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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Jun 14, 1840

Page

7

Homicide of a Wife at Shipyard Temple-bar

John Sweeney of No 6 Shipyard near Temple-bar faced Bow Street on Friday charged with murdering his wife Norah Sweeney after she returned home intoxicated. Witness Mary Sweeney, 12, described the night, a doctor and surgeon testified, and the coroner’s inquest returned a verdict that the death was due to apoplexy accelerated by a fall or blow and by intemperance.

Temple-bar Sweeney Therisoner Ead Bow-street Fripay John Sweeney Honra Sweeney Mary Sweeny Temperance Society Mr. Wilkinson Mr. Dickenson Mr. Carpenter Norfolk-street Carme Jardine Burnaby Buobyer Mary Sweeney Carpenter

London assaults and habeas case mix at Cripplegate and Thames

In Cripplegate Francis Stokes was brought before Alderman Humphery on a charge of attempting to cut his wife’s throat amid a drunken quarrel at Moor-square. Also at Thames office Edward Crouch known as Ned the Peaman faced a knife assault charge on his wife, with expert testimony detailing wounds and evidence. The proceedings included a habeas corpus ruling in Mrs Cochrane’s favor and a Buckingham Palace incident involving a man claiming to see the Queen amid Chartist rumors. A Manchester inquest followed for Daniel Warne stabbed by William Montgomery, with witness accounts and surgical notes outlining two stomach wounds and a fatal outcome.

Kylie Francis Stokes Moorsquare Cripplegate Alderman Humphery Thomas Phelps Moor-square Thames Edward Crouch Ballantine Symons Mr. Ballantine Lexa Ricut Uspaxos Justice ‘Coleridge Cochrane Ireland England Westminster W. Follett Justice Coleridge Chambers Buckingham Palace Russell Palace Scotland Yard Scarborough Yorkshire Canterbury Journal Manchester Infirmary Rutter Daniel Warne William Montgomery John Bamber Salford Worsley-street Bailey-bridge Tive Bakers Lousa Fox Silver Street Warne Ware James Leach Wood-street Ann Louisa Fox Bailey-street Water-street Colefield Alexander Inkpen Buasley-bridge Wm. Furnival Caid David Mackamey Ollier Mubery John Mahery Macburney

Jury Finds Montgomery Guilty of Manslaughter

In a coroner’s inquest the knife wound details were described with depth and extent, noting the instrument matched wounds and trousers scratches. Witnesses testified to stabbing attempts and the accused’s state of phrenzy, leading the jury to render a verdict of manslaughter and commit Montgomery for trial at the next assizes.

Furnival Daniel Mantle Maude Montgomery

Fatal Fight at Islington Jury Hears Death Resulting From Brain Bleed

A Islington jury investigates the death of Charles Haywood after a Monday morning fight with Joseph Faulkner in Pocock's fields near the scene of John Templeman's murder. The coroner and surgeon describe extensive brain bleeding and no clear proof of foul play. The inquest adjourns with a verdict that death resulted from extravasation of blood in the brain, but the exact cause remains unclear.

St. Mary’s Islington Wakley Upper-street Charles Haywood Pocock George Holloway Monnday Joseph Faulkner John Peters William Dry Faulkner Joseph Hatch Pocock’s Fields Miller Smithfield Day Sarah Hatch Joseph Easthope Faulknner William Day Pucoch Peters Walsham Tad John Turner Falkner Lord

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