Money Won At Billiards Causes Queen's Bench Ruling
In a Queen's Bench action for £65 14s on an account stated a minor defendant pleaded the debt was won at billiards. The jury found for the defendant, and the court left the verdict standing, recognizing billiards as a lawful game with wagers involved. Lord Campbell upheld the jury and dismissed the new-trial rule.
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Court of Queen’s Bench
Justice Erle
Collier
Rowe
Taprell
Contentawlal
Lord Campbell
5Th
Madras Cavalry
Alexander Grant
Grant
East India Company
Court of Exchequer
James Rose
Baron Farke
James
Thomas
Baron Parke
Serjeant
Barnstaple
Court of Common Pleas
Guinness
Omnibus dispute and theft cases dominate London court docket
Landlord Alfred Evans faced a leathering of fare claims from conductor William Finch over a single journey from Kensington Gore to the Broadway Hammersmith with the court ordering payment of 1s 2d costs. The issue of last journey limits and parish boundaries was debated, with magistrates promising a corrective notice on omnibuses. Additional docket details include shoplifting by Izabella Beatty and Ann Pearce and ticket of leave disorder in Drury Lane, plus a late case of heartless puppyism involving Miss Mary Ann Hill and Robert McLaren over a £125 false pretence and £18 theft linked to a cab business purchase.
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Alfred Evans
Ravenscourt Arms
West-end
Hammersmith
Paynter
William Finch
Kensington Gore
Broadway
Othe
Broadways
London
Lewis
the Weekly Chronicle
Miss Ifill
Milas Hil
Bec
Topro
Miss Hill
Guest
Lindsay
Eastlane
Lambeth Court
Robert M‘laren
Mary Ann Hill
Solomon
Binns
Ellett’s Row
Kennington-lane
Misa Hill
Blacktrtars Road
New Levy Extended for Russian Serfs in 1850s War Regions
A ukase dated May 26 extends the thirteenth levy. In Kharkoff Esthenia Grodno Ekaterinostaff Kiev Kovno Courland Livonia Minsk Mohilew Podolia Poltowa Pskow Tschernigow Wilna Witepsk and Volhynia, state domain serfs aged thirty to thirty-five are conscripted. Cholera cases rise, more fatal.
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St. Perensnura
Ukase
Kharkoff
Esthenia
Grodno
Ekaterinostaff
Kiev
Kovno
Courland
Livonia
Minsk
Mohilew
Podolia
Poltowa
Pskow
Tschernigow
Wilna
Witepsk
Volhynia
Master Mariner Robbed by Four in Gracechurch Street
John Jones was found guilty of stealing a gold watch and chain, and £15 in bank notes, from a master mariner in a public house circuit through the Minories and Devonport Street. The victim identified Jones after a second encounter near Moses’ shop, leading to a four year penal servitude sentence.
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Hocussing
John Jones
Robert Chisholm Hutchinson
Gracechurch-street
Eastern Counties Railway
Hutchinson's Arms
Devonport-street
Commercial-road
Porte Monnaie
Moses
Minories
Bray
Obituary of Potable Persons Dr Thomas Gaistorp
Dr Thomas Gaistorp Dean of Christ Church Oxford died after a sudden illness from a bowel stoppage. He was seventy seven, a prolific classical author and a leading Greek scholar, his death leaving a blank in literature. Tax Bey of Tunis dies. his cousin Sidi Mohammed succeeds him.
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Thomas Gaistorp
Christ Church
Oxford
University Press
Tunis
Sidi Mohammed
England Wins By One Wicket At Kennington Oval
A 4000 strong crowd watched England edge Surrey by one wicket at Kennington Oval after Clarke faced the last ball for a single. Surrey totals 68 and 166 in two innings, England 148 and 87.
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Enciano
Surrey
Kennington Oval
Clarke
England
Marylebone
Lord’s
English Stock Market Sways Little Amid Mixed Sessions
Thursday trading in London showed subdued activity with Ascot drawing off members from the Stock Exchange. Prices hovered, closing unchanged from yesterday, while the Bank’s weekly discount rate remained unchanged. News of Sebastopol bombardment resumed affected sentiment late in the day. Joint Stock Banks and undertakings held up well amid a cautious mood. Netherlands Land shares recover from a prolonged slump as the company’s position improves and nearer realisation of its objectives.
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Ascot
The
Stock Exchange
Sebastopol
Netherlands
British Foreign Legion arms to Heligoland amid prisoner list
Orders to ship arms and accoutrements for the British Foreign Legion to Heligoland as 1,000 plus volunteers arrive daily. Otter transports between Cuxhaven and Heligoland, with government allowance of £95 per ten men. Three battalions expected ready to field by about the 30th lnst. Lord Raglan reports on British POW deaths at Simferopol and hospital care, with lists of officers and men who died or were on the road from Sebastopol.
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Paris
Caisse Militaire Des Enfants
Superham
Crystal Palace
Sconville
Laurent
Luxembourg
Hell
British Foreign Legion
Heligoland
Her
Otter
Cuxhaven
Brzoreg Szpastoron
Montagu
Royal Engineers
Simpheropol
Sebastopol
Raglan
Lord Panmure
Simpherorol
Thomas Verry
8Th
Hussars
H. Monracu
Estcourt
Odessa
England
Lord Dundonald's Protest Against Foreign Seamen
A letter to the editor by Lord Dundonald argues against allowing foreign sailors into Britain’s deep sea and coastal trade. He warns such moves threaten national security and British naval power, urging ministers to protect seamen and industry while criticizing tariffs on shipping and timber. He cites Spain and the US as contrasting examples of stronger national shipping.
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Lord Dundonald
Adam Smith
France
United States
North America
Newfoundland Bank
South Sea
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Charles-street
Jardine
Mackenzie
Drury-lane
Russia
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Commercial
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7Th Light Dragoons
Wm. Fowler
Thomas Fletcher
James Normoyle
George Linser
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William Taylor
11Th Hussars
J. Wilson
J. Berry
18Th Light Dragoons
Wm. Howarth
Wm. Bainton
17Th
Lancers
James Hall
Henry Young
Robert Edge
Wm. Kirk
Alfred Jenner
4Th Regiment of Foot
James Arnott
23Rd Regiment of Foot
Matt Fell
Edward Buckingham
John Gillmore
Ambrose Hudson
Regiment’ of Foot
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Thomas Holden
Edward Mason
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