Will dispute over 1824 Essex will and forgery case outcome
In a chancery style ledger, Rev James Salt’s 1824 Essex will left £3000 to Sarah Evans for life with remainder to her children. The case concerns legitimacy of a child born during separation, a key factor in inheritance. The Exchequer chamber rules on jury and judge roles in proving reasonable cause for indictments, with a venire de novo ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Savt
H. Nichol
James Salt
Barling
Essex
Sarah Evans
James John Freeman
Girdlestone
Wilcox
Freeman
Panton
WrottaMs
Courts of Common Pleas and Exchequer
Court of Queen’s Bench
Tindal
Ann Williams
of Panton
Williams
Lord Denman
Pindal
Coxe
Wirral
Croke James
Pain
Rochester
Croke Elizabeth
Johnson and Sutton
Buller
Paxton
Seduction and damages in Sands v Brinpiey trial
The Middlesex nisi prius case, before Mr Justice Wightman, features Ann Sands the widow suing for damages for loss of her daughter’s services after seduction by defendant a craftsman of modest means. Evidence shows the daughter Mary Ann Harvey Sands bore a child. verdict for Sands with damages of 40 pounds. judge notes the harm and orders further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball Court
Mary Ann Harvey Sands
Hughes
Brooke
Justice Wightman
C Jones
Failing Justice and Severe Sentences From London Court
A busy court session reports multiple indictments and harsh transportation sentences. Cases include forgery and uttering forged bills, thefts from shops and public places, assaults on police, and a fatal fall leading to manslaughter charges. Defendants range from youths to adults with lengthy prior records. The Woolwich murder trial is postponed due to alleged mental illness.
Post office dispute over unpaid postage and misconduct at London office
A London court hears William Howitt sue the General Post Office for refund of two shillings and sixpence after a letter to Mrs Howitt in Heidelberg was misposted. The case exposes confusing foreign inland letter handling, alleged neglect by Colonel Maberly, and the Post Office defense citing late window posting and mixed mail streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Post-Officee
William Howitt
Lord Mayor
General Post-Office
Howitt
Peacock
Bokenham
Inland Department
Mr. Howitt
Wire
Manning
Ivy-lane
Paternoster-row
Colonel Maberly
Post-Office
Francis Freeling
Maberly
Mr. Bokenham
Hewitt
Department “ Foreign-office
Foreign-office
Foreign Office
Window Riot at Post Office Sparks Reform Talk
In a local court the post office riot was exposed as a scandal, with witnesses describing a late evening window scene that barred access for boys and women after five. Merchants urged earlier letter posting and new receiving points as lord mayor ordered a refund of twenty pence to Howitt’s client.
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An Evenin
Wire
Howitt
Daring Robbery In St Jimes Park Involves Two Women
Groves and Wright were charged with robbing bricklayer George Buller in St James Park at about 1 am. Buller testified one woman pinioned his arms while the other rifled his pockets of 6s84. A policeman arrested them. they denied the crime but were committed to the Central Criminal Court for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Wood
London
Middlesex
Kent
Surrey
Essex
Aldermen
Hooper, Lainson
Rosa Grady
Cox
Ballantine
Union Hall
William Glover
George-street
Blackfriar’s Road
Dorothy Butt
Grady
Elizabeth
Mary Bryan
William Moult
Euston Square
Moran
Moran Alias
Morgan
Elizabeth Bryan
Bank of England
Weovnes
John Reid
Elias Enough
Cur‘wood
Bodkin
Algiers
Baron Rolfe
Bow Street
St. Jimes’s Park
Groves
Wright
George Buller
Pimlico
Hall
Central Criminal Court
Caution at Railway Court Over Neglect by Two Servants
