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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jul 12, 1840

Page

6

Extraordinary Matrimonial Impostor Trial at Durham Sessions

Robert Taylor, a youth, faced Durham sessions for polygamy after posing as the son of Lord Kennedy. He offered rewards to secure wives, produced forged documents, and claimed vast fortunes from imagined estates. Witnesses described multiple marriages across the north, guarded by fake wills and seals. The court heard how he swindled a Methodist preacher and others before capture. The jury found him guilty. another indictment followed on a separate marriage.

Durham Robert Taylor Hmself Lord Kennedy Ashby-hall Leicestershire Iso Taylor John Nicholson Thomas Johnson Robinson Kennedy Samuel Robinson James Lee John Turner William Cowley England Fryer County of Staffordshire Falfield Mary Wilson Newcastle-one Mary Ann Wesleyan Primitive Methodists Teetotallers Lord Kenedy Ashby-de-la-Zouch Mary Ann Davidson John Wood Birmingham Wood Sarah Ann Skidmore London Benjamin Skidmore Robert Mr. Granger Granger Elizabeth Taylor Mary Davidson Benjamin Fryer Lew Mary Jamiesoner Brammagem Edle Hfe Michael Rickaby Ri Bae Marie Weasthe A Wilson Geo. Wilson

Newcastle scammer wed under Methodist vows then jailed

A man advertised for a wife in Newcastle papers and, using strong religious talk and teetotal pledges, married Miss Wilson after promising money. Eighteen days later he deserted. He was found guilty and sentenced to two years and six months, while his mother revealed little about his birth and claimed he was a “real gentleman.”

Newcastle Whd Robert Taylor Lord Enedy Mary Evans Spain England Workington Cumberland

Suppression of Bartholomew Fair Report by City Solicitor

City solicitor Charles Pearson reports to London’s Market Committee on the right to suppress Bartholomew fair or curb nuisances. He traces historic rights, suggests limiting duration to two days and banning show booths, notes prior regulations and riots, and argues regulation could gradually lead to abolition without Parliament.

Corporation of London City of London British Museum St. Bartholomew England London West Smithfield Henry Will John Rich Lord Kensington Chamberlain of London Corporation Birch Malcolm Robert Southwell Lady Holland Hydepark Westminster Southwark Smithfield Charles. Pearson Guildhall

Murder and self harm near Wootten Basset

A 45 year old man James Taylor near Wootten Basset shoots his wife dead then attempts suicide with a loaded gun. He endures a broken neck wound, is kept in the Blind-house, moves to Tockenham for an inquest, and is held at Devizes prison awaiting August assizes. The wife’s seduction by a railroad laborer is cited as motive. A coroner’s verdict of Wilful Murder is recorded. The report notes a possible suicide of the laborer near Chippenham.

Tockenham James Taylor Taylor Great Western Railroad Hooper Wootton Basset Devizes Assizes Chippenham Wiltshire

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