Rape and murder trials at York Assizes reveal mixed verdicts
A series of cases at York and Oxford circuits includes two rape verdicts of not guilty for Thomas Patt and Robert Allison, a paid services dispute in Beverley ending in defendant victory, and a fatal assault case in Leeds where the jury acquitted a man of murder. Other trials cover infant death and concealment, a bigamy indictment, and jockey fee litigation with a favorable verdict for the plaintiff.
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York
Northern
Thomas Patt
Robert Allison
Startforth
North Riding
Cc Purer
Bliss
Gregory Lewin
Barnard Castle
Allison
Pratt
Pace
Beverley
Dundas
Wortley
Hill
Creswell
Hoggins
Murray
Wilkinson
London
Rose and Crown
Leeds
Fleece-inn
Bramley
Armley
Stanningley
Sarah Goldthorpe
Huddersfield
Ingram
Lister
Wilkins
Ransom
Mr. Parker
Starrorp
Justice Coleridge
Nisi Prius
Justice Coltman
Crown Court
Joseph Fuller
George Green
George Turner
Tamworth
Elizabeth Sharratt
Greenwich
Sarah Neal
Foreman
Itham
Kent
Mantow
Brecon
Carmarthen
Godson
Ings
Mr. V. Lee
Ladies quarrel over lace collar and decanter in court
In a fragmentary report from The Weekly Chronicle a Craney lodger and Mrs Wickens clash over a torn lace collar and a smashed decanter during a June dispute in a back yard. Neighbors intervene as accusations fly and the commissioner dismisses the case as fruitless.
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the Weekly Chronicle
Craney
Mrs. Wickens
Mrs. Craney
Brit Discouxrixc Puiproox v Watts verdict in small debt action
In Hertford July 17 before Lord Chief Justice Tindal a common jury returned verdict for the plaintiff on a £36 15s bill of exchange. The defendant argued the instrument was accommodation for Robert Wallis, who later issued a £37 bill with £1 10s extra, both dishonoured. Clarke testified to discounting practices and commissions, while Wallis claimed the bill was for a print sold to Watts. The judge halted further questions, and the jury awarded interest from dishonour.
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Hertford
Brit Discouxrixc
Puiproox
Watts
Tindal
James
Thesiger
Robert Wallis
Wallis
John Clark
Mr. Thesiger
Clarke
Rolls Court TreEspar and Wood Dispute over Will Devisavit vel Non
In a Gloucester assizes panel a motion to dissolve an injunction against Sir Matthew Wood and J Osborne was heard. The court ordered two devisavit vel non trials on documents A and B to determine if the will passed property from James Wood. Trials to be before a special Gloucester jury, with observers from outside a twelve mile radius. The matter names Wood Osborne Chadburne as plaintiffs and co-heirs as defendants.
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Rolls’ Court
TreEspar
Fowerer
Surman
Gloucester Assizes
Gloucester
Speyer
James Wilson
Benjamin Rogers
Hearne
John Bowden
Frazer
Jane Plumford
Prisoner Ordered Discharged After Natural Death Verdict
The fragment notes a woman fading from an incident with a groaning child, her mother aiding her into the house from a closet. The surgeon suggested the prisoner’s story could be true and a coroner’s jury had found natural death. Judge Twyford ordered discharge.
Gentlemanly Thomas Jarman faces pistol threat charge
Thomas Jarman secretary of the Western Literary and Scientific Institution at Leicester Square faced a Monday hearing on threatening to shoot members with a loaded pistol. He claimed the act was a joke and was remanded for bail while a separate Newport market dispute saw Kitty Wibb fined seven shillings and costs after a chaotic magistrate session.
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Thomas Jarman
Western Literary and Scientific Institution
Leicester Square
Maltby
Read
Hughes
Green
Bennington
Missis
Queen Square horse theft trial ends with discharge
Thomas Salmon, alleged stable helper, stood charged with stealing a mare valued at 100 guineas from Mr J C Siele of Walpole Norfolk. After cross examination and witness testimony, the magistrate discharged the prisoner deeming identity doubtful and ordered the mare returned to Mr Harding. The incident followed a chain of prior ownership and sightings across London, including Emmett, Dean, Vickers, and Harding witnesses. A separate case involved a man named James Grant claiming Staples Inn chambers and facing an assault charge from Mr James Barrett of Duke Street.
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Wontner
Rawlinson
Distrese
Henry Overend
Rawinson
Hampstead
London
Friern Barnet
Mr. Grant
Kensington
Queen Souare
Cuarce
Thomas Salmon
J. C. Sielie
Walvet
Norfolk
Hobler
Clarkson
W. Harding
Humphries
Mack
Swanton Morley
Sielie
Landers
William Harding
Jackson
Mr. Siele
Dean
Hulbrook
Fulham
Dareham-common
Walham-green
Emmett
Vickers
Harding
Lodger dispute turns violent in Clerkenwell night fright
Eleven o'clock Friday night a man struck by a prisoner at his door after a quarrel with a woman across the way. The assailant, intoxicated and defiant, fled but was captured. a £5 fine followed. Other cases include a London lodger accused of assault, a bigamy remand, a stabbing over alleged seduction, and a self harm attempt in Stepney.
