Fawcett Case Admits Bail as Inquest Hears Testimony
Testimony at a London inquest details Colonel Fawcett s fatal gunshot wound after a confrontation. Surgeon Sandys confirms the bullet entered the seventh rib and lodged in the dorsal spine, causing death from internal bleeding. Gulliver seeks bail with high-profile sureties, including Colonel Richardson and Captain Oliver, as the case proceeds to a future hearing.
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Colonel Fawcett
Maiden Lane
Sibone
S. Sandys
Francis
Terrace
Kentishpra
Fawcett
Mr. Long
Mr. Sandys
Mr. Andys
Jeidore Blake
Hussars
Camden Arms
David Lynar Fawcett
Aggs
Jones
Bodkin
Gulliver
Hall Dove
Mr. Bodkin
Colonel Richardson
Captain Oliver
Watkin Wynne
Knife Attack and Impostor Captain at Holborn Tavern
In Gray's Inn Lane a shoemaker John Sutherland is charged with stabbing Margaret Jones after a dispute about his conduct with Jane Dobbs. The wounded woman Leaks eye injury. surgeon Henry Jones testifies to a deep cut. Separately a man posing as Captain Reynolds misleads Mr Baxter in High Holborn, fleecing him of £2 with a watch and ring. he is seized next day and a wretched wig is found as evidence.
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SunBine
John Sutherland
Fellcourt
Gray’s-inn-lane
Margaret Jones
Gough-street
Gray’s-son-lane
Witness
Jane Dobbs
Fetterat
Aysister
Jane
Goughreel
Meck
Henry Jones
Green-gate-gardens
Hackny
Dobbs
Combe
Tomas Benjamin Hopkins
Gray
Janetbs
Grapes Tavern
Baxter
Risener
Reynolds
Berlgey-street
Portman-square
Berkeley-street
Bur
Olloway
Duke of Portland
Ann Mellish
Holloway
Welbeck Abbey
Scott Portmann
Marquis of Westminster
K.G
Strand
Temple-bar
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England
Co Alba
J. W. Stirling
High Street
Whitechapel
Sanger
Oxford-street
Hannay
Oxford Street
Priest
Parliament-street
Gill
Charing-cross
Holborn
Lucas
Cheapside
Lowden
Temple
Samuel Lamert
Bedford Street
Bedford-square
London
Falkner-square
Manchester
University of Edinburgh
London Hospital Medical Society
Apothecaries' Hall
S. Gilbert
Paternoster-row
John Field
Regent-quadrant
Jackson
New Bond-street
Gordon
Leadenhall-street
Noble
Chancery-lane
Westerton
Park-side
Knightsbridge
Heywood
Oldham-street
Newton
Church-street
Liverkee
Watts
Snow-hill
Birmingham
Barraclough
Fargate
Heffield
Davey
Broad-street
Bristol
Manchester Chronicle
Boston Free Press
la Mert
Stockport Advertiser
La’Mert
Bedford-street
Faullmer-street
A Curious Case of Thievery and Elopement in London
A jury heard how a wife left her husband with a prisoner after a long marriage and eleven children. Clothes disappeared after the Whit Monday escape, and the prisoner was committed for trial. A jeweller theft saw Sarah Loader accuse robbing £7 10s, with the prisoner claiming she was misled by cabmen. Pedestrian John Townshend faced a police decision over his 60 mile per day walk, ultimately discharged on conditions.
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Thomas Fulcher
North Street
Spitalfields
Stepney Fair
Margaret Fulcher
Broughton
Sarah Loader
Bingham
New Inn Street
Shoreditch
Rebecca Rampling
Therisoner
Old Street
Old-street
Islington
Paul’s Wharf
Tooley-street
Rampling
John Phipps Townshend
Bridport Place
Hoxton
Carpenters’ Arms
Bridport-place
Townshend
Metropolitan Police District
Indecent Conduct Charged Against 55th Regiment Private
Thomas Bennet of the 55th regiment faced a magistrate for an indecent assault on Phebe Walker. A witness described the act as aggravated. an officer urged no mitigation. Traill imposed a £5 fine, with six weeks imprisonment if unpaid, and Bennet was committed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Bennet
55Th Regiment of Foot
Portsmouth
Birmingham
Traill
Phebe Walker
Bodies of Two Children Found in Regent's Canal
Tuesday morning the bodies of two children were found in the Regent's canal after having been missing for several days. They had wandered away from home and likely fell into the canal near the banks.
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Regent’s Canal
Character of the Government and Conservative Critique
The Morning Post argues the current administration betrays conservative aims, contrasting it with previous whig reform acts. It criticizes Peel’s leadership, notes failure to pass major measures, and highlights unrest in Wales and Ireland while praising past reforms and warning of impending economic strain.
