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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jul 21, 1839
Page
5
James Moore a dock labourer and Benjamin Cox faced remand and sentencing proceedings in a crowded docket. Moore was linked to a brutal assault on his wife with a stair fall injuring her critically. Cox was charged with stealing a handkerchief and later linked to a letter and a petition found on him.
The Essex Crown Court proceedings recount a murder trial where a married woman’s indictment for her infant’s murder was quashed, with judgment stayed then discharged. Greenwich petty sessions note a tavern disturbance involving officers and patrons and a later fine. Kirriemuir witnesses discuss mob violence and wages disputes with severe sentences.
In a Polich Report from Guildhall, Mr. Strange the bookseller faced a suit over selling periodicals at trade price to Lawrence Turner of Red Lion Wharf. Turner claimed months of lower pricing. Strange said he wasn’t dealing with a trader. The magistrate debated whether the public could be charged trade prices, and the case hinged on whether Turner acted as a book dealer or merely a persistent buyer.
Mr Eneas M'Donnell complained at Bow Street after being refused entry to a national education meeting at Freemason's Tavern despite holding a valid admission ticket. Police and officials argued over the nature of public access, with magistrates noting the incident lacked physical violence. M'Donnell left after apologising to the bench.
A well-dressed middle aged man named George Gordon was charged with fraudulently obtaining money from tradesmen using fake checks. The case cites a May 15 1839 London and Westminster Bank check for five pounds and other similar instruments drawn on different banks, with Gordon denying clear accounts and remanded after evidence from a hairdresser and a constable.
William Young alias Douglas Doneguard, a well dressed man calling himself a goldsmith, is charged with stealing eleven door bell handles and one door knob in Cockspur Street. Police constable Perry witnessed him attempting to remove a bell head with a stone and detained him as he fled toward Spring-gardens. A handkerchief found later by the station house contained the stolen bell handles and door knob.
A man drunk at Spring Garden confessed to pulling a bell handle from a street door. The magistrate ruled no felony, but fined him 10 shillings for bell damage and 40 shillings for possessing bell-handles, noting the act was wanton. He paid and was discharged.
James Crigley a foreman at Massey and Windham watchmakers faces a bar on charges of stealing gold and silver watches and other valuables. His wife Mary Crigley is also under custody for receiving and pawning stolen items. A young woman connected to Crigley testified, detailing jewelry transfers and forged pawnbroker duplicates. Both prisoners were committed for trial.
At Lambeth Street John Clifton a journeyman tailor was brought before Mr Hardwick on suspicion of administering poison to his wife Caroline. Dr Garrett described her as in agony with vomiting and cold extremities. The case hinges on cream of tartar evidence and a post mortem, with Clifton remanded for further examination.
Mr Hardwick praised the young man’s statement as fully supported by the accused action. The accused’s evasive conduct convinced Oldham to declare him unfit for duty. Oldham returned the property to the claimant and was expelled from the justice-room.
A party returning from Wraply found a weak servant girl exhausted and hidden in a haystack for three weeks to avoid the union workhouse. She survived hunger by eating grass and hopes to recover. In a separate inquest, A Gunter died from injuries likened to maltreatment. The jury ruled the death resulted from a fall while intoxicated.
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