Trial on a capital assault case at Oxford circuit
In Abingdon Thomas Cruse and his wife were tried for causing fatal injuries to Charlotte Heath. The jury heard detailed testimony of blunt blows and a head strike against a beam and brick floor. The judge reserved ruling on the indictment and the verdict found both guilty of a lesser charge with the wife acquitted on a coercion defense. Damages awarded to the plaintiff £50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Abingdon
Thomas Cruse
Mary
Charlotte Heath
Carrington
Robert Peel
Justice Patteson
Jefferys Williams
Francis Alder
Stroud’ Green
Greenham
Fanny Bradley
Cruse
Mary Cruse
Mary Heath
Mr. Carter
Lama Sae
Newbury
Mr. Carrington
Midland
Patteson
Justice Atteson
Carr
Romford Court Sees Damages Sought Over Adultery Case
In a Romford common pleas action, plaintiff a dyer seeks damages for injury to family life after his wife’s alleged liaison with Mr Larkin in a lane near Little Pettits Farm on May 29 1837. Evidence cites a handkerchief left for dye and witnesses describing the meeting and ensuing distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Common Pleas
Curzon
Larkin
Kelly
James
Petersdorff
Sergeant Wilde
Chambers
Romford
Essex
Epping
Clifton
Little Pettits
White Hart Inn
Little Pettits Farm
Avory
Grand jury opened at Central Criminal Court with murder and arson cases
The ninth session opened before the Lord Mayor and officials. The grand jury heard that charges include arson by Thomas Peacock and murder by John Rickey. A kidnapping case against Ann Burgess involved stealing a child under ten with intent to deprive the parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergeant Arabin
Kelly
Pirie
C. Marshall
Thomas Peacock
London
John Rickey
Charlotte Cobb
Robert Bell
Cawston
Sharpe
Brook-street
Grosvenor-square
Ann Baker
Davis-street
Parker
Russell Square
Pawna
James Collins
Bell
Hyde Park Fair
Collins
Caarce
CuninpsTearinc
Ann Burgess
Alderman Sholey
Ann Holliday
John Swain
Whitecross-street
Redcross-street
Cripplegate
Jewin-street
Aldersgate-street
Clothfair
Smithfield
Duke-street
Thither
Green Dragon-court
Clapton
George Holliday
Elizabeth Ryan
Hereford
Jury Convicts on Larceny Charge in Aggravated Case
The court finds the woman guilty of aggravated larceny for stealing items from a child’s parent. The jury opts for a verdict on the minor count and the recorder orders one year of imprisonment with hard labor. Swain receives public thanks and full expenses.
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Swain
British subjects urged to obtain passports before travel
In July 1838 the secretary of state warned Lord Russell that many Britons abroad lacked passports. The note urged immediate compliance for all intending to travel, aiming to prevent travel difficulties. Sir Peter Laurie’s case described a widow duped by a perfidious footman named Thomas Adams who posed as a suitor, forged documents, and swindled cash and a shawl, with legal actions and potential Chancery filings referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Department
Whitehall
John Russell
Foreign Office
T. M. Paiures
Peter Laurie
Alderman Lainson
Thomas Adams
Hanover Square
Fetter-lane
Bess
True Hearts Benefit Club
Gray’s Inn-lane-road
Peter
Gray’s Inn-road
Scotland
Roe
Butler impersonates lord in Portland Place case at Hyde Park
John Labette the butler of Lord Sheffield and two women Mary Ann Aldridge and Sarah Murray were charged after a constable observed them entering the house areas and the butler claiming to be the master. The magistrate fined Labette 50s for assaulting the constable and dismissed the women. Hyde Park pickpockets were also rounded up with two committed to Newgate and others sent to the House of Correction.
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Lord Sheffield
John Labette
Portland-place
Mary Ann Aldridge
Sarah Murray
Rawlinson
Marshal Soult
Hyde Park
Newgate
House of Correction
Marlborough Street Impostor Case Attracts Magistrate
A striking case at Marlborough Street features Alice Trigg alias Saunders Anderson Somers and others accused by Mendicity Society of repeated frauds. She allegedly obtained money by distress stories from Lady Emily Ducie and others. The court remanded her for further inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough Street
Alice Trigg
Saunders
Anderson
Somers
Conant
Mendicity Society
Patteson
Knyvett
Horsford
Emily Ducie
Captain Beaufort
Earl of Mornington
Lucy North
Lord Ducie
Manning
Francis’ Davis
Cook
Hudson’s Bay Company
Regent-street
Earl of
Orkney
Mace
St. John’s Road
Lord Orkney
Fraudulent Solicitor Trial At Kingston On Thames
William Blaxland Rogers was charged by John Davidson with fraudulently obtaining seven pounds under a false representation that the prisoner was a solicitor. The prosecutor testified that in October 1837, following a newspaper advertisement, he was induced to visit the prisoner at No 10 Jewin Court Jewin Street City, where an interview occurred.
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Court of Chancery
Dorking
Surrey
Epsom
Equity
Chitty
William Robarts
John Davidson
Flatman
Edward Chitty
Serjeant’s Inn
Pepper
Mr. Chitty
Davidson
Bennett
Robinson
No 2
Brewer-street
Islington
Mr. Pepper
Mr. Bennett
Robarts
William Blaxland Rogers
London Road
Kingston-on- Thames
Jewin Court
Jewin Street
City
Serious Accident at Welbeck Street Omnibus Incident
John Mercer, a wine merchant's servant, is examined for negligently driving over Mrs. Kirk in Welbeck Street causing fatal injuries. Mrs. Kirk, 76, is sinking with both legs fractured after slipping near a Blackwall omnibus. Mercer remanded. bail refused. Another case sees Joseph Clark, a Gurney wine-merchant servant, committed to Newgate for stealing £238 from his employer after detailed witness depositions.
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Lambeth Street
John Mercer
Messrs. Combes and Norton
Kirk
Welbeck Street
Cavendish Square
Combes
Joseph Clark
William Gurney
Commercial Road
East
Hardwick
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Assize Intelligence
Mr. Green
Green
Ramsey
LAW
Central Criminal Court
Mansion House
Marylebone
Queen Square
Thomas Flower
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
W. Randall
Her Majesty
Chas. Murray
Thomas Cook
James Dillon
Mary Dillon
Jane Barry
Owen M‘mahon
James Bradley
Turk’s Row
Chelsea
Maidenhead Yard
Dillon
Hill Batchelor
Sloane-street
Francis Spicer
King
Messrs
Broughton and Grove
Serjeant
Clarke
Royal Standard
Shepherdess-walk
Graham
Broughton
Grace
Mr. Broughton
John Willis
Serjeant Clarke
Thames Office
Patrick Grant
Ballantine
Lewis
Thames
Marsden
John Rotch
William Richards
Peckham
Lizzy
Rotch
Marlboro’ House
Swateharte L.A
Brixton House of Correction
Croydon Petty Sessions
Arthur Jialong
Sutton
Charlotte Turner
Rogers
Malony
France
Reed
Hatton Garden
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