Robbery case triples as servant accused of fabricating cellar accident
Harriet Honey testifies that George Huwhkies claimed a gentleman fell down a cellar at Catherine-wheel Inn and left with wetted clothes. witness later found the tale a fabrication. Miss Sanderson and Mrs Carne corroborate similar alibi schemes before Huwhkies is committed. The crowding tale ends with the accused remanded, and the wife of the accused left in distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baghaway Ropeeny
George Huwhkies
Traill
Harriet Honey
Rupert Evanett
Harriet
Catherine-wheel Inn
Addington-square
Walworth
Harry
Newington Causeway
St. Mark’s Church
Kennington
Examination of the Murderer in Ratcliff Highway Case
John Pegsworth, who stabbed tailor John Holliday Ready in Ratcliff Highway, faces final examination for murder. The case drew a crowded Thames Police office as Mrs Ready testified of the debt dispute and the fatal act, with Pegsworth showing contrition and promising to plead guilty at trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Peasworth
Newgate
Morper
RateLift
John Pegsworth
John Holliday
Ratcliff Highway
Tower Hamlets
Pegsworth
Ready
Sophia Ready
Beedy
Wells
Clerkenwell
Robberies and Accidents Aboard London Streets
A Bank of England robbery remains unsolved amid desk breaches and missing cash. A newborn infant found dead near Petticoat Lane prompts an inquest. A servant attempts suicide by poison after warning to quit. Several robberies hit Smith and Co. distillery and others. A carriage accident injures Colonel Maigeleye and a groom. A Paddington omnibus fatality claims a head porter. A wool theft at Emneth and a domestic stabbing at Portman Square end amid investigations. A river body near Queenhithe stairs is recovered.
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Bank OF England
N Division
Spitalfields
Petticoat-lane
Spitalfelds
Russell
No. 1
Skinner-street
New Road
St. Pancras
Caroline Heath
North London Hospital
Messrs. Smith and Co
Thames Bank
Vauxhall
O. H. Smith
Cockburn
Whitehall
John Day
Spitalfields Market-place
Messrs
Chippendale
Bunhill-row
St. Luke's
Maigeleye
Green-street
Grosvenor Square
Grosvenor Place
William Harding
Ceepers’ Hall
Basinghall-street
Bartholomew’s Hospital
Paddington
Moorgate Street
Harding
Stimpson
Emneth
Wisbeach
Mr. S
Bird
Common
Common-Serjeant Mirehouse
Seymour-street
Portman-square
George Havard
William Lee
Lee
Harard
Parke
D Division
Havard
Marylebone Station
Tedman
Johnson
Queenhithe Stairs
Surrey
Insolvent Debtors Court Adjourns On Five Year Rule
Proceedings in a insolvent case against James Thomas Walker amid costs and delay hinge on creditor consent after a discharge in 1835. The judge and Mr. Cooke discuss Walker remaining in court five years from former discharge. Case adjourned awaiting creditors' consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thomas Walker
Coeke
John Wills
Creaswell
Wills
Pantheon
J. Wills
Cooke
Henry Wilton
Woodroffe
Nichols
Wilton
Chambers
Dignities Granted and Notable Bankruptcy Notices Issued 1837
The King directs letters patent creating multiple peers including Earl of Effingham Baron Moreton and Earl Yarborough, along with Barons Portman Lovat Bateman and others. Insolvencies list names and occupations in London and counties, plus certificates from February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Gazette
Whitehall
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Kenneth Alexander Baron Howard
Effingham
United Kingdom
Charles Baron Yarborough
Baron Worsley
Apuldurcombe
Isle of Wight
Earl of
Yarborough
Edward Berkeley Portman
Baron Portman
Orchard Portman
Somerset
Thomas Alexander Fraser
Lovat
Taverness
Baron Lovat
Inverness
William Hanbury
Kelmarsh
Northampton
Shebden
Hereford
Baron Bateman
William Brotherfon
Sadler
Liverpool-street
John Sayre
Shadwell
Thomas Nottage
Green Dragon-yard
Worship-street
John Burke
Golden-lane
St Luke's
William Longstaff
William Henry Longstaffs
Bury-street
St. James’s
Charles White
Goose
Willingale
Spain
Essex
James Baker
Grocer
Melbourne
Cambridgeshire
Charles Baker
Miller
Merton Mills
Wimbledon
Surrey
James Hall Farmer
Abchur
Shefferd
J. Smith
Portmay
W. Bellringer
Milbank Street
Westminster
R. C. Shepherd
Camomile Street
Bishopsgate
S. Bates
Derby
E. T. Coleman
Scrivener
Leaminster
Merefordshire
B. Brissenden
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
S. E. Morgan
Craven-street
Strand
E. O'Reilly
Harley Street
Cavendish Square
Insolvent and bankrupt listings in the London Gazette
