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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 25, 1842
Page
6
A mobbed courtroom hears testimonies on the May 30 1850 attempted attack on Queen Victoria. Witnesses describe a pistol shot near the royal carriage, details of the weapon, the prisoner's demeanor, and police actions as the defense argues for motive and lack of clear evidence. The Crown rests on circumstantial and expert testimony, while Clarkson pleads for acquittal amid intense public interest.
The prisoner John Francis is found guilty on the second and third counts of high treason after a jury question the overt act of firing a pistol with destructive substances. The chief justice delivers the death sentence by hanging on a hurdle, with the body to be divided into four quarters. The prisoner collapses, overcome, as the solemn verdict and judgment conclude in the court.
The article questions the necessity of executing John Francis, weighing royal protection against treason. It argues the privy council must decide without royal influence, noting ministers bear sole responsibility for the queen’s safety and the nation’s well being. It asks whether execution truly secures the crown from future attacks.
The Central Criminal Court heard the trial of Thomas Cooper for the May 5 murder of Timothy Daley a police constable after Cooper shot at Moss and Mott in Highbury Hornsey wood. Witnesses testified to the pursuit and firing of pistols a knife seized and Cooper's apparent insanity defense with his mother detailing a troubled childhood and alleged mental illness. The case hinges on whether Cooper was conscious of his actions or not and the trial continued with medical and lay testimony.
Witnesses described the prisoner’s violent outbursts and robberies including threats to shoot and steal a gold chain. Medical officers testified to his sanity, while the defense argued for mental illness. The jury found him guilty of murder and the judge condemned him to hanging with compensation to a widow and others harmed.
A 15 year old boy with a handsome livery was committed for trial for stealing five sovereigns from a drawer in Sir William Follett's house. The evidence showed he forced a locked drawer using a knife blade and an iron spoon to take a marked sovereign and the rest. Another case involved Julia Murphy, a female from Ireland, charged with robbing a Brompton gentleman of £17 and seven sovereigns after following him near Lord Holland's park. three sovereigns were later found in the station-house passage.
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