Breach of Promise and Libel Cases Heard in King’s Bench
The case HUNT v SHICK involves breach of promise with a damages award of 300 pounds reduced as excessive given the defendants station. The jury also weighed the defendant’s calumnious conduct in character assassination. Separately, a Poor Laws certiorari ruling by Lord Denman concerns Whitechapel union formation and local act exemptions, concluding the rule must be discharged. A Wesleyan dispute ends with a libel verdict for the plaintiff and damages of 40 shillings after detailed editorials in the Christian Advocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF King's Bench
Hunt
Shick
Chard
Whitechapel
Lord Denman
Thornton
Stephens
Wesleyan Methodist Association
Christian Advocate
F. Pollock
Old Wesleyan Association
London Methodist Association
Ballard
Bry
Baker
Queen’s Theatre
Bedford
Coventgarden
Kays
Thomas Roberts
Salter
Roach
Cope
Henry Faulkner
Thomas Newman Cochrane
William Hammond
William Dowling
John Cochrane
Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Thomas Midhurst
Central Criminal Court Admits 219 Prisoners for Trial
The sessions opened with the Lord Mayor and court officials. The calendar lists 219 prisoners for trial, likely rising to 250. numerous misdemeanors to follow. The Recorder warned of cases including a rape charge, a manslaughter with a knife, and a will destruction with fraud questions. He urged careful grand jury consideration of each charge and noted other cases of burglary and embezzlement among the docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
London
Surrey
Kent
Essex
Inquirendo DE Lunatice
William Camplin
M‘murdo
Newgate
Cope
Charlies
William Roach
Lnst
Johnson
Clarkson
William Spencer Johnson
Nassau-street
Soho
Emile
Burglary Case Ties Bronze Powder Theft to London Trade
Edward Gifford appeared before the Lord Mayor in a case linked to a December burglary at his aunt’s house in Tower Royal Street. Bronze powder valued over £50, plus other items, were stolen, with suspects including released servants and a broker system surrounding the powder sold by a traveller named Elliott. The court remanded Gifford until the following Tuesday as police pursue the alleged seller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Gifford
C. Drake
Tower-royal
Queen-street
Crysalter
Oxford
William Elliott
Elliott
Drake
Humephreys
Daniel Torrester
Gifford
Smith
John Smith
Messrs. Drake
Flower
Alderman Harmer and Co
Humphreys
Paria
Peter Laurie
Lambeth Street
Amelia Monk
Greyhound
Bishop
Regent’s Canal
Old Ford-lock
Mark Kearney
Farrell
Murphy
Dennis
Ile
Clapson
Ballantine
Greenwood
Geo. Fllis
Thames
Ratcliff Highway
Batchelor
K Division
Bennett
Byron
William Fletcher
Lord Byron
Moore
Leigh
Thomas Robinson
Leeds
Cooke
W. Christie
Pullen
Dundee Bank
Reynolds
Christie
Winn
Mr. Winn
Prisoner Guilty of Embezzlement and Conspiracy Charges
A jury finds the prisoner guilty of embezzling funds from the prosecutor after collecting from witnesses and failing to account. The court also hears a separate conspiracy charge against Henry Faulkner and others, with postponements due to absent witnesses and unresolved evidence.
A Greenacre Parson and Missionary News In Norfolk
A Norwich diocese concern over a Greenacre parson who distributed inflammatory handbills after services accusing liberal opinions. The Victor ship reports from Sydney on December 27 detailing seamen saved from a French brig murder victims and natives showing improved conduct due to mission work despite rigidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenacre
Norfolk
Greenacres
Norwich
Crozier
Sydney
South Sea
Fejee Islands
Destructive Fire at a Pawnbroker’s Premises and Local Accidents
A major blaze at Mr Clanes the pawnbroker and silversmith in Leatherlane and Liquorpond street destroyed most stock and damaged adjoining properties. Fire engines from Reid and Co and the London Fire Establishment battled the flames. Separate reports describe a serious Oxford Street collision injuring a woman and three boys, a man’s assault on his mother in Leeds, a Gainsborough pauper riot, an ingenious clock theft at Bond Street, and a Newington Bazaar fire damaging its roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sryday
Nerning
Clanes
Liquorpond-street
Leatherine Wolvern
Leatherlane
Liquor Pond Street
Eyre Street Hill
Yas
Smith
King William
Eyre-street-hill
Messrs. Reid and Co Wa
Sven
London Fire Establishments
Messrs. Reid
Ateck
Phoenix
Imperial
Globe
Oxford Street
Oxford-street
Park Lane
Duke-street
Grosvenor-square
Gloucester
Park-lane
Bird
Middlesex Hospital
Christopher Scarrer
Court House
Leeds
Gainsborough Union
Batterw'ek
Trent
Ferry
Belton
Platts
Central Criminal Court
Moor
Covington
Clerkenwell
Bond-street
Newington Bazaar
Newington Causeway
Affair at North Inch Perth ends after apology
A hostile meeting at the North Inch in Perth involved a gallant East India Company's officer and a government civil servant. An apology from the civilian, delivered by a medical friend, was accepted and the dispute concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Inch
Perth
East Inia Company
Scots Greys
Hewitt
Waterloo
Sweden
Charles the Szconn
Charles St
Forest of
Bescobel
Corporation Charity Boys
Mr. B
Jack Reeve
Also Mentioned on This Page
LAW
Police Intelligence
Guildhall
Sunshine
George Butcher
William Thomas
Henry Roberts
Alderman Harmer
Joseph O'Brien
Crown Court
Dorset Street
Butcher
Roberts
Carolina Gee
O’brien
Alderman Marmer
Bright
Conant
DeEntente
Margaret Miller
Amicus Curie
Anna Adeliza
Miss Anna
Mr. Conant
Mrs. Miller
Lucy
Anna Adeliz2
Marylebone
Joseph Whiting
Worship Street
Albert Davis
North
Wales
Mansion House
Hardwick
Lords of the Treasury
Solicitor of Excise
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