Inquest Hearings On Fawcett Munro Duel Proceedings
Testimony described Sandys statements to the jury about newspapers reports as false and detailed the movements of Lieut Munro and Col Fawcett. Witnesses Longman Helland Bellford Corp described routes to Brecknock Arms and Portland Street, with gunfire heard in the field and questions over Gulliver's evidence and custody by Inspector Aggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandys
Teta Toruita
Fawcett
Col. Fawcett
Mr. Wakley
Mr. Gulliver
Regent’s Park
Colonel Fawcett
Lieut. Munro
Lieut
Munro
John Helland
Green Street
Chelsen
Sloane Street
Haymarket
Aggs
Great Portland Street
Portland Street
Brecknock Arms
Breckmock Arms
Portland-street
Longman
Mr. Munro
Clifford-street
Bond-street
Benjamin Brodie
Breckneck Arms
John Bellford
Crownstreet
Soho
James Corp
Aeneral
Gerard-place
Vauxhallidge-road
Rhodes
Gulliver
Marylebone
Earl of Cardigan
House of Lords
Lieutenant Munro
Ages
Bodkin
Inspector Aggs
Wakley
Inquest adjourned after letter reveals duel wound details
The coroner and jury examined witnesses as Inspector Aggs offered another potential source of evidence. The letter from A Fawortr describes a duel and injury to Fawcett, read aloud to the jurors after detention threats. The inquest was adjourned to Thursday, with Marylebone police court proceedings to follow in a later column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aggs
Mr. Blake
Mr.Wakley
Fawcett
Mr. Wakley
Inspector Aggs
Isidore
Munro
B. Brodie
Chalk-farm
A. Fawortr
Camden Arms
Tegndyph
Camden-town
Lieutenant Munro
Marylebone Police Court
Law and Marriage Cases in Lordships Court Proceedings
The House of Lords sat at ten o'clock with judges presiding over The Queen v Millis on mixed marriages in Ireland. The court ruled Millis’s marriage invalid for lacking a recognised priest. In Exchequer Court Pinniger v Dawe and related actions heard solicitor fees and estate disputes involving Baroness Feucheres, with complex France England proceedings and a net settlement. In Sheriff’s Court Lord Clinton faced cab hire claims by James Hughes with witnesses detailing Miss Mead and drunken incidents. verdict for the plaintiff was 5 pounds 19 shillings 8 pence after a four hour trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MixEep Marniages
Ireland
Court of Common Pleas
Millis
United Kingdom
Exchequer Couurt—Fripsy
Pimnicer Axp Westmacott
Clarke
Nisi Prius
Guildhall
Lord Abinger
Baroness Feucheres
Mr. Thesiger
Richard Dawe
St. Helen’s
Isle of Wight
James Dawe
Mary Anne Dawe
Sophia Dawe
Charlotte Dawe
Thanaron
Feucheres
Newport
London
Duke of Bourbon
France
Baron Feucheres
Sophia Thanaron
English Court of Chancery
Cour de Premiere Instance
Paris
Royale
England
Pinniger
Hueves
Lorp Cuares Clinton
C. R. Kennedy
C.C. Jones
James Hughes
Albany-street
Regent's Park
Lord Charles Clinton
Duke of Newcastle
1St Regiment of Life Guards
Jones
Lord Clinton
Gloucester Road
Bayswater
James
Mr. Jones
Lord
Lord Charles
Albanystreet
Miss Mead
Hughes
White
Miss Meadid
Brown
Robinson
Alexander
Warwick
Thomas Stiles
William Warwick
Charnock
William White
Insolvency ruling for Liverpool theatre manager Hammond
In Liverpool Bankruptcy Court, commissioner approves Hammond discharge after reviewing theatre books. Official assignee Follett backs accuracy as auditors note weekly receipts around £220 but expenses to £228. Despite star attractions Mathews, Farren, Celeste, the theatre runs at a net loss, with weeks showing losses of £8 to £40s even with added performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Liverpool Theatre
Hammond
Liverpool Theatre Royal
Charles Phillips
Banner
Mr. Follett
Mathews
Farren
Webster
Strickland
Madame Celeste
Glover
Magistrate Court Finds Tobacco Trades Violations
Stephen Elgar tobacconist of Tottenham Court Road charged with selling spirits without a license fined £12 10s and second information withdrawn. John Beard of Market Street Southwark charged with depositing and manufacturing tobacco without license judged to pay £25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Elgar
Tottenham-street
Tottenham Court-Road
John Beard
Market-street
Southwark
Noted Trials at Central Criminal Court Debating Perjury and Theft
The ninth session opened with 119 prisoners charged mainly with minor offences. A laughable dental theft tale ended with the prisoner convicted, while the Duke of Normandy case saw a not guilty verdict after dramatic cross examination and conflicting testimonies. Also, a false pretences scam claimed £25 from a Deptford man seeking a librarian post.
