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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jan 24, 1841

Page

6

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.

Rolls’ Court Westminster ToeEsway OupFisLp CospErt Cooper Cobbett Tothill Lord Langdale Pemberton Lord Cottenham de Ware Lorp Melbourne Mr. Swanston Beavan Lords of the Treasury Law Officers Crown Judicial Committee of the Privy Council 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.

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

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 Westminster Hall 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.

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.

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.

Ixcenprantsh Newcastle Newcastle Journal

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