Court of Queen's Bench legal ruling and York case
Lord Denman dismissed a claim by Mr Clayton who lost a monopoly in the Sheriff's Court as the act opened practice to other attorneys. The ruling says the office was not abolished and compensation may arise from renewed business. In a separate bail court case Smyth was found Not Guilty of indecent assault on a police constable after witnesses testified to the defendant'sCharacter. the jury cleared him but noted the prosecutor and police acted from misconception.
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Court OF Queen’s Bench
Lord Denman
York
Clayton
Sheriff's Court
Taxspay
Tu Queen
Waddington
Platt
Bodkin
Duke of Beaufort
Prince of
Capua
William Somerset
Earl of Chichester
Colin Halkett
Callaghan
H. W. Barron
M.P
Ogle
C. Wetherell
Pipe Central Criminal
Francis
Lati
Ehtepiaty Ft
Iit
Ett Gee
Tin Hal
Moto Tad
Pattison
Baron Gaye
Cseminster
Tien
Paraiser
Arbuthnot
Prince Albert
Constitution Hill
Gardin
Tindal
Buckingham Palace Garden
Abingdon
Treated in the Court of Secondaries Turspay Watts v Magee
A printer from Wych Street sues Rev Dr Magee of Medley Street Westminster for 2 pounds 10 shillings for printing 250 copies of an address to Mr O Connell. The Precursor Society’s minutes show a penny print charge. The jury returns a verdict for the plaintiff. An insolvent case follows with a Jewish rabbi and amusing bail dialogue. The insolvent is discharged.
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Turspay
Watts
Macee
Thomas White
Wych-street
Strand
Magee
Medley-street
Westminster
Kaye
O’connell
England
J. Malone
Precursor Society
Campbell
Messrs. Hogan
Leaman
Collins
O'Neil
Tracey
Hogan
O'Connell
Haynes
Holds Upton
Matove
Sees
Lee
Central Criminal Court Trials in Various Cases
The court adjourned the trial of Nicholas Suisse for theft to the next sessions. Nicholas Foster was found guilty of cutting and wounding Ellen Foster and given fifteen years’ transportation after claiming it an accident in a quarrel. Thomas Shore was found guilty of stabbing his brother with intent to murder, with mercy recommended for provocation. Henry King was convicted of burglary in St Pancras, sentenced to life transportation, and a reward of five pounds was given to John Marshall for capturing the suspect.
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Elen Foster
Thomas Shore
John Shore
Hanwell
Henry King
Samuel Edwards Pullett
John Marshall
Baron Gurney
Assault and transportation sentences at Norfolk assizes
At the Norfolk assizes the court recorded multiple sentences. Prisoners convicted of high treason and murder faced death. others received banishment for up to life or years, with many to transportation, imprisonment, or hard labor. A notable acquittal occurred for Ebenezer Williams in a glass decanter theft case. The session adjourned to July 4 next.
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Samuel Agg
James Houghton
Richard Inkpen
John Rutherford
Hugh Piper
Baron Wilhelm Osten
Frederick Pridham
Wilhelm Osten
Earl of Scarborough
Lord C. Manners
Count Killmansegge
Kuezebeck
Brotherton
Clarkson
Phillips
Baron Gurney
Shore
Ebenezer Williams
John Curtis
Mr. Horry
Grand Jury
Old Bailey
Louisa Curtis
Wuess
John Francis
Thomas Cooper
Henry Johnson
Henry King
Richard Davis
Francis Beard
J. Greenland
Richard
M.wright
M. Foster
Charles Wilson
Henry Wilson
Thomas Kirby
F. Mitchell
J. O'Brien
R. Wright
J. Riley
E. Bryan
Alias Regan
G. Smith
J. Tyrell
T. Hills
G. Algar
J. Lloyd
J. Bailey
Jas. Bailey
J. Smith
J. Knowles
J. Sanger
G. Wilson
R. Eldridge
Ellen Smith
J. Gollicher
C. Edenborough
G. Drew
J. White
Thos. Lee
J. Basen
J. Harman
W. J. Lyons
T. Gwynne
Geo. Davis
Henry Young
Edward Harris
Henry, Jones
G. Ley
William Lovell
Charles. Swift
E. Boxall
R. Harris
Mary Coleman
Daniel Bryant
H. Hudson
J. Crouch
George Oakley
J. Kerrison
Shadrack Mitchell
J. Hatherwell
G. Fair
J. Dean
J. Pratt
C. Toombs
Thomas ,Chattenden
Thos. Coleman
Mary Anne Ward
Aligs
Anne Williams
Rosetta Farrell
J. Wright
WV. Farrell
Catharine Kent
Josiah
Edghill
T. Herbert
J.,cooper
J. Brown
Thomas Smith
Wm. Webb
Smith
House of Correction
John Peck
Louisa Morris
W. Coleman
Charles Procter
J. Walters
J. Cosgrove
M. A. Breadlam
W.hail
R. Ashby
