Spectacle of Gallows Crowd Echoes Grim Evening at Old Bailey
The crowd jeered as executions loomed with public comments and coarse humor. Police redirected disorder while a woman in male disguise danced near the gallows and fights erupted among onlookers. A man named John Priddisa faced a pocket picking charge but was discharged after a contested witness account.
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Tropolis
Old Bailey
Morning Herald
Guildhall
John Priddisa
Peter Laurie
Cook
Bath
Cooper
Mr. Cook
Leicester
Sir Peter Laurie
Law. Consistory count and divorce suits in early 19th court
A long report covers divorce by John Bannister against Elizabeth Bannister for adultery and Mrs Dillon’s restitution petition against Rev Dr Dillon with affidavits about conjugal residence. Also details breach of promise of marriage case Hockixee v Prnch and a bankruptcy dividend in Williams and Mottram. Public-safety items follow with a Croydon assault on a priest and a cruelty case of a tailor Watts.
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Bannister
Mrs. Dillon
Hockixee
Prnch
Secondary James
Henderson
Clarkson
Dover
Mr. Henderson
John Uocking
Hier
Roffin
London Central Criminal Court Ninth Session Opens
The ninth session under the current mayoralty began with 97 prisoners to be tried, including cases of burglary, larceny, embezzlement, forgery, and rape. Notable trials featured Edmund Munn and others over a forged agreement. Nicholas Suisse faces embezzlement tied to the Marquis of Hertford, with extensive bank and estate testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapman Marshall
Lainson
Edmund Munn
Henry Rouse
William Barton
James Timewell
Eyle
Q.C
Clarkson
Messrs
Phillips
Bodkin
Doane
Munn
Connaught Terrace
Bayswater
Connaught Place
Erle
Minin
Bullock
G. Carrell
Cvniors
William Cannel
John Coppiss
Newgate
Wrovespay
Nichlas Suisse
Garon Alderson
Williams
Nicholas Suisse
Marquis of Stortford
Mr. Kelly
Bodin
Thesiger
M.P
Mesers
James
Kelly
Robert Hare
Messrs. Coutts and Co
Marquis of Hertford
John Blenkins
Messrs. Coutts and Co.'s
Thesi Ker
Suisse
Thomas Graham
Tom
G. Throgmorton-street
Dorchester Street
Jones, Lord, and Co
Isis
John Hay
Tam Cushier
Jones, Loyd’s, and Cos
Graham
John Lyon
Johin Rabbit
Mr. Phillips
Foreign Department
Messrs. Coutts and Co.’s
Marquis
Francis Charles
Lord Stortford
Tie
Suisse Jou
Paris
Lord Hertford
Dorchester House
Unnatural abuse leads to four months for father
Medical officer testified the boy’s limbs were paralyzed from neglect by his parents. The boy, visibly emaciated, claimed adequate food but sought to shield his father. Several witnesses described ill treatment and the jury found the father guilty, sentencing him to four months in county gaol.
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Surrey
Tisnay
Puckle
James Keating
George Simmons
Margaret. Bovery
Patrick O'Moore
Broadgreen Chapel
Croydon
Wallinger
Locke
James
Taylor
Bovery
Watts
Walworth
Newington
Brooks
Watch theft and brutal assault verdicts at old barracks court
The report covers Robertson found guilty of stealing a watch and sentenced to 15 years transport while Patterson was acquitted. It also details Thomas Neatherstreet charged with a felonious assault on Issther Maskell aged three, found guilty, sentenced to life transport, with Justice Williams delivering the verdict.
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Robertson
Paterson
Seymour
Issther Maskell
Davenport
Justice Williams
Sciencf Royalty in Bank Rotunda Speech Trial
A nameless young man was charged with attempting to harangue patrons in a bank rotunda over a disputed inheritance. Police intervened, arresting him after he claimed to be the legatee of John Banks of the Haberdashers' Company. Officers found burglary tools, keys, and valuable goods in a Warwick Street house, alongside a Miss Rushdell property record and other stolen items.
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Lee
John Banks
Haberdashers' Company
Rowland
George TV
Haberdashers’ Company
Thwaites
City of London Union
Justice-Room
Compter
House of Peers
George LY
Will
Whall
Gray
Warwick-street
Charing-cross
Sarah Ann Hunt
New Burlington Street
Miss Rushdell
Ray
Edward Gifford
David Thomas
Keziah Perkins
Guildford Street
Summons Granted In Lumber Troop Property Case In Boltcourt
Colonel Draper of the Lumber Troop seeks a summons against Mr. Beck landlord of the Doctor Jobinson in Boltcourt for detaining cannons and pictures valued at £300. The case features questions on troop age arms and the troop’s headquarters move to the Falcon Pewterdane. Separate charges include Samuel Rigby for disorderly conduct and a harsh exchange with an alderman. A large theft ring in Weymouth Street area is detailed with a captured suspect Richard Hanley identified in Sherrard Street. The London police pursue a major burglary involving plate and jewellery from flats along Wroesnars Phuxper and Fernisuep Apartments, leading to remands and further inquiries. A high seas collision ends with a captain severely injured, and the accused Ramsay to be tried for felony.
