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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 13, 1845
Page
6
Testimony at Ballinhassig fair Coroner inquest details that seven people died from gunshot wounds amid police action during the Ballichassig incident. Witnesses describe arrests near the dispensary, stones thrown by bystanders, and multiple police firings from dispensary and surrounding areas.
OConnell notes public impression if Dr Tresilian who testified is seen to interfere. Tresilian refuses. Proceedings end abruptly as juror Gillman becomes nervous faint. Coroner orders adjournment to protect his health and allow medicine tonight. Inspector Walker leads constables in district.
Law, Court of Common Pleas case from Greenock ship brokers seeking to pierce liability of partner Sir Craven Berkeley. Trial centered on whether Berkeley was a member of The India Steam Ship Company when judgment for £35,006 was recovered and whether the act of Parliament creating the company render him liable as a director. Testimony covered memorials, directors, and enrollment, with a verdict for plaintiffs subject to a special case.
In a London nisi prius case before the Lord Chief Justice, master printers and city compositors clash over whether a fortnight's notice is required to end service and whether parliamentary appeal work should be paid at 8d or 7d per thousand letters. The defendant printer, secretary to the Master Printers' Association, faced a strike by his compositors over rate disparities as they gave notice to quit.
The Central Criminal Court resumed sittings with 102 prisoners due for trial. The Recorder told the grand jury labor would be brief as William Perry faced multiple assault charges against William Patrick and William Butcher. The case detailed Perry’s alleged pattern of stealing from victuallers and publicans, his resistance at the station, and the judge’s verdict of guilty on a common assault with a mercy recommendation. Additional trials covered parasol theft involving Moses Bernard and Charlotte Palmer, a five-hour hearing ending in guilty verdicts but with leniency for Bernard, and a separate acquittal of several defendants in related counts. Other matters included a postponed trial for John Taylor over a royal property theft and various indictments for attempted murder, explosive assault, and a sailor’s suicide in custody. The Thames division reported a precursor examination involving Thomas Marshall for abusing a young girl in Coram Street, with remand for further proceedings.
A Chelsea man from the Apothecaries Company was charged with capital assault on Margaret Welhan, a fifty to sixty year old woman. She testified she was assaulted in Paradise Row gardens after meeting him near Chelsea College, resisted, and was kept overnight. The prisoner denied the charge, claiming she accompanied him for beer and gin. He was remanded until Tuesday as magistrates considered the evidence.
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