The London Gazette dated January 27 lists insolvents Edward Burn and Alfred Tulley among others, and a roster of bankrupts including William Watling, Richard Wilson, John Jennings, Isaac Johnson, Samuel and John Reading, John Collins, Ephraim Joseph and Emanuel Levie, Thomas Wootten, Joseph Hopton, Edwin Wood Peniston, James Peniston, Charles Rose, Thomas Armstrong and Nicholas Armstrong, John Howard Hetherington, Daniel Morgan, John Nield, William Roberts, Charles Janncry, and Joseph Armstrong, with residences and trades across England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Gazette
Edward Burn
St. Helen’s Place
Alfred Tulley
Hackney
William Fowler
Upper Tooting
Surrey
Henry Pegg
Royal Sussex
Tunbridge Wells
William Watling
Pimlico
Richard Wilson
Tallow-Chandler
Liverpool
John Jennings
Canterbury
Isaac Johnson
Hatter
Sheffield
Samuel Reading
John Reading
Hook and Eye
Birmingham
John Collins
South-row
New-road
Somerstown
Ephraim Joseph
Emanuel Levie
Ratcliffe
Thomas Wootten
Bogner
Sussex
Joseph Hopton
Edwin Wood Peniston
James Peniston
Charles Rose
Leeds
Thomas Armstrong
Nicholas Armstrong
Caldcoats
Carlisle
Cumberland
John Howard Hetherington
Carkickle Brewery
Whitehaven
Daniel Morgan
Hedge-row
Islington
John Nield
Midge-hill
Saddleworth
Yorkshire
William Roberts
Newport
Monmouthshire
Charles Janncry
Bishop’s Frome
Hereford
Joseph Armstrong
Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Accidental death at Deptford railway incident inquiry
An inquest at Deptford examined the death of William Sadler after a train derailment at the Greenwich Railway. Witnesses blamed negligent points operation and a possible malicious obstruction on the rail. The verdict was accidental death and Paul was reprimanded. A nearby fire at Penny Fields, Poplar caused further property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faran Actipini
Greenwich
High-street
Deptford
Carttar
William Sadler
Benjamin Dawson
London Bridge
Monda
Manchester and Liverpool
Dawson
Charles White
Flugeon-row
Tama Branksman
London
Thomas Baker
John Paul
Edward Jackson
Paul
Thomas Bennett
Pire
Biggs
Grocer
Pennyfields
Poplar
Pipea
France proposes new convict settlement on Bourbon Island
A minister presented a bill to establish a penal colony on Bourbon Island with a three article plan. It outlines the settlement, a marine credit, and labor discipline, arguing profits from convict labor would cover costs. Separately a distressed woman was found near Islington and rushed to the workhouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Botany Bay
M. Resamel
Bourbon
France
Paul
Virginia
Islington
Woolwich
Royal Artillery
Spain
Warburton
Dickson
His Majesty
St. Sebastian
Markets and prices from Essex to Smithfield stalls
Markets report a mixed January scene with Wheat and Barley priced and unsold stocks noted. Smithfield shows brisk beef and sheep trade, with detailed live animal tallies and post week price movements across pork veal and mutton. Marriages and deaths listed from St George’s Hanover Square through local notes.
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Mark Lane
Essex
Norfolk
Suffolk
Bond
Ireland
Fripar
United States
Liverpool
Smithfield
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
West Country
London
Newgate
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Union Hall
Thames Police
Court OF Requests
Kingsgate Street
Gamsbline
Dawvo
Gingins
Lawrence
Hemo
Commissioner Dubois
von Schampt
Toma’ Moore
Heckey
Dubois
Rossinson
Adolphus Henry Fitzpatrick
Jonah Berringtedt
Connaughty
John Dory
East Indies
Adolphus
Loth
Pile Pap Fitzpatrick
Costa
Sailor
Johnstone
Avencres Bald
St. Andrew, Holborn
Scott
Verry
Debtford
John Medland
Parkhouse
Peckham
Newroad
St. Nicholas
Medland
James I
Middlesex
Grambline House
William Suffin
Pickering-place
Romeo Faur
David Gideon
Henry Gideon
John Smeed
Ebert Pilcher
Moses Hart
Joseph Sherwood
John Perkins
Sufflin
Lewisham
56Th Regiment of Foot
George Inn
Aldermanbury
Dover
Atkings
Brown
Maidstone
Lack
E & Ce
Orp
New York
Leadenhall
Tougspay
Smithfeld
Regent’s Park
Hay
Crover
Straw
Whitechapel
Portman
Tris
Farivar
Thos. T. Clarke
Watford
St. George’s Church
Hanover Square
J.S. Brett
Eliza
George Scrooby
Oxford Street
Benjamin Gordon
Balbithan
North Britain
Mons
J. Burgalat
Bordeaux
Elizabeth
John Kettle
Holborn
Ann
C. Hill
West Smithfield
Chesterfield-street
Charlotte Johanna Grimston
Portland-place
Richard Borough
Brighton
Jane
Edward Codrington
G.C
Bear Place
Berks
Moris Rimeses
Kensington
William Weld
Arran Lodge
Gnor
Arthur Saunders Gore
Arran
Viscount Sudley
Castle Gore
Baron Saunders
Deens
Philip Yorse Gore
Fsq
Colonel Gore
Dustin Castin
Gore
Canterbury Row
Margaret Austin
Charles Austin
Plaistow
Keppel-street
Russell-square
Catherine Raynsford
Maina-hill
Thos. Little
Gower-street
Bedford-square
Timothy Davies
Bath
Thomas Fenwick
Eay
Burrow Hall
Lancaster
Berkeley-street
P. Mitford
Col. Mitford
Lord Redesdale
Ganspgn
Percival
Upper St. Martin’s Lane
St. Ann
Soho
County of
Robert Gapspen
St. Martin’s Lane
Raymond
Chantes Penny
Catherine Street
County of Middlesex