Assize Tales of Hull Rape Case and Notorious Election Treating
A Hull rape trial ends in acquittal as John Shaw is found not guilty after a long hearing in which the prosecutrix, a warehouseman’s wife, testified of assault in Princes Street. Separate Western Circuit coverage reports a suspected murder attempt by a female prisoner at Brimpton, while Nottingham civil action over election treating concludes with a verdict for the defendant, officials condemning the practice.
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Yeas
Justice. Cresswell
John ‘Shaw
Rhoda Rhodes
Hull
Maro
Baigis
Archbold
Liddell
Wilking
Overend
Aspinal
Hall
Glenton
Princes Street
Bowl-alley-lane
White Hart Inn
Jones
Robinson
Wilkins
Western Circuit
Brimpton
Axborough
John
Renny Bryer
Midland
Park
Central Committee
J. C
Laintiff
Whitby
Sands
Lord Ainger
Nottingham
Police Reports from Mansion House and Clerkenwell
A detailed London court scene describes Patrick MCarthy a rough Irish sailor detained after a robbery claim with five to six pounds missing amid narcotics suspicion. Alderman Musgrove questions suspects, guards a barrow of cash, and the sailor’s companion is examined, with police noting gin, coins, and a portmanteau. A second case features Horatio Bernel charged with insult and assault after a shawl dispute in Regent Quadrant. he defends himself with talk of customers and tempers. Further notes cover Teddy Edwards misdirection against countryfolk, and two drunken men Cornish and Sullivan fighting in Brooke's Market with Cornish fined after a tense magistrate exchange.
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Alderman Musgrove
M’carthy
M'Carthy
Musgrove
William Samuel
Greenwich
Horatio Bernel
Bernel Brown
Maltby
Amelia Carter
King-street
Golden-square
Regent-street
Caroline Carter
Regent Quadrant
Brown
Mr. Maltby
Teddy Edwards
David Williams
London
George Cornish
England
John Sullivan
Durance
Brooke’s Market
Gray’s-inn-lane
Cornish
Mr. Combe
Mr. Cornish
West-End
Sullivan
Combe
Leetle Gentilhomme
Caution to the Drunk and Incapable at Bow Street
A crowd of arrestees faced Magistrate Jardine on Wednesday for being found drunk and incapable in the street. One elder, Hamilton, defended his conduct with a polite bow and claimed honesty and industriousness, while the magistrate warned of a 5 shillings fine for all future such cases starting tomorrow.
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Jardine
Hamilton
Covent-garden Market
Marylebone Court Examines Gulliver Duel Case
In Marylebone, the surgeon George Gulliver faced hearing on charges of aiding a duel linked to Lt. Col. Lynar Fawcett's death. Bail was set at 1000 pounds with four sureties, witnesses bound over for Aug. 21 sessions. A young woman described as a midshipman appeared, confessing gender, origin, and intentions, with details of her recent movements and family.
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Fataz Durt
George Gulliver
Royal Horse Guards
Lynar Fawcett
55Th Regiment of Foot
Mr. Humphreys
Gulliver
Bodkin
Aggs
Justice Coltman
Chancery-lane
Fell
Marylebone Police Court
J. Mills
Inspector Aggs
Humphreys
Long
England
Central Criminal Court
Neild
Finchley Common
Mr. Long
Leicester
Barnet
Maltby
Edwalton
Nottingham
Leicestershire
Plunger
London
Inspector Dawkins
Finchley
Welshman duped by two roguish friends in London street
A Welsh seeker of work was befriended by two London men who showed wealth and invited him to join in a drink. They pressed him to deposit money in a supposed joint “job,” then vanished leaving him threepence. He later identified Edwards in Regent Street, who gave gilt tokens as a trap and was remanded for police to pursue his accomplice.