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Combe
John Cockell
James Shain
Cross Keys
St. Johnstreet
Clerkenwell
Brocklehurst
Newington
Surrey
White Hart
Charce Oy BicaMy
Fr Lony
Joseph Rolfe
Rolfe
Elizabeth Hannah Banks
Stepney Church
Banks
James Woodley
Sevenoaks
Elizabeth White
Aldenham-street
Somerstown
Holloway Church
White
Porter
Camden-town
Orphaned Girl's Suicide Attempt and Theft Case
Tuesday at Featherstone street police station a young woman named Sarah Doyle faced a charge of attempted self-destruction after a dramatic incident involving a white powder and a bottle. Henry Smith and Holmes corroborated her distress from unrequited affection, and the magistrate remanded her to the New Prison infirmary. Also: Charles Reynolds charged with stealing three sheets from a lodging house after being caught with painted warnings.
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Sarah Doyle
Mr. Broughton
Finlay
G Division
Featherstone-street
St. Luke’s
Henry Smith
Mr. Smith
Holmes
Gee-street
Goswell-street
Wesleyan Chapel
City-road
Smith
Regent’s Canal
Broughton
Charles Reynolds
Mary Jackson
West Smithfield
Mary Sweet
Playhouse Yard
Barton
Illicit soap factory raid ends with Irish worker’s commitment
Whisken excise officers found a soap making setup at a premises in Devonshire street Newington. The Irish labourer claimed he worked for Mr Roberts and was unaware the business violated excise laws. He faced a £20 fine or three months in jail. In a separate incident Thomas Surley, a shoemaker, was charged after a drunken dispute with a police constable. he claimed severe injuries from a swing of the officer’s truncheon and denied wrongdoing.
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Whisken
Excise
Devonshire-street
Newington
Roberts
Inerson
Baol
Thomas Surley
Man Payne
Broad-street
Blackfriars-road
Uy.mately
Theoliceman
Traill
Kensington asylum keeper defies census return plea
Mrs. Sarah Bradbury manager of Earl's Court house Old Brompton refused to reveal inmate names ages or numbers to the census takers pleading delicacy and advising by medical friends. Magistrate Mr Paynter set a fine of 3 pounds after hearing arguments about entry methods and possible mitigation postponed decision to Thursday while doctors may offer further views.
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Kensington
Sarah Bradbury
Earl's Court House
Old Brompton
T. Paynter
United Kingdom
Bradbury
Paynter
W. Bateman
Brompton
Wimbledon common gypsies case sparks court scene
James Roberts, a market gardener near Wimbledon Common, charged with obstructing miller Thomas Hunt Dann and a manorial constable and hindering impounding of cattle. The trial featured outbursts over dueling lore and a joking reference to Cardigan as the defendant declined conviction citing no assault or abusive language.
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James Roberts
Wimbledon-common
Thomas Hunt Dann
James Elliot
Putney-heath
Spencer
Wimbledon
Wimbledon Common
Calmet
Wills Chava
Das
Thomis Hunt Dann
Delafosse
Lord Cardigan
Earl Spencer
Duke of Sutherland
Ripon
Paynter
Earl of
Cardigan and
Capa
Douglas
Harvey Tucker
Cardiz ™ Dann
Greenwich Police A Hat Rout Of Soverricns Drunk Cab Driver
In Greenwich a cab driver Valiant No 1577 was charged with drunkenness after driving at high speed with a passenger aboard. Constable 49 R arrested him, claiming the driver followed a wealthy patron Williams from Park Row St Jo to spend a hatful of sovereigns. The judge fined 2s or 10 days imprisonment for default.
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Greenwich
Soverricns
Valiant
Green Yard
Williams
Park Row
St. Jo
Jeremy
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Oxford
Worcester
Miles Hill
Daniel Skelding
Old Swinford
Skinner
Valentine Lee
Mary Ann Skelding
Lee
Thomas Taylor
Sarah Hartland
Mr. Grey
Charce
Murper
Anp
Ann Mortiboys
Alvechurch
F.W. Lee
Alexander
Ward
LAW
Mownnay
Carttar
West Kent
Sheriff’s Court—Taxipay
Mansion House
Spicer
Royal Sovereign
Hugh Owen
London Welsh Provident Society
Pearce
Hobley
Owen
Cole’s Terrace
Barnsbury Road
Islington
Witness
Friends of the Society
Mr. Pearce
Peter
Edward Lilly
Glover
Pimlico
C. Marshall
George Reid
Cheapside
Queen Street
St. Paul’s Churchyard
Ludgate Hill
Chapman Marshall
Stamp Office
Alexander Thompson
Pudding Lane
William King
St. Paul's
Thompson
Ian
Tommy
Frog
Salisbury Square
M. Pigache
Ryder’s Hotel
Barney Lipman
Lipman
Bow Streetz
Mary Fowler
Drury Lane
St. Giles’s
Marlborough Street
Lambete Street
Dover
Frances Humphries
Henry
John English
Regent House
Long-lane
Stepney
M‘craw
Caroline Burtenshaw
Union Hale
Exeise Orriceks
Christopher M‘grain
Wandsworth
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