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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 17, 1841

Page

7

The Ashton Combination Murder Proceeds and Arrests

A London style report details the Ashton murder case involving Benjamin Cooper. It notes 13 conspirators released on bail, further arrests for wilful murder, and disclosures linking John Williams and John Holmes alias Brass Metal Jack to the crime. A £100 reward is announced for information leading to conviction.

Benjamin Cooper Benjamin Vogpe Kirkdate Sant Davis Williams Hardwicks Ashton Holmes Brass Metal Jack Cowper Kirkdale Thomas Garland Lawyers’ Union Mr. Whitfield Underline Manchester Marquis of Normanby Home Department Murdeers A.W. Sleigh Police Lsst Murperens John Willams John Holmes Hardwick Newton Cooper Sawyer Whitfield Lord John Taylor Jowett Mr. Newton Taylor Manchester New Bailey Hall Mr. Hall Mr. Taylor Cyrus Alcock Hulme Police Green Manchester Police aToy Perps

Trial of Alexander M Rae ends with execution order

The high court in Edinburgh met in private to try Alexander M Rae for a capital assault on a 15 year old girl in Inverness. The jury found him guilty and sentenced him to execution in Inverness on the 29th inst. Rae was a former Inverness shire farmer and cattle dealer.

High Court of Justiciary Edinburgh Alexander M‘ra M‘rae Inverness M*rae Inverness- Shire Caledonian Mercury Prussian State Gazette Berlin Trandburg East Prussia Ermeland Ltch Dublin Freeman Tuam Trench de Salis d’Alton Dublin Papers Ireland

Inquest Into Infants Mutilation at Waterloo Bridge

An inquest in Surrey into a mutilated infant found abandoned on Waterloo Bridge heard testimony from Captain Preston and others. The body was cut into eight parts and wrapped in cloth, with investigators noting no clear suspect. The jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against unknown persons.

Carter County of Surrey Waterloo Bridge King’s Arms Roupell-street Waterloo Road John Lewis Preston Prussia Middlesex Patrick Chanter Preston Strand John Havers York Road Havers W. H Field Captain Preston Catherine-street Dankerton Snp Egyptian Hell Piccadilly Buckingham Palace Egyptian Hall Richards London Knight Bruce Gavuselve Messrs. Corkle and Co Delfthouse Lane York-street Dundee Annfield Road Stephenson Millbank Berwick-upon-Tweed

Ice Drift Damages Thames Shipping Near London Bridge

A large ice field drifted with the flood along the Thames from Shadwell past London Bridge, damaging a lighter and several colliers, capsizing a hatch-boat near Billingsgate, and forcing police to intervene. Despite thaw, heavy ice persists with blocks near Greenwich and Deptford.

Tue Shadwell Irongate Billingsgate Thames London Bridge Lady Crawley Royal Hospital Greenwich Red-house Deptford Blackwall Woolwich Jupepine Thomas Soulsby Integrity Corporation London Gravesend Limehouse Suicior Baristol Levy Union-street Bristol College Green West of England Bank Spitzbergen Greenland Davis’ Straits Baffin’s Bay Davis’straits France Holland England

Eye Preserving Spectacles at Half the Price

Dee Manufacturer touts eye preserving spectacles with prices under half of rivals. Ad praises noble patrons and Royal Colleges endorsements, listing glasses and frames with prices, plus Perry and Co. medical treatises and Cordial Balm of Syriacum cures advertised for venereal diseases and sexual debility worldwide.

British Museum Royal Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons Brazilian Pebbies, In F S. d Ditto Broad Street Bloomsbury Holborn Messrs. Perry and Co Great Charles-street Birmingham Albion-street Perry London United Kingdom America Europe Messrs Perry and Co Leeds

Benevolent Fire and Life Insurance Society Promotes Working Class Plans

The National Benefit Society offers life and fire insurance for moderate earners, targeting the working classes. Members can insure tools or property from £10 upwards with quarterly premiums, for example £20 insured for sixpence per quarter. Prospectuses available at the Strand office or via agents.

Benevolent Fire and Life Insurance and National Benefit Society Strand H. G. Boldero E. L. Bulwer Bart John P. Beavan James Bourdillon Duncan Campbell Mcnaru Cerns Way

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