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M Carthy
Alderman Musgrove
M‘carthy
Sogan
Felix Everest
Old Swan
Swanlane
Greenwich
McLean
Bartholomew Hospital
London
Wales
Park Lane
Edwards
Regent-street
Queen Square Annoying Members of Parliament
Thomas Cuddy was charged with annoying MPs as they left the houses of parliament. Police saw him with flowers, soliciting members to buy them and later alms. He claimed poverty from service in Portugal and drunkenness. Magistrate committed him to 14 days hard labour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Cuddy
James Burton
Defendant
Portugal
Brutal assault on servant by London livery-stable keeper
John Woode, a livery-stable keeper, was charged with a brutal beating of his 13 year old servant Rebecca Taylor. The abuse included dragging with a halter, being tied to a horse, kicked and beaten in the stable and kitchen, with the wife and sons complicity. The girl fled to her grandmother in Homerton after escaping.
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Worship Street
Horniste Bauta
John Woode
London-wall
Bath-place
Dalston
Broughton
Rebecca Taylor
Newcut
Homerton
Susan King
Master fined for beating child in court summary
A master admitted beating a girl who was found in a wretched state with bruises and a life-threatening contusion. The magistrate condemned the conduct, stating it reflected discredit on the defendant and fined him £5 with two months' imprisonment in default. The defendant paid the fine and left court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Wainewright
Hanley
Mr. Hunt
Broughton
House of Correction
Lambeth Street Charge of Staspine At Rosebery Lane Court
John Tyness faced magistrate Mr Norton on a charge of cutting and wounding Mary Brown at Cox's court Rosemary lane. Witness Mary Cobert recounted a violent assault after an argument over a night with the injured woman. Police and doctors described a two inch deep wound to the head and bloodied attire. The case also involved allegations from Mrs Fulton about ill treatment of a child and disputes with Mrs Fieldgate. The magistrate ordered sureties to keep the peace and cautioned Mrs Fulton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Staspine
John Tyness
Norton
Mary Brown
London Hospital
Mary Cobert
Cox’s Court
Rosemary-lane
Rosemary Lane
Driscoll
FT 24
Crown
Buller
East Smithfield
Daring burglary case before Mr Broderip at Thames Office
George Williams and Robert Smith alias James Doyle stood charged with a bold warehouse burglary at Mr Rattray hardware in Bedford place. Evidence showed entry via cut doors, stolen tea spoons knives and a candle, with witnesses detailing their pursuit, arrests, and recovered implements. Broderip remanded them for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Smith
Bedford-place
James Street
City Police
Mansion House
Ironmongerlane
Cheapside
Blackwall
Smith
Chatham
Rochester
Gravesend
Wells-street
Oxford Street
Robert Crow
Change-alley
Cornhill
Newman-street
Oxford-street
Williams
Henry Ling
Castle-street
Newman Street
Berners Street
Rattray
William Smith
Broderip
Jane Fieldgate
The Rev Fort Forth Case at Wandsworth Court
In Wandsworth a venerable man calling himself Rev Nathaniel Fort contends with a landlord over rent and was fined 20s. He is released on charity. Magistrate Clive reports receiving anonymous sums for Forth and vows to stop further donations, returning already acknowledged gifts and withholding any future correspondence with Forth.
