Crown Seizes Tobacco in Duty Dispute and Suit
Proceedings recount a case where 1590 pounds of tobacco was seized over a duty dispute. The defendant claimed duty payment on the seized tobacco and two witnesses testified the tobacco arrived surreptitiously. The jury found for the crown, condemning all seized tobacco. Further, Tar Attorney General v Esraun concerns unlawful unshipping and harbouring untaxed tobacco from the vessel Eliza, with 100 bales stored in a loft at Stepney and 16 bales moved by the defendant. The case adjourned to Thursday. In SecondaBrins Court, Barser v Gaimwads regards damages for criminal conversation with the plaintiff's wife. Damages set at £50, the plaintiff an omnibus proprietor from Clapham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tar Attorney General
Esraun
Eliza
Thames
Westbrook
Surrey Canal
Matham
Stepney
Sucondabrins
Trespar
Barser
Gaimwads
Caim. Cox
Secondary James
Thelaintif
Extraordinary Case of Bicamy at Central Criminal Court
Michael M’Cann, accused of feloniously intermarrying with Bridget Thomas while his first wife Martha M’Cann was alive, faced testimony from witnesses inclining to the marriage at St Pancras, with several clerks and locals challenging its validity. He was found guilty and sentenced to three months, with a later potential reprieve for further evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Hughes
Michael M'Cann
Bridget Thomas
Martha M‘cann
Ballantine
Prendergast
Therisoner
Etartha M‘cann
St. Pancras New Church
Lucre
Mr. Prendergast
Epite
Shean
Robert Griffiths
St. Pancras
Bridget Thomans
Elize Atkins
No. 4
John-street
Portland-town
Thomas
Edward Youngman Cotton
Henrietta Sharpe
Cotton
Edward Driver
Sharpe
Clarkson
Bodkin
Doane
Coupse
Driver
Stephen Chandler
Chandler
Roapery
Thomas Patterson
Elizabeth
George Allen
O'Brien
Payne
Allen
Baron Gurney
Forcery at Bow Street as Sackville Sackville is Charged
A young man calling himself Sackville Sackville, real name Charles Davia, is in custody of detective Kendall on charges of forging and uttering a bill of exchange for 250 pounds to defraud solicitor Simon Rendall of Trafalgar Square. Lord Edward Howard and the Honorable Frederick Cavendish are involved in the case. The prisoner allegedly sought discounting of the bill on the 11th instant, with knowledge of Rendall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bow Street
Forcery
Sackville Sackville
Charles Davia
Kendall
Simon Rendall
Trafalgar-square
Humphries
Edward Howard
Frederick Cavendish
Rendall
Charles Clive
Signature Forgery Case Involving Lord Edward Howard
Lord Edward Howard denied signing as endorser or drawer on a bill produced in court and claimed no knowledge of the prisoner. Rendall testified to the facts while Cavendish was not present to offer further evidence. The prisoner dismissed questions, saying the bill was obtained to be discounted and that he would not present a defense at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rendall
Edward Howard
Humphries
Cavendish
Thomas Phillips
King’s Road
Isherwood
Gravesend
James Lloyd
Broderip
Galigarani
Cour Royale
Paris
H. H
M. P
Maison de Sante
Chaillot
Gazette Des Tribunaur
Earl of K
Geneva
Lord O
Priscilla
Lord K
Misa Priscilla H
Maison de Santé
Tribunal de Premiére Instance
Lady H
Verity
M. Debelleyme
Tribunal de Premiere Instance
M. Dupin
Miss H
Lord Cowley
Bruges
Mr. Okey
Debelleyme
M. Baruche
M. Baroche
Italy
England
France
Marboenf
W. H
America
Priscilla H
Dubois
Rue Des Fossés
Monsieur le-Prince
Dr. P
Young man charged with stealing Bulwer plate at Mayfair house
John Williams, a destitute youth, was examined on a charge of stealing plate from Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer’s residence at Hertford Street. He admitted his hunger drove the crime after seeing the silver through a window. He was committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearance
Mr. Hardwick
Central Criminal Court
Court scene overloud with threats and lapsing humor
