Libel Case Over The Marquis Of Blandford
In a Queen's Bench libel case a Satirist article alleging bigamy by the Marquis of Blandford led to a guilty verdict. The attorney general consented to a verdict of guilty after acknowledging the defendant's guilt and the court signaled that dropping further attacks might avoid judgment. The jury found the defendant guilty of libel imputing a felony to the noble family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen's Bench
Tbs Queers
Blandford
Abels
Tpg
F. Pollock
Iing
Court of Queen’s Bench
Lord Denman
Marquis of Blandford
Session at Old Bailey Opens With 94 Prisoners Awaiting Trial
The Monday session at Justice Hall Old Bailey opened with 94 prisoners committed for trial and expected to rise to about 130 before grand jury discharge. Offences include larceny bigamy perjury embezzlement shoplifting assault forgery and receiving stolen property. Several cases were heard including a verdict of guilty for a forged bill of exchange and notes on perjury and libel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Criminal Court
Justice-hall
Old Bailey
London
Middlesex
Admiralty
Kent
Surrey
Julius Casar
Julius Caesar
George Pzzey
Sunbury
Samuel Ashley
Cole
Clarkson
Sir. Payne
Ashley
Thomas Ashley
Staines
John Cole
Payne
Pizzey
William Cole
Henning
John
Tion
James Pizzey
Mr. Cole
Witness
Messrs. Ashley
Wiliam Beasley
Hankey
Pensacres Adolphus and
Ryland
Messra
Fenchurch Street
Arabin
Ixronston
John Money
Phillips
Ballantine
R. E. Broughton
Worship-street
Bethnal Green
Grove
James Stanley
shoemaker reads Bible by sermon and is jailed by lord mayor
In London, Hugh Thomas a wandering shoemaker attracted a crowd by preaching from a Bible to children near the Mansion House while giving money gifts. The lord mayor admonished him to stop preaching in the city and advised returning to shoemaking with a license sought at Union Hall. Andere cases include Thomas Calvin Cook accused of victimising victuallers and a theft ring linked to metal goods from Rafael Pontifex's shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Thomas
Mansion House
Smith
Clapham-commoen
Clapham-common
London
Union Hall
Tha d Lama
Belzebub
Clapham,common
Surrey
Prisoners Remanded After Lamp of Theft Scheme Exposed
In a Peckham court scene the Westbrookes and Fuller face trial for a long-running theft ring fed by an apprentice. The worker aided by George Westbrooke and Fuller stole brass taps pumps and metal goods from a bootmaker and from Westbrooke’s home and shop, then sold or pledged the items. Witnesses including tradesmen and pawnbrokers testified to purchases and loans while the accused were remanded for further proceedings.
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Ronseby
George James Fuller
Shackell
Rafael Pontifex
Upper St. Martin’s Lane
George Westbrooke
William Westbrooke
Merrick Burrel
Francis Simpson
Dodd
Flower
Fuller
Georg V P
George Westbrook
Lighield-street
House of George
Westbrooke
Geo. Westbrooke
George ‘Weatbooke
William
William Estbrooke
G. Westbrooke
Wm. Westbrooke
France
James Lock
High-street
Peckham
William Weatbrooke
Thomas Smith
Longlane
Bermondsey
Westbrodéries
Union-street
George Weatbrooke
John Hubbard
Newington
Simpson
Robbery and attempted murder at York Square
Owen Davis, a notorious burglar, was charged with robbery and violent assault on Mrs. Catherine Haywood and Mrs. Margaret Reid at No 6 York Square, Regent's Park. The case details a counterfeit shilling, a brutal beating with a bottle, furniture damage, and the pair’s escape. Davis was captured at Tottenham Court public-house and fined £5 per assault, with four months in the House of Correction.
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Owen Davis
Rawlinson
Catherine Haywood
Margaret Reid
No. 6
York Square
Regent’s Park
Tottenham Court
Mysterious Charley holds peace warrant in rambling London tale
In a London court row, waterman Charley, famed as Mysterious Charley, settled a dispute with a rival after threats to “cook your goose” and break the rank over water shares. The episode ends as he agrees to withdraw the warrant and seek peace, amid concerns of riot and loyalty to colleagues. Meanwhile John Frederick Jourdan, a Hanoverian in custody, is examined over a fatal stabbing of his wife and his own self harm, with Mrs Jourdan grievously wounded and moved to hospital. The case reveals a brewing domestic tragedy, with testimony from neighbors, a landlord, a master baker, and a medical pupil. Jourdan is committed to Newgate for trial.
