O Connell Libel Case Verdict Damages £50
The Morning Post libel action against Mr. O Connell concluded with a jury verdict for the plaintiff and damages set at £50. Justice Erle instructed the jury to judge solely on injury to character, excluding politics, and to determine if the article caused hatred or contempt. The trial hinged on whether the publication imputed fraud and immorality, with the jury returning after about twenty minutes.
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Morning Post
Serjeant
Talfourd
Post
O'Connell
Justice Erle
Samie
Central Criminal Court opens with 212 prisoners listed for trial
The Central Criminal Court session begins before the Lord Mayor and officials with 212 prisoners named in the calendar. Cases include cutting and wounding, murder, and sexual crimes. The Recorder notes serious charges and calls for a thorough investigation as jurors are sworn. The calendar lists offenses from bigamy to larceny and robbery, with several assaults on females and children cited for imminent inquiry. Mary Ann Salisbury alias Salisbury faces four indictments for stealing goods, with mental state questioned and mercy urged. Caroline Allen Catherine Gale and Mary Ann Smith convicted of shoplifting mousselin de laine, with family ties and procuress details revealed. Smith is sentenced to seven years transportation. other verdicts noted.
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Jane
Central Criminal Court
Hunter
Sydney
Quirt
Terspar
Law Bets Pource
Mary Ann Sailsbury
Salisbury
O’brien
S. Salisbury
Bath
Bartrim
Mr. Evans
Bartha
Hae
Caroline Allen
Catherine Gale
Recorder
Smith
Propernieeas
Whitechapel
Gale
Trumpet Court
Mery Ann Smith
London Court Reports on Crimes and Sentences
Gale and Allen receive six months hard labour in the House of Correction. Famea Hult condemned to two months for a fatal May 23 cab collision in Snow Hill with alcohol impairment. John Creed pleads guilty to attempting suicide by river Thamea, postponed for chaplain’s counsel. Henry Madden Brennan and James Bishop jailed three months for stockings theft. Madden transported ten years after violence in court.
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Gale
Allen
House of Correction
Max
Famea Hult
William Temple
St Sepulchre
King-street
Snowhill
St. Bartholomew's Hospital
Baron Platt
New Covat
John Creed
Thamea
Henry Madden
Charles Brennan
James Bishop
Brennan
Bishop
Madden
Great Eastern and Western Railway Debates Line Merits
A provisional committee meeting discusses competing routes to Wales and Hereford, comparing costs and benefits of Great Eastern and Western line versus Welsh Midlands. Key points include coal and iron district access, population, and potential loop or upper line options to maximize regional freight and passenger traffic.
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London Coffee Hogee
Lnst
H. G. Ward
M.P
South Wales
West Midlands
Welsh Midlands
Brecon
Merthyr
Great Eastern
Webb
Midlands
Swansea
Tawe
Carmarthen
Hereford
Llandilo
Llandovery
Dowlais
Merthyr Tydvil
Neath
Abergaveeny
Abergavenny
Nantygle
Hirwaen Works
Sidlands
Great Eastern and Western Company
Pontypool
Eprn
Iron District
Newport and Pontypool
Enst
Seas
Staffordshire
Norfolk
Birmingham
Tincoln
Oakham
Rutlandshire
Yarmouth
Peterbourough
Norfolk and Midland
House of Lords
Police Reports From London Turbulent Court Scene
A crowded session features Martha Couchman appealing to Aldermen Farncomb and Word over Rev. Dr. Wilson’s eviction of a poor lace worker from St. Mary Aldermanbury workspace, plus a string of cases including a feigned epileptic act by John Scott, infant death suspicions at Hanway Street, a knife attack between sisters, canal assault charges at Uxworth, and Viscount Dillon facing toll evasion and assault charges with bail set for Surrey Sessions.
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Raben Trynaysteat
Martha Couchman
Farncomb
Word
Bell
Wilson
St. Mary, Aldermanbury
Wan & Mason
Church of St Mary
Aldermanbury
Wasling-street
Buckingham
Rector
Temple of Old
Thomas Wood
Alderman Wood
Divine
Carting of as Venter Distimony Trial at Mount Street
In Newington at No 1 Mount Street George Bennett alias Mayhew and Mary Bennett faced Mr Cottingham for illicit distilling. Off icers found a large still capable of fifty gallons, with about thirty gallons of spirit and eighty gallons of wash. Bennett, once in Lord Woodhouse's service, claimed profit and deducted that the female was his wife. The male was fined 30 pounds and committed for three months. the still valued at 50 pounds was seized.