Late Fatal Duel Described in London Court
A detailed court hearing recounts the duel that left Lieutenant Colonel Farcett dead and implicates five men. Witnesses describe carriages, a Brecknock Arms meeting, and an open brougham linked to Lieutenant Munro and Mr Gulliver. Magistrates issue warrants for Munro and another unidentified suspect while continuing examination of Gulliver’s role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aggs
Long
Farcett
Mr. Long
Camden-road
Camdentown
Brecknock Arms
Grant
Gulliver
Lieutenant Munro
Mr. Fell
Constable
Royal Horse Guards
Theorses
Maiden-lane
Mr. Gulliver
Fawcett
Camden Arms
Randolph-street
Colonel Fawcett
Great Randolph-street
Camden Town
Sandys
Kentish Town
Coonstable
Prisoner Knight found guilty with wife acquitted in local trial
Trial details note Knight guilty of obtaining money from Henry Jenkins under similar circumstances and his transportation for seven years. His wife was acquitted. Additional cases include three others found guilty of counterfeit shillings and sentenced to 15 years transportation, plus a separate 10 year sentence for a man named Samuel Richardson alias Henry Fowler for uttering counterfeit coin. A manslaughter case ends with a guilty verdict but mercy urged and sentence postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague
Aarre Aeael
Great Union Street
Lambethwalk
Clarendon-street
Jenkins
Knowles
Commissioner Bullock
Knight
Henry Jenkins
Mary Ann Hamilton
Catherine Oliver
Ballantine
Carteen
Penny
Blue Anchor Alley
St. Luke's
Elliot
Hamilton
Oliver
Paris
Smith
Baron Gurney
Urrenixa Counterfeit Corp
Samuel Richardson
Henry Fowler
E. Wild
G. Platt
Payne
Charnock
George Marks
Samuel William Kirby Abbott
Union-hall
Waterloo-bridge
Guy’s Hospital
Baron Gurmey
Sessions and Sentences From The County Court
The court finished its term abruptly on Thursday morning with numerous judgments. Transported for life were J. Selveright and H. Allen. Other sentences included terms of fifteen, fourteen, twelve, ten, and seven years for various defendants. Some received imprisonment and hard labor for shorter spans, while twelve were jailed two months, six for one month, and ten for three to fourteen days. Discharges by proclamation numbered thirteen, and the court adjourned to Monday, August 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Selveright
H. Allen
Catherine Oliver
Mary Ann Hamilton
J. Elliott
C. Sharp
J. Brown
Thomas Brown
P. Dogerty
J. Richardson
Fuller
R. Gazelee
J. Hennesey
J. Newman
J. Callaway
G. Day
T. Smith Alias Hawkins
J. Welch
J. Powell
J. Hayes
E. Lescomb
C. Price
W. Sharp
W. Curtis
F. W. Knight
P. Delany
J. Gardner
J. Thompson
Eliz. Crowder
J. E. Keene
J. Harris
Eliz. Courtney
Also Mentioned on This Page
LAW
Fuinay
Sheriffs Court
Rod Lion Square
the Weekly Chronicle
Central Criminal Court
John Pirie
C. Marshall
J. Duke
Sixcutar Tata
William Curtis
J. H. Carrington
Fitzgerald
Carrington
Duke of Normandy
Thomas Jackson
Mr. Bodkin
Wilkins
E. Platt
Charles Louis de Boaubon
Duke of
Normand
Madame de Valancé
Marlborough,row
Old Kent Road
Hoe
Johnson
County of
Surrey
Charles Lonia de Bourbon
Charles Louis de Bourbon
Valancé
Jackson
Mr. Wilkins
Duke
Butich
Minerva-house
Elizabeth Sayers
Countess de Valancé
Burton Crescent
Mr. Ballantine
Germany
Minerva House
Harrison
Campbell
Inspector Campbell
Miss Sayers
Horsemonger-lane
Mr. Jackson
Burton-crescent
Ellen Hook
Eace
Madame de Blancé
Madame de Valance
Francis William Knight
Sarah Knight
Thomas Machin
Highstreet
Deptford
Times
Strand
Union-street
Borough
Therisoner
George Smith
Lambeth-walk
Alshgen
Witness
Berners Hotel
Agee
Lord Montford
Earl of Maren
W. W. Wynn
Richardson
Mayo
Boyd
Humphreys
Charles Longman
Royal Horse-Guards
Repent’s Park Barracks
Monro
Breckneck
Agsein
Fell
Secis
Sloane-street
Alexander Thompson
John Holland
Cote
New Road
Ligne
Ain
Brecknock Army
Polen Street
Rifle Ground
Heymette
Benjamin
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