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Marlborough Street
Charley
Oxford Street
London
Chambers
Courtey
Mr. Chambers
Her Majesty
Lambeth Street
John Frederick Jourdan
Mary Jourdan
London Hospital
Mr. Hardwick
Stanley
Charles-street
Commercial Road
East
Richardson
Shelswell
Ward
Germany
Newgate
Robbery trial records two sisters and others in Finsbury Square case
Two sisters Susannah Harriet Saunders and Ann Jones, servants of Moses Mueller of No 12 Finsbury Square, were brought before Mr. Broughton on suspicion of robbing their master. The alleged theft included two Bank of England notes and £50 in plate. Jones, a widow with a child, admitted visitors and ale pots in the drawing room. Crigley and others faced related charges of burglary and theft. A wife, Sarah Crigley, and Ellen Hickman were also examined. Hickman identified several pawned items and claimed Crigley's influence, leading to Crigley's committal for trial while the wife was discharged.
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Susannah Harriet Saunders
Aid
Ann Jones
Moses Mueller
Finsburya Square
Broughton
England
Jones
Corstorphia
Go Division of Police
Rossery
James Crigley
Tai Mesers
Massey
Windham
Birchin-lane
Cornhill
Sarah .Crigley
Ellen Hicknan
Doughty-street
Crigléy
Roberts
Massey and Windham
Crigley
Ellen Hickman
C. Hickman
Elis
Hichman
Helen Hickman
Trever
Forcery Extraordinary Infarvation Forgery Case in City
A young man at a respectable city firm is arrested on forgery charges after a 601 bill drawn in Glasgow Union Bank Paisley is found to bear forged drawer and acceptor names. The youth allegedly forged to help a friend. 400 pounds recovered from him as he waited in the counting-house. The friend admits receiving 501 but claims no knowledge of the funds’ source. Separate incident: Mr Thos Saunders of Chelmsford beaten and robbed by three masked men near Colchester, losing 30 to 40 sovereigns and a silver watch. his attackers remain unidentified due to darkness.
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Castle-streety
Bethnal-green
Aday
Apne
Egerpet
W. Groves
James Stanley
Broughton
Grove
George C. Collins
Mr. Ballantine
Arabin
Jemima Henwright
House of Correction
Milbank
Glasgow Union Bank
Paisley
Iis
Miller
Frm
Glasgow Courier
Thos. Saunders
Michael Saunders
Chelmsford
Colchester
Fellowes
Indecent exposure case ends in coroner's inquest
A Marlborough Street magistrate's court heard a case against Col. David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre accused of exposing himself to two women in public. The inquest found the deaths of Janet Caldwell due to apoplexy after the distress caused by the incident. Sombre maintained his innocence, bail was offered, and no charge was upheld.
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Chambers
Marlborough-street
Ochterlony
Indian Service
Janet Caldwell
Janet
Alexanders
Dyca
M-Dowell
Portlans, Place
Weymouth Street
Dyce
Clark
Janet Alexander
Lord Combermere
M‘dowell
Alexander
Weymouth-Street
Wakley
Three Compasses
Little
Marylebone Street
Cavendish-square
David Ochterlony Dyce Sombre
Sombre
Marylebone
31Dowell
Portland-place
Thomas Farr
Theobald
Beaumont-street
Francis Clark
Maryebone
Porter
William
Farry
M’dowell
Regents Park Atrocities Prompt Police Aid And Public Outcry
Reports from Marylebone magistrates describe repeated offences in Regent's Park against women and children during summer outings. Police will aid park gate-keepers to curb the crimes as fears rise over local safety. A separate incident notes John Hilsden recovering a naked man’s body from Regent Canal near Hampstead Road bridge, aged about 35 with no signs of violence, clothes found nearby. In Rutland, Jemins Love, a 36 year old woman, died suddenly after dizziness at a family visit, wife of a fiddler.
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Regent’s Park
Regent's Park
Marylebone
Metropolitan Police
John Hilsden
Regent Canal
Hampstead Road Bridge
St. Pancras
Suppen
Preston
Rutland
Ketton
Jemins Love
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Thomas Calvin
Cook
Daley
Black Bull
Hammersmith
Lord Bexley
Sir Matthew Wood
Mr. Smith
Sir Matthew
M. Wood
Canterbury
United States
Prince’s Street
Bristol
America
Bow Street
Marylebove
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