Bench Case Seeks Damages for Promise of Marriage
In an 1830s London trial, a daughter of a carpenter sues a master cabinetmaker for breach of promise of marriage after a shared intimacy from 1832 to 1836 and a rejected support for the child. The jury awards damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uben's Bench
Brraca
Paine
Morrisge
Bartlet
Spitalfields
Mircren
Law
Kelly
Heaton
Osborne
Erle
Gurney
Platt
Central Court Sessions Report With Notable Sentences
The Central Criminal Court sessions open before the lord mayor and officials, listing 225 prisoners with charges including larceny, burglary, embezzlement, and other offences. Mary Ann Nicholls receives a ten year transportation sentence reduced to one year imprisonment. witnesses recount a handkerchief theft at Greenwich fair. the judge remands further consideration for some cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Nicholls
Secretary of State
Elilen Norman
Rowland Hill Blacher
Messrs. Ellis and Everington
St. Paul’s Churchyard
J. Graham
High Holborn
Samuel Horsenail
John Charters Currier
Greenwich
Newgate
Bridewell
Distressed plea prompts lord mayor action and fevers cited
A letter from Arthur Piercy describing destitution in Oxfordshire linked to fever outbreaks prompts the lord mayor to arrange relief via the Fever Hospital committee. Additional cases include forgery investigations, a claim of embezzlement, and requests for warrants, with witnesses detailing long delays and unsigned wills.
Prisoner Committed for Trial in Strong Cash Ledger Case
Samuel Wackrill of Chelmsford paid 34 pounds 12 shillings for a Ledger entry at Leaf and Co counting-house in Old Change. Witnesses note suspected false entries by the prisoner including a double entry and missing sums, leading to committal for further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wackrill
William Smith
House of Leaf and Co
Humphreys
Ald. T. Wood
Windsor Bow Street gives magistrates power over disturbed throne claimant
A man named Sharman Dawkins claimed to be the rightful heir to the French crown after a Windsor disturbance. He told of planning to see Queen Victoria and Windsor Castle, while authorities ordered he be cared for by friends due to suspected mental imbalance. Also: several other arrests in Marylebone and Marlborough Street for assault, theft, and threats, including a yellowed tale of a lunatic Kensington claimant and a series of domestic disturbances in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Sharman
William Dawkins
Twyford
Windsor
Board of Green Cloth
London
Bowstreet
Burnaby
Mr. Stratham
Mr. Twyford
France, Which Had Brought Him Into His Present difficulty.—Mr. Twyford
Blackheath
Windsor Castle
Marylebone
Sir John Claude de Crispigney
Mary Miles
James-street
Ligsongrove
Edgware
Sir John
John
Julia Murphy
Nathaniel Graves
Colosseum
Albany Street
Queen Square
Lord Portmore
Clement Portmore
Gregorie
Cleaver
Buckingham Palace
Cambridgeshire
England
Mr. Gregorie
Smith
Hertford
Switz
Milan
British Legion
Marquis of
Handley
Parklane
Pawnshop Fraud Over Valued Gold Pledge
A prisoner pledged fake gold pieces at a pawnbroker in a fraud case. Initially the metal passed tests and £7 was advanced, then redeemed. A second piece also fetched £7 before a third piece triggered detention. The pawnbroker failed to exercise due caution, and more victims were reported as similar impostures emerged. The composition is said to be made in Birmingham and defeats standard tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oxford
Hinton
George IV
James I
Oxfordshire
Windsor
Duke of Sussex
Duke of Wellington
Radnor-street
Old Street
St. Luke’s
Forrester
Hobler
Ies
Old Bailey
Clarke
Central Criminal Court
Sibert de Tur
William Irwin
France
Fleury
Paris
V. Martin
Delamarre
Martin
Didier
Prescott, Grote, and Co
London
Chapman
Prescott and Cos Banking-House
Bush
Committee of Bankers For
Wooler
Marlborough Street
William Wendley
Chambers
W. F. Boyle
Mr. Chambers
Oxford
King-street
Tabrahams
Thomas Taylor
Harrison
Wardour-street
Isaacs
Birmingham
Strayed Woman Fails To Find Work After Urban Drifter Cover Story
Harriet Mortimer, born in Hertfordshire, traveled from Gloucester to London seeking work after posing as a man. She had worked as an oster at the Union Jack inn for six months before brain fever exposed her sex, later turning to nail work and pea picking. Magistrate Richard Gregory offered modest aid and suggested county work opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Mortimer
Hertfordshire
Gloucester
Oster
Dudley
London
Richard Gregory
Tower
Essex
Five o'clock Renfrew steamer boiler burst injuring passengers
The James Gallacher steamer bound for Glasgow to Dalmuir halted at Renfrew landing stage when its boiler burst. Passengers suffered severe scalds. a woman and infant died. several others seriously injured. Aid was rushed from Renfrew, Paisley, and Glasgow. clergy prayed with the wounded. The vessel is deemed mainly a goods carrier, not a passenger boat, and the cause remains under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Gallacher
Glasgow
Dalmuir
Renfrew
Charles Jennings
Puella
Holyhead
Wales
Lachlan
James Leckie
Kilpatrick
Charles M’lean
Morgan Jones
M‘farlane
Clyde
Elland
Balmforth
Longwood
Golcar
Mr. Balmforth
Back-hill
Clerkenwell
Sinclair
G Division
Hatton-garden
West Riding Bank
Briggate
Leeds
Inquest Into Grand Junction Railway Tragedy at Winwick
An inquest at Winwick explored the Grand Junction Railway accident that killed John Lawton, 44, near Newton and Winwick. The verdict ruled accidental death with claims of liquor involvement and a victim’s poor life condition noted by neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faran
John Lawton
Newton
Winewick
Ship Inn
Winwick
J Keys
Lancashire
John Houghton
Warrington
Newton Races
Sankey Canal
Grand Junction Railway
Birmingham
Pocktineron
J. Wood
William ‘Atkinson
Aneerateee 85
Elizabeth Bell
Higgs
Charing-cross Hospital
Samuel Lindley
Peter-street
St. James’s
Wardour-street
Harewood
W. Hyde
Welwyn
F. J. Osbaldeston
Hitchin
Union Workhouse
Mitchell
Hitchin Union
Rockets and rope projection tested at Brighton pier
A large crowd at Pierhead Brighton watched experiments on a new projection to aid distressed vessels. Rockets propel a rope to sea objects instead of mortars used with Captain Manby apparatus, offering steadier ascent and greater range. A new life boat was tested but did not right itself in calm seas.
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Messrs. Williams
Rena
G Hainsworth
Farsley
Ackroyd
Halifay
Read
Broadbent Mason
George Street
Halifax
Bradford
Justice Stansfeld
Justice Musgrave
Bank of the Leeds Banking Company
G. Hainsworth
J. Corbett Peel
Bank of Manchester
New Bailey
Peel
C. Wilkins
Wilkins
London Steam-Packet
Captain Taylor
London
Hull
Dudgeon
Cromer
Taylor
Love
7Th Bat
Royal Artillery
Hungerford
Nash
Webb
Beadle
William Nash
F 143
Robert Nash
Bow-street
Rbance
Pierhead
Brighton
Captain Manby
Newton
Lord Shaftesbury
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Dean and Chapter Court
York
Sereio
Paddington
Mr. Shield
Jane Shield
Lawton
Rev. R. Sutton
Robert Shield
George Stooks
John‘Clay
Owen Sparrow
Laytonstone
Mansion House
Bow Street
Lambeth Street
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