London and Birmingham Railway police superintendent charged John Wilkinson and Joe Jackson with gross neglect of duty at Camden and Chalk-farm bridge. Wilkinson, found asleep and likely intoxicated, was fined £3 or one month. Jackson, who failed to signal a passenger train, was fined £4 or six weeks and sent to the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
London and Birmingham Railway Company
John Wilkinson
Joe Jackson
Lord Seymour
Wilkinson
Camden Station
Chalk-farmbridge
Rawlinson
Jackson
Chalk-farm-bridge
Euston
House of Correction
Mary Holland Charged With Robbing Children in Hatton Garden
A 22 year old woman in Hatton Garden faced the bar on Monday charged with repeatedly robbing children of their clothes. James Taylor of the Regent's Canal police testified he tailed the suspect after information of thefts near Islington, spotting her selecting well dressed children and, with others, cutting their garments in a dug-out hole in Britannia fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Holland
Combe
James Taylor
Regent’s Canal Company
Metropolitan Police Act
Islington
Britannia Fields
Prisoner in custody over child theft and abduction case
Testimony details a missing child plot tied to a London thief known as a caregiver of children. Witnesses recount a five year old boy and his sisters being lured for boots and sweets, with the suspect denying the thefts while authorities search pawn shops workhouses and the Regent's Canal area for clues. The case is set for further inquiry and trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Houghton
Britannia Fields
Nelly
Sarah Birdseye
Houghton
Y. Combe
Taylor
Balham
Brown
Strange
Hands Stone
Smith
Roberts
Windsor-street
Regents Canal Company
Bills &c
Christmas
Carman
River-lane
Ball’s-pond
Stington
Black Boy-alley
West-street
Smithfield
Combe
Auditors denounce a fraud case and a false counsel ring
A crowded courtroom heard details of a confidence scheme where a sham attorney allegedly solicited fees from prisoners’ friends by posing as a legal agent. The accused used forged depositions and misrepresented briefs, while witnesses testified about payments and shifting identities. The magistrate discharged the principal suspect after questioning the scheme’s manipulation and cancelled several charges.
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LAW
Sunmer
Carlisle
Westmoreland
Appleby
Lancashire
Tuesas
Lancaster
Liverpool
Bosanquet
Hertford
Chelmsford
Maidstone
Lewes
Croydon
Sparkes and Co
Guildford Bank
Inne Anthony Ser
C. F. Williams
Anthony Lee
Guildford
Chapman
Fiat
William Sparkes
Messrs, Masterman and Co
Ac Sec Cave Escovnrce
Richard Sparkes
Coleman
Turquand
Sparkes
Messrs. Sparkes
Lee
Wightman
Christopher Smith
William Moss
Phillips
Messrs
Clarkson
Chambers
Boulton
Staines
Benj. P. Boulton
Morley
Charing-cross
Fletcher
Old Burlington
Arthur Woodroffe
Glyn and Co
Payne
Charles Cotter
Ellen Caley
Robert Norman
Bell’s
Salisbury
St. James’s Park
Cotter
Coayenter
Jonas
Newgate
Mary M‘carthy
Timothy Reardon
John Foster
Thomas Hutchings
James Callahan
Charles Stembridge
Covent Garden
Covent-garden
Bynon
John Alexander Smith
No.4
Paddington-street
Arabin
Farpay
Hurlock
Johnson
Rupert-street
Lambeth
Watmon
Popham
M‘phane
Donoghue
Hannah Duke
Charles
Ighée
Marylebone
Drummond
Cummins
Exeter-ball
Ee Ae
Michael, Connor
Catharine M‘grath
John Smith
Daanie Roppery
Charles Paris
V Division
Mary Ann Stewart
Clapham
Kime& Hussano
Mary Hemmans
Peter Hemmans
Svitnesses
Norman
Woolwich
Garretty
Mansion House
Queen Square
George Ward
Tothill Fields Bridewell
Tracey
Tothill-fields Bridewell
Strangers
Gregorie
St. MarGaret’s Workhouse
William Thomas Restall
St. Margaret's
Westminster
Samuel Sims
St. Margaret's Workhouse
Dethridge
Mr. Gregorie
Mgr
Sims
Spo
Hatton Garden
Willi Igpi
Broughton
Newgerat
Weal
Lalague
Weyanne Fie
Lavine
Eiy
Hica
Aloe
Rerane
Bellog
Styron
Hanson
C . Hunt
Phill
Charles Phillips
Ferfaohet
Arid Hace
Comnplain
Hunt
Mulesby
Old Bailey
Brough
Togeter
Hurt
Beist
Rown
State House
Claxton
Tronmonge Place
St. Luke’s
Somers
Harriet Cooper
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