Legal actions and trials in the Old Bailey sessions
The report covers multiple cases: Sir Francis Burdett versus Withers over farm repairs with a verdict for the plaintiff £167. Ruth Avenell charged for the murder of her infant, found insane. Stockdale versus Hansard debating parliamentary privilege and press reporting. It details pleadings, verdicts, and constitutional questions arising in 1830s Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Witaens
Wits
Frates Burdett
Withers
Bean
Baron Alderson
Court of King’s Bench
F. Burdett
Baronet
Ruth Avenell
Stockdale
Hansard
Attorney General
House of Commons
House
Court of Queen’s Bench
Paty
Smuggling Charge in Sailor’s Dutch Tobacco Case
William Doyle, an old campaigner and steamer stoker, faced a magistrate for possessing twelve half-pound packets of unpaid duty Dutch tobacco. He claimed the goods were for his family, including six children aged four to seventeen, and insisted he bought them in Rotterdam for home use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saracerne
William Doyle
Rotterdam
Duke of Wellington
Fennall case details Dr Lerew and Coombe in custody dispute
The testimony describes Mrs. Fennall surrounded by questionable attendants as Dr Lerew and Mr Coombe arrange her removal to a carriage. The narrative follows entreated news of property, locating those in the parlour, and the carriage trip to Southchurch Essex, with inquiries about record entries and lunacy procedures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoskins and
Rawlinson
David Cooper
S Division
No. 19
Alfred Coombe
Knightsbridge
Priscilla Mary Fennall
Seymourplace
Euston Square
Coombe
Somersetshire
Fennall
Grabham
Southchurch
Essex
Graham
Mr. Moore
Furnival’s Inn
Moore
Limacy
McGee
New Inn
Mr. Coombe
Mr. Rawlinson
Prophet Jeremiah at the House of Commons Disturbance
In London police court reports a man calling himself the prophet Jeremiah later named James Read faced a charge for entering the Commons lobby and causing a disturbance. The magistrate remanded him on bail after deeming him deranged. The cases include Blackburn charged with a fatal brawl at the Feathers and Henry Woods remanded for workhouse disturbance. Separate items cover suspicious disappearances, a fatal cab accident, and related inquiries.
Inquest at Pimlico on Death of James O Brien
Coroner and jury examine cause of death in Grosvenor-place after a fight in a tap-room. Surgeon testifies to brain inflammation from injuries and preexisting intemperance. Verdict natural death accelerated by intoxication. Blackburn held in custody. Другие детали описывают второй инок в Ньюман-стрит,Charles Finnamore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feathers
Grosvernor-place
Pimlico
Gell
James O’brien
Blackburn
William Griffiths
Belgrave-place
Osnaburgh-row
O’brien
Jimmy
Mar. Brockle
John Underwood
Mason
Taylor
Griffiths
Queen-square
Brilewell
Blue Posts
Newman-street
Oxford-street
Charles Finnamore
Messrs. Hollowell
Berners-street
Brown admits burying clothes connected to missing boy
Mr Broughter presses for Brown to account for the boy's disappearance. Brown says he buried the clothes after finding a destitute lad serving him with sweetmeats. He claims the boy vanished with the basket and money. Brown provides corroboration from others who supplied the clothing and later reports to the station. Brown is discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broughter
Brown
Chambers
Hoxton Market
Broughton
Mellish
Hat theft and street assault near London road magistrate
A man and a woman were involved in a confrontation with another prisoner near Elephant and Castle. The hat was stolen by the female, Needle fought after the confrontation, and witnesses described the sequence as police searched a Westminster road house. The magistrate bound over Needle for peace and committed the female for a month as idle and disorderly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elephant and Castle
Wheelith
4Rthan
London Road
L Division
Westminster Road
Needle
Wedgewood
Mr. Wedgewood
Medlin
Levy and Otway court ruling on theatre wage dispute
In the Court of Requests Borough, Mr Lawrence Levy of the Victoria Theatre faced failure in another case alongside prior losses. Edward Otway sought one night's salary of five pounds for Hamlet. the Commissioners awarded it with costs and payment has been made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Requests
Borough
Lawrence Levy
Victoria Theatre
Edward Otway
Fatal Accident Near Epping Forest Township
A young woman about 22 died after a gig toppled when a coach wheel caught the gig wheels near the May Pole as they returned from a fair. She died at the May Pole inn before help arrived. A separate incident involved a cab driven by a violent driver injuring a pedestrian woman and a youth, then fleeing. A painter named William Fry fell from a ladder in Pentonville and was impaled on rail spikes, expected to die at the North London Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second
Amwell Street
Pentonville
Broderip
Henry Frederick Second
Protector
Mr. Second
Broderic
Plymouth
William Serjeant
Wedgwood
Margaret Ford
Augustus Mullings
Aldermanbury
Blackfriars Road
Edward-street
Edward Jobson
Laut le
Medlin
Slondey
London
Epping Forest
West End
May Pole
New-road
Paddington
Skinner-street
Edwards
Lissongrove
Highstreet
William Fry
Simes
Wood-street
Cheapside
White Lion-street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oxford
Ludlow
Court OF Queen's Bench
Hansard and Others
John Russell
William Crawford
Whitworth Russell
Great
House of Commeans
SNP
Puretinsa
West Price
Speaker
Messrs. Hansard
Crawfurd and Russell
Court of Aldermen
William Crawfurd
Lord J. Russell
Commons
House of Parliament
Wm. Whatston
J. Corwoop
Police Intelligence
Mansion House
Bow-Street
Ramsdale
Kingston
Spearman
FF. Roe
Citar
Bos
F. Ree
Spéarcian
Marlborough Street
Breoaiia
Roda Jones
John Houliston
Francis Lawley
Grosvenor Square
Mendicity Society
Storsford
Mendicity
F. Lawley
Lord Haddington
Chichester
Ripon
Sir Francis
Francis
Houliston
Jones
Marylebong
Stephen Jackson
Regent’s Park
George Fescutt
Hood
Park Terrace
Caroline-place
Lord Chesterfield
Queen Square
Jeremiah
James Read
Peck
Burrell
Annanias
Sapphira
Auuecep
James Blackburn
White and Burrell
James O’brian
Grosvenor-place
White
Belgrave-street
Joseph Mason
Trades’ Union
Criapren
Henry Woods
St. Martin’s
Watch House
Gardner's Lane
Disarpeeaarance
Gordon
N Division
Kingsland
Ser Reans Chambers
Borgith
Porrce
Wm. Ford
Union Hall
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