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Wheely Chronicle
Cotlogham Ac
George Bowenley
Jam Street
Poplarrow
Newington
Mary Anon Palmer
Catter
Slater
Mary Denny
Palmer
Quebh Square
Jane Walker
Mary Walker
Little Chapel Street
Westminster
York Terrace
Maleep
Street Times
Bond
Venter
Iivking
George Bennett
Mayhew
Mary Bennett
Cottingham
Davis
Custom House
Mount-street
Claven
Strocta
Cana
Lord Woodhouse
Kimberly Hall
Norfolk
Burrige
Thames Tunnel
Murderous assault case at Turnham Green inquest
In Turnham Green, a mob attack on Police Constable William Marsh led to final examination of George Wittock senior, George Wittock junior, Isaac Davis, John Uncle, Thomas Shepherd, George Frimley, Joseph Switch, and William Oxley. Marsh, beaten and bloodied, identified the Wittocks and Davis as ringleaders. two Wittocks and Davis are committed for one calendar month with sureties. The others are discharged.
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Uxfourpen Cuance
Mondus
John
Isaac Hensler
Broughton
Richard Howell
Regent's Scanal
George See
George Wittock
Isaac Davis
John Uncle
Thomas Shepherd
George Frimley
Joseph Switch
William Oxley
Turnham-green
Clive
William Marsh
Marsh
Turnham Green
Wittock
Marah
Wittocks
Davis
House of Correction
Late Yarmouth accident toll and bridge update
The Great Yarmouth disaster toll stands at 79 with 77 bodies recovered. Most victims had no dependants, and only eight or ten were over 21. A new bridge on piles has been built over the river near the former suspension bridge, using its platform for the current roadway.
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Great Yarmouth
Yarmouth
Law Society Anniversary Dinner Opens With Toasts
The thirteenth anniversary of the United Law Clerks' Society was celebrated at a public dinner presided by Mr Baron Alderson. Notable attendees included Garon Platt H Twins Esq J Wakefield Esq T G Teed Esq J Wilcock Esq D Malioes Esq Sir G Stephen and others. Benedictus was sung after the cloth and toasts to the Society and to the Lord Chancellor Lord Cottenham were given amid warm support. Subscriptions totaled about £800 with numerous pledges from notable figures including Lord Tenterden Mr Baron Alderson Mr Justice Coltman Lord Ellenborough and H Twiss. A mixed report on markets followed, noting brisk trade in various sectors and improvements in yarns at Halifax.
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Asxitep Law Creaks’ Society
Alr
Baron Alderson
Garon Platt
H. Twins
J. Wakefield
T. G. Teed
J. Wilcock
D. Malioes
G. Stephen
Secondary Potter
J. Walton
Eizuty
Lord Cottenham
G. Henderson
Sir G. Stephen
Messrs. Collett
Lord Ellenborough
Baron Pratt
H. Twiss
Leeds
Huddersield
Halifax
Manchester
Tarrant Lane
Dew
Kellett
East India Company
Hardwick
Marlborough
Straet
Clarkson
Hon. East
Shank
Henry Shank
Prentise
Boswell
Ballett
Allett
A Column for the Curious. Pa King Dans Levee Pageant
A chaotic ledger of arrivals and hypothetic deputations outlines a crowd at King Dan's levee. Names are sparse but the mood shows satire and satire of loyalty, temperance, and various vocations. The piece lists odd contingents from Dublin corporates to butchers and poets, lampooning allegiance to a young queen and a crowned monarch.
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Dan
Nate Satogee
Maurice
Vascounla
Sudjea
Caiveniente
Dan Cho
Ani
Pelige
Tom Stevie
Anmnions
Agnin Ag
Corporation of Dublin
Victoria
Ireland
Daniel O
Father Mathew
Shillelaghs
King O'Conner
Tipperary
Effects of the lightning on the electric telegraph
A 19th century newspaper item reports a lightning strike disabling a telegraph line and a operator at the original office unable to respond as the line and instruments were destroyed. The incident is described with brief technical and human details from the era.
The Eureka Latin Verse Machine Exhibition
A device at Feyptian hall claims to craft Latin hexameters with flawless grammar and sense. It uses a clockwork kaleidoscope that maps letters to numerals to assemble lines, producing original verses in a fixed form and never repeating. Invented by Me. C4 of Glastonbury, it draws on ideas linked to Glastonbury Abbey and Babbageian concepts, though its interior remains hard to inspect.
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Feyptian
Habbage
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Trafalgar Road
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