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Draper
Beck
Jobinson
Boltcourt
Peter Laurie
Peter
Sir Peter
Cobbett
Waithman
Samuel Rigby
Monkwell Street
Manchester
Denny
John Stanborough
Bartholomew
T. Wood
Scholefield
Burleigh
Tiarlborough Street
Wronesars Phuxper
Fernisuep
Whall
Gray
CIM
Rogers
Sherrard Street
Vine Street
Richard Hanley
Hindley
Baker
Sherrard-street
Mary Ann Patrick
Wauxpinc
Thomas Ramsay
Britannia
Goole
Ballantine
William Mills
Robert Garden
Dover
High Seas
Pelham
Hodgson
Price
London
Billy-Boy
Lowestoft
Dovtey
Temple
Extraordinary Cuaron of Carp Stealing at Clerkenwell
In Clerkenwell a man and his wife sought advice after the wife’s former Irish barrister lover abducted their two children from their Teather Lane home. The couple fear harm and await further word from a letter promising the younger child’s return, while the magistrate cautions patience. A separate case notes 6 year old Charles Wellow charged with burglary at Islington, with stolen watches money and property recovered from his lodgings after a struggle with a constable. He was committed for trial.
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Suisse
Marquis
Charlemagne
Partridge
Phillips
Dorchester-house
Clarkson
Croker
Lord Lowther
William Rawlings
Jambert and Raw
Kelly
Foot
Mademoiselle Henriette
Lord Hertford
Fontainbleau
Mademoisele Borele
Miss Borelle
Clarges Street
Clarges-street
Felicite Borelle
Brabant
Marquis of Hertford
England
Mr. Thesiger
Baron Akerson
Baron Gurney
William Simonds
Jane Simonds
Ape
Twickenham
Jaron Gurney
Stannisa
John Gardner
James Jacobs
Jane
Hanwell
London
Middlesex
Essex
Admiralty
Kent
Surrey
Nicholas Souisse
Nicholas Suisse
Thesiger
Wm. Whithall
Thomas Foote
Francis Charles Marquis of
Hertford
T. Watson
T. Peter Fuller
Hicaway
Thomas Robertson
J. Patterson
Scotch Fusilier Guards
Edmund Lea
Messrs
Hyde Park
Teather Lane
Holborn
Combe
Gravesend
Sittingbourne
Charles Wellow
Jonathan Hazell
Lower-street
Islington
White
Wood Street
William White
Winess
Elizabeth Jane Hazell
Ll N
George Marshall
Waddington
Allen
Burglar charged after Miss Lyndhurst halts intruder at Pitt Street home
George Clarke, stylishly dressed, faced Mr Jeremy for burglary at Mr Jackson's Pitt Street residence. Miss Lyndhurst alerted inmates after confronting the man in the passage. Clarke resisted and abused a policeman before being remanded for trial due to prior felony conviction.
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George Clarke
Jeremy
Traill
Jackson
Pitt-street
Old Kent Road
Lyndhurst
Fragmentary Column on Graham Peel and Conservatism
A muddled column discusses Graham and Peel with conflicting labels as conservative and honourable. It notes deaths and longevity anecdotes about a couple and references ages 101 and 93 among family members, with disjointed phrases about France and a church.
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France
The Great Family of Smith in Humorous Antiquarian Lore
An extended survey of the Smith surname tracing its origin from smiths and artificers. It cites jokes about commonality, humorous anecdotes of misaddressed letters, and claims from periodicals about the Smith clan's descent from Shem and Noah. The piece lampoons philological theories and lists various language forms of Smith.
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Smith
Verstegan
John Smith
London
Spead
Mr. Smith
Smiths
Shem
Noah
Shemit
Shinit
Philadelphia Gazette
Great Britain
America
Johannes Smithius
Giovanni Smithi
Joan Smithas
Hang Selunsidt
Jean Smeets
Ton Skmiton
Jonlon Skmittowski
Ivan Schmittiwolski
Shimmit
Jahne Smithson
Tuscarora
Tonia Siittia
Rosselini
Osiris
Egypt
Smithosis
Bein
Fith
Smythopelis Magna
Lower
Knight
Stuke
Jahon Tihon Schimiddan
Joni F Smitli
Her Majesty's Barge Refit at Woolwich Dockyard
A 240 year old royal barge once built for Henry Frederick Prince of Wales is being refitted at Woolwich after arriving from Deptford. The vessel, 40 feet long with gilded appendages and a royal crown motif, carried Nelson's funeral boat procession and remains sound though aged.
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Woolwich Dockyard
Deptford
Henry Frederick Prince of Wales
James I
Prince
Iris Age
Plenty
Cupid
Nelson
Partus
New Gold Coin Appears With Sixpence Insignia
A new gold coin, similar in size to a half sovereign, was shown to Messrs Sparrow and Co in Chelmsford. One side bears the Queen head while the reverse bears the word Sixpence with a wreath. It is described as a curiosity and likely originated from an accidental exchange of dies at the Royal Mint.
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Messrs. Sparrow and Co
Chelmsford
Bank of England
Royal Mint
Singular Wednesday forenoon phenomenon near Cupar
A rare atmospheric event was seen near Cupar on Wednesday forenoon. A loud report and violent wind lifted clothes and bedding from the common, dragging sheets, blankets, and curtains into the air and scattering them, with heavy items landing across the green and road while lighter articles stayed in place. Cattle reacted with fright as the wind vanished.
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Cupar
Tise Herald
Remarkable Circumstance and Great Difference Headlines
A Lancaster Guardian item recounts a swarm of eight days old bees from Elizabeth Stephenson of Dalton in Purness alighting on a small bird and traveling as if hired with the swarm. A Glasgow gentleman narrates chimney climbing plans atop a tall St Rollox structure, debated with his wife over safety and a married acquaintance’s prior ascent.
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Elizabeth Stephenson
Dalton-in-Purness
Lancaster Guardian
Glasgow
Sposa
St. Rollox
Tim
Lislity
Dasure
Jubilingo of Quotations and Savings Bank Review
A humorous spoof of sayings opens the page, followed by Sav ings Banks notes. Mr Tidd Pratt presents a History of Savings Banks with annual deposits for 1840 and 1841, plus parliament returns. The piece argues savings rise amid distress but mainly from tradesmen and families with small capitals.
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Tidd Pratt
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