LAW CASES AND PROCEDURE NOTES FROM COURTS
Series of civil and criminal proceedings summary across consistory court rolls, including divorce petitions for adultery Shawe and related disputes. Also reports on refused pauper costs for executors, injunction against treasury funds, queen’s bench rules on libel, and Oxford university jurisdiction challenges.
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Westminster
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Cobbett
Tothill
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Pemberton
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Beavan
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Mr. Pemberton
Middlesex Assurance swindlers alarm London crowds
Sir Peter Laurie warned the public at the Mansion House about a Glasgow reported scandal involving the Independent and West Middlesex Assurance Company. Directors fled with about £250,000, leaving victims destitute as aged annuitants pleaded for help. Police noted similar frauds by flash establishments popping up in the metropolis.
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Scotch Reformers’ Gazette Office
Glasgow
Scotch Reformers’ Gazette
Peter Laurie
Peter
Middlesex Assurance
Middlesex
Duke of Wellington
Mansion House
Gazette
Baker-street
Portman Square
Scotch
Knowles
Independent and
West Middlesex Assurance Office
Portman-square
London
Wallis
Emily Barber
Court of Chancery
Thomas Knowes
Pirie
P. Laurie
Independent and West Middlesex Assurance Company
Hobler
Marlborough Street Spelling Lesson Ends With Theft Trial
John Redding faced a final examination before Mr Long on a theft charge involving 25 shirts 9 cambric handkerchiefs 12 silk handkerchiefs and many other items belonging to Mr John Harry Green and Mr Robert Forsyth Maitland of Grafton street Bond street Onlookers included butler William Sedgeley who identified the linen The prisoner admitted finding the bag but claimed innocence and was committed for trial Richard Maitland correctly identified the owner as Robert Phosphorus Maitland The case hinged on eyewitness identification and the jury was urged to disbelieve the defendant’s tale by Mr Long
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University OF
Frederick Pollock
John Taylor
Arthur Duke of Wellington
University of Oxford
Oxford
Taylor
Court of Queen's Bench
William Barnes
Queen’s Bench
Thomas Bourke
Thos. Bourke
Court of Queen’s Bench
Justice Williams
Bourke
F. Pollock
Sir Frederick Pollock
Cambridge
London
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Baines
Mr. Taylor
Queen Square
Lance
George and Mary Richardson
Barber
Clark
Moran
No. 4
Duckcourt
Duck Lane
Westminster
No. 5
Witness
Bill Taylor
Mr. Burrell
Powell
Mint
Mr. Powell
Newgate
Edmund Jacobs
Earl-street
Gregorie
Charles Hawkins
Messrs. Thorne
Jacobs
Smith
Serle Street
Lincoln’s Inn
Mr. Gregorie
Mr. Jacobs
Martin
Wilmington Arms
Sarah Davey
Greenwood
Middlesex
Mould
Mr. Greenwood
Mary Donovan
Timothy Courtenay
Vine Street
Clerkenwell
lInspector Parry
Thomas Granger
James Harell
St. Luke
Dinah Harell
Harell
Hamlin
Bennett
Hunt
Granger
Bingham
Hazell
Elizabeth
Burn
Strange
Bath
Home Office
Mary Watson
Broughton
Pill
City-road
Frederick Tweddell
Davis
No. 6
Peerless-place
Shackell
Tweddell
Marlborough Street
John Redding
Long
John Harry Green
Robert Forsyth Maitland
Grafton-street
Bond-street
William Sedgeley
Grafton Street
Maitland
Robert Phosphorus Maitland
Mr. Long
Phosphorus
Louisa Belton
William Russell
No. 19
Mystery of a Child's Death Referral to Committal
Police surgeon described injuries including possible cord mark and extensive internal damage. Witnesses state death from injuries and suffocation aggravated by neglect and severe cold. Prisoner remanded for committal after depositions read. mistress Mrs Pill present, shown good character.
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Leeson
Finsbury Square
Shacket
Riot at Hall of Science in Broadmead leads to charges
Daniel Sexton faced a charge for breaking open the Hall of Science doors in Broadmead and damaging property during a Sunday riot. Witnesses described mobs attacking the hall, tearing fittings, and clashes spilling into the street as police debated protection duties and magistrates sought to restore order.
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Bristol
Ripray the Hane
Scruice
Daniel Sexton
Hall of Science
Broadmead
George Lovell
Esi
Ninb
Serapath
Tw Sr
Reserve ii
Sig
Qwen
Mbrindley
Lovell
Myr
Fisher
Newman
Mr. Herapath
H. Hayward
Simkin
Commonwealth
Shaw
Journal Office
Herepath
Fires suspected incendiaries in Newcastle town
Ixcenprantsh at Newcastle reports police suspicions that recent town fires are the work of incendiaries. Two fires have occurred since our last publication, with little doubt about their origin, as noted in the Newcastle Journal.
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Ixcenprantsh
Newcastle
Newcastle Journal
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