A well dressed man asks magistrate for help after claiming a confectioner threatened to turn him into a lollypop. The judge jokes about not harming him. In Thames police notes a cheesemonger accuses a shoemaker of assault on a boat, with bystander accounts and mockery of seeking satisfaction. Juvenile suspects in Southwark break‑in case found with clock hymn books and burglary tools. remanded to Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingham
Mr. Bingham
Baylis
Thos. Hill
William Jones
Chapel Place
Great Suffolk-street
Southwark
Cuddy
St. George’s Road
Hill
National Schools
Great
Suffolk-street
Stanton
National School Society
Borough-road
Worship Street Assault Case Over A Daughter Dispute
In a Shoreditch magistrates court, William Hornsey faced charges of assault and disturbance after a dispute over his daughter living with hairdresser Robert Dyer. Dyer and his wife testified of a strained separation, with the magistrate admonishing both sides and increasing weekly support to the wife. The defendant was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Hornsey
Broughton
Robert Dyer
Gloucester-street
Hagzerstone
Holland
Dyer
Bingham
Eliza Smith
Henry Day
Hoxton Old Town
Bassett
Edwards
Cole
G Division
Advice to Complainant After Injury Case
The speaker warns that using them would breach the Pawmbrokes Act and result in a trivial penalty of 50, offering no real redress for the 80 injury suffered by the child. He advises the complainant to consult a solicitor on the subject as the parties then leave the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwards
Cnurt
Arrest of Robert Edwards in Barnsbury on cutting and wounding
Report covers Edwards’s final examination for cutting and wounding after a night at the Star and Garter tavern. Detailing the weapon described as a pearl handled stiletto, the finger wound to Giles, and the arrest by Sergeant Scotney. Also notes arson case against Thomas Cheal and a Paris court case on English morals abroad involving Lady H and Miss Priscilla H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bammersmite
Staspine
Robert Edwards
Cadogan Hotel
Sloane-street
Clerkenwell
T. Paynter
Giles
Jennings
Nottinghill
John Roach
Star and Garter
Kew Bridge
Hampton Races
Brentford
Gig
Ralph Franklin
Franklin
Scotney
Henry Richards
Old Brentford
Roach
Mr. Paynter
Public meeting backs Salisbury Warminster junction plan
A Friday gathering in Salisbury council chamber carried resolutions in support of a proposed junction line from Salisbury through Warminster and Trowbridge to the Great Western Railway near Bath, with the plan voted through unanimously. Greenwich encroachments debated in vestry and school rooms as residents protest proposed enclosure of park space and reservoir works. Battersea Murder: Augustus Dalmas found guilty of murdering Sarah Macfarlane on Battersea Bridge. murder trial details, witness testimony, and final death sentence delivered in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Satisbury and
Great Western Railway
Council Chamber
Salisbury
Warminster
Trowbridge
Bath
Bristol
Greenwich Park
Greenwich
Church of St. Alphage
Greenwich Hospital
W. A. Soames
James
Croom’s Hill
Archaeological Society
Sydney Herbert
Admiralty
Lord Haddington
Lord Lincoln
Deptford Dockyard
F. Angerstein
C. Millington
Platon ic Love in a Boyish Dream of Fame and Death
A reflective column imagines mortal fate shaping youth and fame. The speaker recalls yearning for glory yet fears a doom that shadows his heart. He asks a beloved friend Laura to remember him at his tomb and to cherish the shared, intimate bond beyond mere friendship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay
Laura
Gerakp Gairriy
Balloon Ascent and Miraculous Escape in Storm
An extraordinary balloon voyage reports Wise on his 48th atmospheric trip in the Vesper starting May 7. After a 4000 foot ascent a westward gale battered the craft, forcing Wise to vent the balloon to stay alive, then cling to a tree rope hitch and finally descend as the wind carried him toward Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Hollidayshire
Wise
Mr. Wise
Lexington
Atlantic
Singular tenure and sea duty in medieval grant
