Laurie
Gibbs
George Allen
John Gardner
William Bradnor
John Toe
Henry Wilson
Joseph Cornish
Newgate
Watling Street
George Harness
James Curtis
Wilson Reed
Joseph Hartley
Sir Peter
Mr. Cluny
Woman in Belgrave-square faces charge of concealing birth
Eliza Hatch a 23 year old servant in Belgrave-square was brought before Mr Burrell on a charge of neglect and concealment that accelerated her infant's death. Evidence showed post mortem lungs inflated indicating birth, sister testimony of delivery, and the judge committed Hatch for trial at the Central Criminal Court with parties bound over to prosecute.
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Eliza Hatch
Mr. Burrell
Eliza Marshall
Wilton-street
Belgrave-square
M‘donald
Camberwell
Burrell
Jordan
Lower
Belgrave Street
Simperton Janes bold theft and gaolbound wit
Irish Jane known as Jane the Lucky defrauded John Gough of 16 shillings and a sovereign after a night in Foxcourt lodging. The report details her clever springing of valuables and a later defense while the magistrate remands for another hearing at the Old Bailey. Nearby, Pietro Cetti is charged with gouging an eye and a string of assaults amid Italian glassmakers. The section also covers theatre disruption by Perkins and Shuter, a begging-letter swindle by William Yates, a return from transportation case, a Kent street house break, and a comic Dublin suburb vignette ending with a dismissed case and notes on new Queen’s Counsel nominees.
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Bond-street
Blackcombe
Cumberland
Woolwich
Yolland
Cording
Aldgate
Henry da Costa
Duke of Sussex
Pearce
Keeble
Drury-lane
Smith
Lieut
Lieut. da Costa
Newgate
James Adams
Twyford
Messrs
Child and Co
Templebar
Alfred Mortimer
J. Romilly
Green's Hotel
Lincoln’s Inn-Fields
Holland
Green's
Messia
Childs
Marlborough Street
Betsey Mears
Sally Evans
Perdikity
Hussey
Westminster
Halbert
Miss Mears
Evans
Faraclous
Assavltion
Adley Howard
Clarke
Maltby
Groavenor Market
Mr. Maltby
Spencer
Grosvenor-market
Horsford
Wells
No. C
John Horsford
Mendicity Society
Therisoner
Tothillfields Bridewell
Simperton
Jane
Jane the Lucky
Combe
John Gough
Whitecross-street
City
Foxcourt
Gray’s-inn-lane
Mr. Gough
Old Bailey
Pietro Cetti
Thomas Hill
Luccani
Skinner Street
Bishopsgate-street
Heritage
Pietro
Hill
Broughton
St. Bartholomew S Hospital
Edward Perkins
John Shuter
Traill
Surrey Theatre
Shuter
Perkins
William Yates
Brackenbury
Magdalen Asylum
W. Filmer
Langley-priory
Maidstone
Filmer
Sir Walter
Edmund Filmer
Langley Priory
Edmund
Walter
The
Blind School
Walter Filmer
Knyvett
James Atkinson
Cottingham
Geo. Atkinson
Waa
187 P
van Dieman’s Land
James
George Goff
Kingston Assizes
Joseph Payne
William West
Kent-street
E. West
Hawkins
Kent Street
Madigans
Miss Higgins
Paddy
Mr. Higgins
Madigan
Pat Madigan
Market Street
Pardin
Lord Allin
Sally
Prayer of the Bread Taxed for the New Year
A column attacks Tory lords over hunger and poverty, urging divine law to curb greed and support workers. It cites church duty, prosperity contrasts, and calls for spiritual action. The piece moves into a Freemasonry commentary, noting Sweden’s kingly order and Masonry’s prominence at court.
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England
Church
Erec
Earth
John the Baptist
Juans
Sessa
Early Death and Oddities in a Lombard Town
A miscellany notes a rose’s fragile life, a Lombard tissue paper that reddens ink, a Paris subterranean beer cavern, and a portable gas method in Vienna. Also included are verses on power and a misers plea for charity, plus Prussian echo and a transportable gas idea for cities.
Portuguese Ferocity and the War's Brutal Truths
A period piece recounts the brutal conduct of Portuguese troops toward French prisoners, describing killings and rear-guard massacres. It contrasts this with famine verses and a lengthy poem lamenting famine, war, and shepherds failing to protect their flocks from a predatory wolf.
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