J .Cosgrove
W. Breadon
J. Richardson
Geo. Dalton
H. Sewell
J. Cullenson
Jas. Kalagher
Sarah Jones
T. Webb
J. Bentley
Norfolk
North Wales
Privileges of the City Freemen and Non-Freemen License
In a lord mayor hearing Messrs Perrott and Watts sought license to hire non-freemen for their calendering business amid Freeman opposition. After testimonies on work practices and wages, the lord mayor granted a temporary license to the applicants to run until Tuesday next, pending further evidence from masters. Separately at Marlborough Street a charge of assault against Thomas Edward Johnson was heard. The complainant, a housemaid at 131 Piccadilly, alleged she was assaulted in the defendant's drawing room after refusing improper advances. Johnson denied the charges, claiming she resisted merely to be turned out. The magistrate ordered Johnson to enter into recognizance for £100 to answer at Westminster sessions, with evidence to be weighed by a jury.
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Bagley
Perrott and Watts
Messrs. Perrott
Watts
Chamberlain
Southgate
Peter Laurie
Thomas Edward Johnson
Fsy
Piccadilly
Maltby
Amelia Browning
Cowling
Shesgut
False debts and perjury gang exposed in Marylebone case
In a Marylebone proceeding a gang used false plaintiffs and swapped names to secure verdicts. The judge stayed and set aside the verdicts, with the magistrate urged to pursue wider actions if clear collusion is shown. A cabman’s case about a sick woman ends without hospital acceptance and seeks magistrate guidance.
Expulsion Row Over Benefits At Westminster Union
The vice president of the St. John's Union Benefit Society at the Old King's Head Westminster faced a summons to justify why William Chick a man aged between 60 and 70 who paid 31 years of contributions should be expelled for injury claims. The complainant said a load harmed his leg and he was treated in hospital, later told he was expelled for not accepting arbitration or superannuation terms.
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Franklin
Long
Cadman
Tottenham Court-Road
North London Hospital
Clerkenwell
Mr. Long
Cabman
Beadle
St. John's Union Benefit Society
Old King’s Head
Marsham Street
Westminster
William Chick
Gregorie
Watson
Tradesmen Targeted By Monstrous Legal Abuse Scheme
In Guildhall reporting, solicitor Mr Ford highlights a wide abuse by a conspiracy of about a dozen persons acting as witnesses and plaintiffs in debt actions under five pounds. The scheme used false claims for goods never delivered to trick tradesmen, with trials decided by surprise evidence and perjury. Victims often paid fees to avoid costly court battles, preferring settlements over threatened verdicts.
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Ford
Outrage at Holborn Eating-House Ends in Assaults
In Holborn on a Sunda morning a group of men including Robert Trotter and William Merryweather attacked Mr. Stevens and his waiter at 17 Liquorpond Street. The mob, hostile over a soup bill, beat Stevens, damaged the premises, and attacked police with deadly force.
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Robert Trotter
William Merryweather
Sunda
Mr. Stevens
Liquorpond-street
St. Andrew's
Holborn
Vinesse
Stevens
Trotter
Lowe
Merryweather
Outrageous Assaults on Policeman and Waiter at Clerkenwell
Witnesses recount a brutal mob beating in Liquorpond Street. Vinesse and waiter Winesse were struck, while Lowe the policeman suffered severe injuries. Trotter allegedly lifted and smashed Vinesse as bystanders watched. the prisoners denied guilt, claiming drunkenness. Bail set high pending trial for three separate assaults.
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James Vinesse
Lowe
Penny
Liquorpond Street
Trotter
Vinesse
Merryweather
C. Evans
Balcourt-place
St. John’s Street
Clerkenwell
Greenwood
Winesse
Mr. Stevens
Stabbed woman in Westminster after quarrel at theatre
Isaac Beamish a 24-year-old engineer born in Rio Janeiro was brought before Mr Traill charged with stabbing Harriet Wilson a single woman from Pearl Row Blackfriars Road. She described a dispute over marriage and employment after meeting him at the theatre. Beamish claimed intoxication and lack of control. he was committed.