King John granted lands at Kipperton and Atterton to Solomon Attefield to hold by a singular service his heirs to bear the king's head if needed during sea crossings. A record in the Tower shows this head-holding office was performed in Edward I’s reign. A second note describes a cannon duel at Fort Puntales and a soldier's futile test of marksmanship. A final item reports a Austrian vampire scare at Clausenburg where authorities exposed a corpse but villagers demanded stakes to confirm it was dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johm
Kipperton
Atterton
Solomon Attefield
Solomon
Edward the First
Fort Puntales
88Th Regiment
United Service Magazine
Foote and OBrien clash ends with a self mockery joke
Foote the dramatist mocked actor OBrien in one entertainments caricature. OBrien complained of the injury to his character while Foote tried to appease him with a sudden self joke. The actor later endured a belated return joke to save his dignity. The Good Exeor lines echo a debate over Nicholas’s greatness and goodness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foote
O'Brien
The Elder Coffin Made From Elder Tree
Michael Field aged 76 was buried at St Nicholas Ash near Wingham after a life as a collar and harness maker in Ash-street. He planted an elder slip 46 years earlier and believed it grew into a tree big enough for a coffin. With the owner’s permission, his coffin was fashioned from the elder and placed in his own plantation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Field
St. Nicholas Ash
Wingham
Ash-street
Michael
Sale of Old Lenton Church Building Materials
A Nottingham area report notes villagers deride plans to demolish the old Lenton church, once part of a rich abbey, now superseded by a new structure. Officials advertise a sale of building materials including bricks tiles oak beams and large windows, in a George Robins style notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlet
Alexander
Lenton
Nottingham
England
Althoug
Dewn
George Robins
Old Lenton
Novel Bird Trap Captures Faraway Feathered Victim
A farmer from Hall Cross Freckleton reported a pit containing a shellfish known as horse fish. A tom tit landed on an open shell when the valves closed, trapping and killing the bird. The dead tom tit was found last Wednesday, according to the Preston Guardian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Threlfall
Hall’ Cross
Freckleton
Preston Guardian
Curious Whitethoat nest with seven young in one nest
In a Cumberland Pacquet item two locals observed a whitethroat feeding its young on the road to Lousiate-place. They traced the nest and found seven nestlings, three fledglings and four still not hatched, noting an unusual instance of multiple hatchings in a single nest and inviting parallels from readers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lousiate-place
Pird
Gumberland Pacquet
Home Office Letter Deliveries And Help Wanted
A notice from the Home Office explains that letters addressed to recipients missing since Sir James Graham’s appointment are now held there awaiting delivery after the secretary’s busy schedule. It invites applicants to handle letters with secrecy, noting preference for those familiar with Fouche’s plan. Also included is a poem titled Song of the Sun detailing dawn and a hopeful departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Graham
James
Fouche
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Folich Reports
Maelborough Street
Clereenwhill
Thames Police
Union Hall
Wees
Uxbridge
Newman
Harmondsworth
Kingdom of Great Britain
Her Majesty
House of Correction
St. Marylebone
Paddington
St. Luke
Chelsea
Dagnall
Churchwardens
Police Court
Victoria
Revenue of Customs
Battersea
Augustus Dalmas
Sarah Eleanor Macfarlane
Battersea Bridge
William Parkins
Budkin
Mr. Bodkin
Langton
Frederick Langton
Alleyn
Justice Coleridge
Justice Williams
Thomas Hall
Mary Ann Williams
Lands End
Fulham
Faihum
Br. Wilkins
Rebecca Seward
Beaufort-row
Duke-street
William Evans
Mr. Chambers
Surrey
Crown Arch
Richard Messenger
Mr. Budkin
Middlesex
James Cook
Chelsea Old Church
Church-lane
Wendsworth
Mr. Mullins
John Timms
Wes
Cooke
Churchstreet
Flo
Battersea-bridge
William Bradle
Wandsworth
Mr. Wilkins
William Cumming
Marylebone-lane
Augustus Dalmar
Augusta
Charlotte
Hall
Keen
Horsemonger-lane
Clausenburg
Austria
Ued
Nicholas
E.M
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