Speak Out and Deception in 1844 London
A dated 26 January 1844 text reflects polarised debate around Peel and Cobden amid political agitation. It predicts Peel’s potential “Speak Out” moment and hints at Catholic Emancipation and free trade as pressure points, lampooning party figures and forecasting turmoil.
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London
Plantagenets
Pusey
Cobden
Mr. Cobden
Mr. Palmer
Lord Barrington
Sir Robert
Joseph
Peel
North
Tamworth
Law court notes from the Queen's Bench session
Report of diverse cases heard including Praxeag v Hooren on venue and arrest of judgment, a false imprisonment action over a horse scam with a verdict for the plaintiff, a conspiracy to defraud the revenue at the Custom-house, and various magistrates court proceedings with remarks by judges and counsel.
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Court OF Queen’s Bench
Mononar
Praxeag
Bath Theatre
Middlesex
Somerset
Bath
Lord Denman
Touxspay
Stites
Nisi Prius
Humfrey
Edgware Road
Savory
Thesiger
Petersdorf
Justice Williams
Duicken
Patteson
Dulken
John Thoroughkettle
Tighe
Shener
Blake
Cockburn
Messrs
Autrefois
Justice Patteson
House of Commons
Defendant Refuses Plea as Judge Denounces Personal Insult
In a heated arraignment a defendant denies guilt and rejects any plea other than not guilty. The court acquits on several indictments while upholding a firm stance against personal insults and ordering recognizances of £80 with two sureties of £40 each for later judgment. The prosecution aimed to end a nuisance, not seek vengeance, and the judge asserted public justice over insults.
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Justice Wightman
Parol
Lord Denman
Walesby
William Bedford
Sarah Harding
Adolphus
Howarth
St. Pancras
York Square
Mr. Walesby
Hbim
Maniac found in St James Palace and taken for examination
Police report from Bow Street details William James Kilburn found in St James's Palace believed insane. Magistrate orders detention at St Martins workhouse for examination, with debate over housing at Hanwell or Bethlehem as his condition is reviewed. Separate case involves property dispute at Reform Club House with evidence of club goods traced to deceased's household.
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St. Jams’s Palace
James Kilburn
St. James's Palace
Jardine
St. Martin’s Workhouse
Twyford
Bainbridge
W. Kilburn
Crown
Redcross Street
City
St. Luke's Hospital
Hoxton
Miles
St. Margaret's
Hanwell Lunatic Asylum
le Breton
St. Martin's
Hall
Hanwell
Bethlehem Hospital
Ropsery
Reform Cius House
George Tetsell
St. Martin’s
Beadle
Coppock
Reform Club
Destruction of a National Gallery painting by a lame man
William Adams a lame watch finisher from Paradise Street Westminster was brought to court charged with willfully damaging a painting in the National Gallery valued at about £150. He struck the canvas with his crutch causing extensive damage to P F Mola's Jupiter and Leda. The court remanded him while considering jurisdiction and possible penalties up to five pounds or two months imprisonment.
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Charles Dyer
Commissioner Pollock
Horsemonger-lane
Pollock
Birt Syrstem
Joan Swain
Sandford
Thomas Rogers
Woodroffe
Rogers
Ives
National Gallery
William Adams
Edward Grant
Piccadilly
Francis Morris
P. F. Mola
Jupiter and
Leda
Lord Farnborough
Orleans
Mr. Malthy
Mr. Grant
Thwaites
Maltby
Robert Peel
Baronet
Mary Ann Cook
Lacey
St. George
Hanover Square
Brock
John Lowry
Belcher
Haymarket
Langley
Police misconduct in prisoner treatment noted
The report criticizes police conduct in handling a prisoner stating they could not have pursued their task more completely. The prisoner wore adhesive plaster on his head from a severe wound, and the constables were disfigured. Mr Rawlinson secured bail for the prisoner’s appearance at the gpasions while police commissioners may review the depositions.
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Rawlinson
Queen Square Brenton pawnbroker charged with capital offense
Joseph Lawrence shopman at Mr Ravenor’s Brompton faces trial for alleged assault on Harriet Eliza Stubbs ten, with prosecution led by Mr Wontner. Defended by Mr Humphreys. Girl examined, injuries diagnosed as loathsome disease. Bail set at 200 pounds with two sureties. Witnesses bound over to prosecute.
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Queen Square
Homme Cuarce
Joseph Lawrence
Ravenor
Queen's Buildings
Brompton
Harriet Eliza Stubbs
Wontner
Humphreys
Yeoman's Row
J. Amblin
Bond
Central Criminal Court
Desperation and Desertion in Clerkenwell Child Case
In Clerkenwell a young mother Mary Haycock faces a charge of deserting her illegitimate child after an alleged illicit liaison with a married man. An overseer advocates return to Westminster to claim the child for nursing, while the court explains the duty to protect and support, prompting the prisoner to protest she cannot keep them.
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Mary Haycock
St. Pancras
Westminster
Court Scenes with Threats and Workhouse Custody
A distressed mother in court swears to harm her children if not supported. She seizes the two children and storms toward the door shouting that TV will murder them. Mr Combe orders removal outside, while inquiries are pursued about nursing arrangements, custody, and the workhouse. The overseer notes the prisoner was in custody the prior night in St Pancras workhouse. The clerk and overseer clash over police sheets as the prisoner and children are returned to the workhouse. Discharged.