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Wandsworth
Forta
Nathaniel Fort
Kingston
Clive
Forth
Nathaniel Forth
Barnes
Mr. Clive
Mr. Forth
Greenwich Court Delivers Breach and Discharge for Servants
In Greenwich, Francis Clark David Jones George Foster and Henry Wellesley servants of J Angerstein MP faced magistrates over improprieties at Blackheath Mansions. A constable testified to private surveillance. four women were discharged as the male prisoners were bound over to keep the peace for three months with the offence deemed a serious breach of trust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
Francis Clark
David Jones
George Foster
Henry Wellesley
J. Angerstein
M.P
the Woodlands
Blackheath
Angerstein
Mallalieu
Jeremy
Mr. Mallalieu
Mr. Mallalien
Mr. Jeremy
Mr. Angerstein
Woolwich Verdict on Deserter Coats Provokes Outcry
At Woolwich police court Mr Groves fined land lord Mr Banks five pounds and trebled the value of two marines coats he claimed to possess though the owner deserted. Banks argued the bundle was left by a civilian and he opened nothing. The case highlights tensions between victuallers and military in a town with a large garrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Groves
Banks
Earl of Chatham
Thomas-street
Royal Marines
Mr. Groves
Mr. Banks
Corfield
Chapman
Marines
Harris
Inquest Finds Breach Found Drowned at Wapping
An inquest into the death of eleven year old Benjamin Breach resumed in Wapping. Witnesses testified he was playing on barges by the river at eight pm when he disappeared. A Thames police constable found his body nearby half an hour later. The jury returned a verdict of found drowned, lacking proof of how he entered the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
High-street
Wapping
Benjamin Breach
New Staira
Thames
Price
Egyptian Wheat yields on Bierton-hill attract attention
Column notes Mr John Gibbs planted a peck of Egyptian Wheat on Bierton-hill sown with biblical blessing. The crop covers three roads and required days of work saved by seed, yielding tall stalks with ears. It compares favorably to English wheat, promising high productivity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gibbs
Bierton-hill
Aylesbury
Literary Intelligence from Madrid on New Edition
Our letters from Madrid report a fresh edition published there of Tux Spanisa without a Master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Unch
Canine Affection and Sagacity at a Farm Steading
A Berwick Warder report describes a collie belonging to a shepherd showing distress then retrieving her whelp from a pond. She buries each carcass in a dug grave near a new house, placing the offspring with care before resuming duties among her flock.
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Colley
Audrowni
Berwick
The Use of the White Surplice in 1641 Christchurch Controversy
In 1641 Christchurch parishioners petitioned Parliament against their vicar over surplice wearing and other alleged practices. The grand committee censured the vicar for superstitious acts and papist leanings, while Penn at Christ Church Oxford resisted surplices, leading to expulsion for themselves and others.
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Christchurch
Newgate
House of Commons
Finch
Popish
Jesus
House On Religion
Christ Church
Penn
Oxford
Admiral Penn
Echoes Across the Atlantic From Derby Shouts
The American minister Mr Everett closed a Derby speech with a promise that shouts would travel across the Atlantic in eighteen or nineteen days and be echoed back from warm hearts. The query asks for the route of the shouts and the return echo.
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Everett
Derby
Atlantic
Bristol bodice-maker hosts Prince George for dinner
An old Bristol tale records Sir John Duddlestone, a Corn Street bodice-maker, inviting Prince George of Denmark to dine at his home with his wife. The story notes the prince’s kindness, the Queen’s approval, and a later London visit secured by a court card. Duddlestone and wife later buried in All Saints church Bristol.
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Prince Albert
Bristol
John Duddlestone
Corn-street
Norton and
White Lion
Duddlestone
London
All Saints Church
Vauxhall Gardens Rumor Debunked
In reply to many inquiries, we state there is no truth to the report that Vauxhall gardens will open this year. The rumor likely sprang from the recent heavy rainfall, per Punch.
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Vauxhall Gardens
Newspaper Circulation and Advertisement Duty Across Nations
Last returns to parliament show 188 London newspapers with annual circulation of 36,271,020 papers and ad duty of £48,179 10s. English provincial papers total 16,857,000 circulation, ad duty £49,766 18s. Scotland has 0 daily papers, Edinburgh dominance, ad duty £12,595 12s, circulation 1,478,940. Wales has 10 papers, total 88,000 circulation, ad duty £805 18s 6d. Dublin has 25 papers, 3,366,406 circulation, ad duty £4,699 8s. Irish country papers total 2,435,068 circulation, ad duty £3,686 16s. Overall GB circulation averages 2.82 copies per paper, implying space for standing-room for three fifths of the globe’s inhabitants at one square foot per person.
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London
Scotland
Edinburgh
Wales
Dublin
Great Britain
Globe
Cotemporaneous Occurrences Cast By Shadowed Events
A compact list of historic and public affairs featuring fiscal, political, and technological milestones. Notable items include the abolition of the income tax, restoration of the Whig government, completion of Nelson's Column, and early mentions of perpetual motion, aerial carriage, and postal-era developments.
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Nelson
Trafalgar Square
Waterloo
Vauxhall Bridges
O'Connell
George Robins
Punch
Parificatian of
Traland
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