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.
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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.”
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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.
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City of London
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St. Bartholomew
England
London
West Smithfield
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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.
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James Taylor
Taylor
Great Western Railroad
Hooper
Wootton Basset
Devizes
Assizes
Chippenham
Wiltshire
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