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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 19, 1846
Page
6
Long report from Oxford assizes detailing prize fight disturbances, sentencing of two defendants for murder, and related cases. Includes testimonies, confessions, and judges remarks. Also covers rent dispute at Oxford University and various circuit court notes with multiple indictments and verdicts.
William Brockley a grocer of Queen Street Broadway Hammersmith faced Mr Gr Clive on a charge of wilfully setting fire to his house. Sergeant Mount testified to cries of fire and two fires behind the counter while Brockley claimed his father held the policy and he faced remand for a week as inquiries continue to trace belongings from the dwelling.
In Plymouth a watchmaker, John Neeps Beer, was found dead in his bed on Thursday, the result of temporary insanity amid financial ruin. A coroner’s inquest heard his distressed widow recount years of solvency loss, pawned watches, and a despondent state. A letter and lists of pawned items were read, with entries quoting Haydon’s death and other minutes of distress. The jury returned a verdict of temporary insanity.
The Wheely Chronicle reports Henry Emanuel accepted bills exceeding £50,000 not tied to the partnership, acting without his partner's knowledge. The court suspends the bankrupt certificate for three years from his last examination, citing injustice and fraud toward partner and creditors.
A scanned list details pensions charged on the Civil List from June 20, 1815, to June 20, 1516, including entries for Mademoiselle Augusta Emma D Este, Dame Mary Archer Shee, Alfred Tennyson, and others, with trustees and offices noted. The remainder records ceremonial notes and anecdotes from a dinner in Cambridgeshire about Southdown sheep breeding and gout remedies.
Richard Crouch faced Mr Long on a charge of cruelty after Nash the Great Western Railway constable testified he hurled a large dog from a 30 foot bridge at Paddington to the footpath below, where the animal died minutes later. Susanna Rose and Henry Parsons described the taunting and the crowd’s laughter before the act. The magistrate condemned the cruelty and imposed 14 days imprisonment or a fine of 40 shillings, with payment of the money.
In a sequence of cases at Marlborough Street and Hyde Park, defendants faced charges ranging from theft and debt to attempted self harm. A valet jailed on a £95 robbery accusation, a youth accused of extortion in parks, a woman charged with attempting to drown herself and her child, and a Camberwell draper’s clerk charged with plundering a master were all heard. One woman, Louisa Hall, granted bail at £500 with sureties, after authorities found property in her care addressed to a sister. further examination set for the Old Bailey.
In a London Bankruptcy Court session Commissioner Fosblanque suspended the bankrupt attorney and bill discounter's certificate after findings of imprudent accounts and risky trading. The judge noted the need to protect creditors, with cites to the Broad Street Whitechapel concerns and a separate judgment on Henry Emanuel's goldsmith and jeweller business failures arising from speculation and partner losses.
James Lloyd a Welchman, cowkeeper in St George's in the East, is charged with feloniously killing eight year old Thomas Bartlett after a game near his dwelling. Bartlett died from an effusion of blood on the brain following blows. Trial set for manslaughter, bail refused.
A public meeting was held at the Eastern Institution on Wednesday to promote abolition of capital punishment. Speakers including Mr. Brotherton MP and Lord Nugent argued that death penalties fail to reform or deter and urged humane alternatives, with a deputation plan to pressure government leaders.
A southwest gale near Bricutoy sinks three mac kerel boats anchored offshore and capsizes two, with Royal Hansane Society life-boats rescuing crews. One crew member, Priest of Caroline, dies after falling overboard despite repeated attempts at resuscitation. Large family left behind.
Mr Hatchell QC is named law adviser to the Trish government in a ruling noted as judicious. A lengthy inquest at the Somerast Arms Fulham road Little Chelsea investigates the death of Mr William Newton Wansbrough assistant to Mr Joseph Lanksheer surgeon Seamore place. Witnesses describe morphine poisoning and prior strange conduct with evidence from Miss Lanksheer and others. The jury returns a verdict of death from a narcotic poison with unclear mental state. Additional grim notes report publicized lunatic asylums and chained individuals in Ross-shire Auchinvissan and Gainloch with dire conditions and calls for action.
New ministerial seating described for both Houses. In the Lords, Brougham Lytulurst and Ellanborough on opposite benches, Dalhousie on the Opposition, and Wellington briefly present. In the Commons, Graham leads the Opposition. Dan corbe on the back benches. Protectionists move to ministerial seats with Ipgestre among them.
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