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Pearl-row
Blackfriars-road
Surrey Theatre
Oxford Arms
Westminster Road
Brazils
Frederick Bull
London and Brighton Railway Company
Cottingham
Brightom
Bullett
Brighton
London
Tidmarsh
Charing Cross
St. Martin’s Court
Ascot-heath
A Collector of Curiosities Finds a Distant Memory
A Madrid paper recounts an English visitor at the bull feast who sought Montes sword as a trophy. Montes offered the weapon as a gift, then the Englishman promised to send pistols from Gibraltar, adding a note of distant exchange and curious travel.
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Madrid
Rondo
Montes
Honeur
Gibraltar
The Unproductive Classes Described by Defoe
The phrase characterizes the passive poor as those who walk through life starving and leave no mark on posterity. Defoe paints them as unenterprising and unseen in the active world, with no notable deeds or memory left behind.
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de Foe
Balloon accident at Batignolles injures traveler M Delcourt
An experimental balloon ascent at Batignolles on Saturday morning ended with M. Dupuis Delcourt unconscious after gas vents and oxide of carbon exposure. The craft descended safely, but crowd interference caused a large rent in the balloon, leaving Delcourt in danger before physicians restored him. The incident supports Leblanc and Dumas on carbon monoxide dangers and is hailed as a significant discovery.
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Batignolles
M. Dupuis Delcourt
Delcourt
M. Delcourt
Iis
MM. Leblanc
Dumas
Journal Des Débats
Trial of Francis for high treason over Queen attack
The Central Criminal Court hears the trial of Francis on charges of high treason for firing a pistol at Queen Victoria on May 20 and planning to harm the monarch. Crown counsel urges jurors to set aside outside reports, focusing on intent and threats to the realm while detailing dates, locations, and the alleged steps leading to the act.
Theatrical Trick Sparks Sneezing at German Play
In a small German town theatre, managers advertised the display of a robber's head in a melodrama. An actor posed with the head on a table, but a prankster actor secretly snuffed the nose, triggering a violent sneezing fit that delighted the audience.
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Germany
Celebrated Oak Trees and an Elm Tale
This piece highlights England’s famed oaks such as the Parliament Oak in Clipstone Park and the Duke’s walking stick, noting their ages, sizes, and records. It also recounts the Gelands oak’s bark value, Tredegar park’s oak timber room, and a Cognac elm associated with Duchess of Angouleme's labor, followed by a snuff-taking quip attributed to Coleridge.
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England
Edward
Clipstone Park
Portland
Westminster Abbey
Calthorpe
Yorkshire
Worksop
York
Nottingham
Derby
Gelands
Monmouthshire
Tredegar Park
Cognac
Familiar Blank Verse in Historic Table Talk
John Kemble and Sir Walter Scott are noted for blank verse in table talk. Scott recalled an Ettrick excursion chased by a bull, King John fleeing to a tree, and Mrs Siddons imitating her exclamation at Ashestiel. The anecdotes highlight dramatic wit and characteristic humor among literary figures of the era.
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John Kemble
Sir Walter Scott
Ettrick
King John
John
Looming Phenomenon Seen Over Inverness Coast
On Monday last a rare atmospheric effect called looming, akin to a mirage, made Fort George appear three times its height while distant shores below the horizon were visible. Witnessed by workers at a hemp factory and others, the sight stemmed from unusual refractions in a hot, calm atmosphere. The Inverness Courter notes similar historical instances and cites heat as a contributing factor.
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Old Citadel
Inverness
Fort George
Moray Firth
France
Hastings
Inverness Courter
Bleaching Tale Of 600 Black Slaves And White Marked Bodies
A French journal recounts a Cuban tale of a pretending American slave trader who ferried 600 Black people, all later vanishing after a night, while 600 European passengers allegedly boarded Jamaica. A chemist's nitrate of silver was cited as proof the voyagers were vagabonds swapped in fraud. The piece notes many spoke English or Portuguese and were kept from field labor, serving as domestic workers or overseers, hinting at a hoax and harsh treatment.
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Cuba
Jamaica
Galignani
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Marshall
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Walter Marshall
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Edward Dawson
William Dunn
William Jones
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Rogers
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Thur
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Fricey
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