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St. Pancras
Mr. Combe
Man on Northern Railway Charged With Outrageous Conduct
James Lupton, middle aged, was charged after a drunken, violent episode on a Northern and Eastern railway third class carriage. He flourished a stick, attacked passengers injuring several, then apologized. judge mitigated penalty to 10 shillings, fine paid and discharged.
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James Lupton
Northern and Eastern Railway
Kilrush
Edmonton
Halford
Shoreditch Terminus
Lawson
Broughton
Pinxine Keeper Held for stabbing Case at Union Hall
George Gifford, keeper of a Tooley Street house of ill fame, was again examined by Mr. Traill on a charge of stabbing Henry Howard in the back. Howard was too ill to testify earlier. Traill committed the prisoner for trial based on consistent witness testimony.
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Brorne
George Gifford
Tooley-street
Traill
Henry Howard
Howard
Two Men Brought For Arson At Langley Broom Chandler Shop
Edmund Langley and Alfred Amsden, residents of the same house, were charged with arson after a fire at Langley Broom near Slough. Neighbors aided by police stopped further damage. suspects fled to Slough, found with clothes and Chandlery goods, claim they lit wood for light but were held for assizes.
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Eton
Edmund Langley
Alfred Amsden
Langley Broom
Slouga
Colnbrook
Langley
Dewley
Black Boy
Slough
Aylesbury
DisGrackrul Disclosures in CHaTHaMM Barracks Case
Magistrates in Rochester investigated a felony case involving a young fashionable woman Mary Ann Walton charged with stealing a silver watch gold chain seal and five gold studs at Chatham barracks from Lieutenant William D Oyley Aplin of the 22d regiment. The pawnbroker testified. Walton claimed marriage and age twenty. Angelina Skey a seventeen year old girl testified about the watch incident. Walton was committed for Maidstone assizes. both parties bound to appear.
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Chathamm Barracks
William Gladdish
James Smith
Captain Baker
College Green
Rochester
London
Chatham Barracks
William D'Oyley Aplin
Regiment of Foot
Mary Ann Walton
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Sydney
New South Wales
Angelina Skey
Aplin
Mary
Thomas Wiltshire
Angelina
Skey
Maidstone Assizes
Waite Slaves at Dantinctox in Darlington Tragedy
A 23 year old mill worker Mary Thompson died suddenly on leaving the Pease and Co factory after long hours from six in the morning to nine at night. She laughed hysterically, then collapsed and died despite being helped. Newcastle Journal reports.
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Waite
Dantinctox
Darlington
Mary Thompson
Messrs. Pease and Co
Newcastle
Wen Daventers
Rebecca
Welshman
Francis Barlow
Edward Winslow
Bristol
Edward Thomas
Clifton
West Indies
England
Barbadoes
Lonceviy
George Wharton
Yorkshire
Laverton
Masham Moor Heads
North Riding
Tha
Executions for Murder at York Behind the Castle
Joseph Dobson faced execution between noon and 1 pm after a tribunal condemned him for murdering his father. He showed diffidence before faith and converted to religion, accepted death with fortitude, and exchanged final prayers with clergy. At Kirkdale, John Roberts was executed for killing the Earl of Derby’s gamekeeper after prolonged restraint from fellow condemned man Hunt. Roberts addressed the crowd with a penitential farewell, urging others to turn from sin, while Hunt’s steadfast friendship drew praise. The crowd reacted with cheering and sorrow as the sentences were carried out.
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Joseph Dobson
York
Dobson
Salvin
John Roberts
Earl of Derby
Kirkdale
Hunt
Roberts
Naaman Shaw
Shaw
James Seddon
Knotty Ash
Naaman
Wright
Old Bailey
Jim Hunt
Jesus Christ
Dreadful murder at Burnt Island shocks town
Frightful Friday murder in Burnt Island as Sliman the shoemaker fatally stabbed Constable Corstorphine during a seizure attempt. The assailant barricaded himself, was secured after a rooftop force, leaving Corstorphine dead and the town in mourning for a respected officer and his family.
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Burnt Island
Sliman
Berwick
Corstorphine
Kinghorn
Simpson
Kirkaldy
Posse Comitatus
Caledonian Mercury
Derryonn
Arthur
Deptford
Dickenson
Chatham
Carmarthenshire
London Police
Carmarthen
London
Tierney
House of Correction
Coldbath-fields
Hongtzie
Newcastle
Louis
Times
Tyne Mercury
Carter
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Cotton
LAW
Tourspar
London-bridge
Bridge House
Court OF Common Pleas
TxHunspay
W. Pager
Carpican
Sergt
Channel
Guildhall
William Paget
Lord Cardigan
Winter
Powell
Gregory
Duke OF Brunewick
Vallance
Banco
Justice Coltman
Hone
Winstone
Waterloo Road
Serjeant
Shee
Joseph Hayes
Ann Payne
J. Mills
William Poile
Merton
Humphrey
Bow Street
Marylebone
Peter Riley
Oxford Street
Feargus O'Connor
Orchard-street
Mr. Rawlinson
Samuel Chester
Daniel Lucas
Orchard-place
Mr. O'Connor
Warraly
Mr. Lucas
No. 14
Conduit-street
Regent-street
Marlborough Street
Clerkenwell
Union Hall
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