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Morning Post
Eat Weight
Orning Post
Times
Lord Lyndhurst
House of Lords
Lord Brougham
Lord Melbourne
Ireland
Canada
House of Commons
Robert Peel
England
Wales
O’connell
Oxford Punishment and other colonial justice notes
A London era column reviews Oxford student discipline for riotous conduct at an LL D ceremony, condemning harsh rustication while noting prior tolerance. It also covers Sir Thomas Phillipps fined for assault on a tax collector, a death sentence reprieve for Giuseppe Azzopardi, convict removals to hulks, a bank note theft recovery, Milbank Prison mercy provisions, and related legal matters.
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Oxford
Everett
Pxnsons
Thomas Phillipps, Bart
Middlehill
Broadway
Our
County Sessions
Falkner and
Fletcher
Thomas Cooper
Thomas Phillipps
Falkner
Sir Thomas Phillipps
Sir Thomas
Worcester Chronicle
Guizeppe Azzopardi
Cope
Newgate
Central Criminal Court
Rosa
Smyrna
Old Bailey
Chatham
Howse
Lord Fitzgerald
Norgis
Beeman
Weald of Kent Bank
London
Cranbrook
Times
Wilmshurst
Mr. Wilmshurst
Maidstone
Milbaux
Milbank Prison
Her Majesty
Earth foretells doom in dream amid Cotherstone fame
A fragmentary 19th century verse piece describes visions of earth, sun, wind, and cloud foretelling catastrophe, followed by a line about Cotherstone and its famous horse trophies. The Durham Chronicle notes how the name spreads via Cotherstone cheeses and price rises, attributing fame to Bowes’s horse.
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Beth Gugee Tong
Tony
E.M
Cotherstone
Avon
Durham Chronicle
Presents to the Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz
The Morning Post notes gifts to the Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz totaling 3000 pounds a year from rich donors and colonies. Bolton sent fifty bread baskets and Paisley six cobweb festooned dinner plates as part of the donations. Punch records the communal effort to fund the duchess’s £3,000 annual stipend.
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Mecklenburg
Strelitz
Morning Post
Punch
Bolton
Paisley
Mecklenburg-Strelitz
Extraordinary fish and Mediterranean sea rise reported
A man named Hawtry landed a 90 plus pound river pike after an hour and a half struggle at Clewer near Windsor, and Mr Mills caught three large trout weighing over 21 pounds from a Thames punt. In Valletta harbour a three foot water rise and five and a half foot fall caused a strong current, likely from a distant earthquake, with tremors also felt in Tripoli.
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Hawtry
Clewer
Windsor
Aniufally
Mills
Lombard Strest
Thames
Datchet Bridges
Datchet
Mediterranean Sea
Valetta
Tripoly
Barbary
Melia
Jane
Odfrey’s Elder Flower Extract for Skin Beautifying
An old advertisement touts Odfrey’s Extract of Elder Flowers as a fragrant perfume and cosmetic. It claims to remove tan redness and eruptions, cool and heal the skin, leave it soft and clear, aid shaving, and protect against dust and grime. Bottled, 2 8d, sold by medicine venders and perfumers.
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Odfrey
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Lackfriars-Road
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Robinson
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Treasury
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R.S
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Gzorge Smith
York-place
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King-street
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Cockle
New Ormond-street
J. Noble
Boston
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Lincolnshire
John Costall
Niagara
Elizabeth
John Noble
P.S
Plummond
Little Trinity-lane
Doctors’ Commons
Greet
London Morning Journal
Goss
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Dublin Morning Journal
Dublin Weekly Journal
Sherwood and Co
Paternosterrow
Porter
Grafton-street
Dublin
Messrs. Goss
Lancaster-place
Waterloo-bridge
United Kingdom
R.and
L. Perry
Anthors
Strange
Paternoster
Perry
Messrs
Berners-Street
Great Charles-street
Easy-row
N. B
C. J. Lucas & Co
Newman-street
Brittain
Paternestertow
J. Gordon
Leidenhall-street
G. Mansell
Southwark
C. Westerton
Parkside
H. Phillips
Field
Quadrant
Regent-street
Huett
High Holborn
J. Buckton
Briggate
Leeds
Marketp
Aes
Ew Bell
Messrs. Lucas and Co
F Curtis and Company
F Curtis and Company, Consulting Surgeons
The
Anthers
Burgess
Medical Bookseller
Coventry-Street
Haymarket
Barth
Brydges-street Strand
Mann
Cornhill
Guest
Bull-street
Sewier
St. Ann's Square
Philip
South Castle-street
Liverpool
Manin
Beoka
Messrs. Curtis
Old England
Essex and
Hertsee
Messia
Curtiss
Messrs. Curtis and Company
Frith-street
Soho-square
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