Cumberland Assizes Open With Murder Case and Postponed Trial
The Cumberland assizes opened with 22 prisoners listed including Jane Crosby charged with murdering her child at Lemmonby. Trials for several minor offenses proceeded, the main case’s witnesses postponed for instruction, and one man convicted of an assault. A second trial for manslaughter, involving corrosive sublimate administered by a Wigton man, ended with a guilty verdict and four months’ imprisonment.
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Canarsie
Fes
County of
Cumberland
Criminal Court
Justice Coltman
Justice Wightman
Jnne Crosby
Lemmonby
Ami
Tre Lawwoxsy Mrapen
Temple
Mr. Temple
Fen
Tatal
Justice Cultman
Thomas Robertshaw
John Coulthard
Wigton
Ramshay
Heskies
Matthews
Maryport
Kpen
Ware
Coulthard
Asadfatty Snakrot Lavander
Ail Tinkers
Cn Teason
Law notes from the Court of Chancery and related matters
Detailed account of proceedings at the Court of Chancery and the Queen's Bench Guildhall including the Hanover jewels inquiry, a Madras corruption case involving Captain Douglas, and a London criminal calendar with multiple sessions and public notices.
Horrific Clerkenwell Spa-fields burial ground probe
A crowded Clerkenwell magistrates court heard shocking claims of bone house desecration at Spa-fields burial ground. Officials, ratepayers, and witnesses described coffins burned and bones scattered, urging parochial authorities to act, while inspectors corroborated the grisly reports of hidden bone houses and foul stench.
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Watts
Exworth Street
Clerkenwell
St. James, Clerkenwell
Cumbe
Scorpill
Board of Guardians
Combe
Voor Law
Home Secretary
Inspector Penny
G Division
Reuben Room
John Waltere
Clerkenwell Parish
Bone-House
Mr. Watts
Catherine Murphy
Mgr. Combe
Judge orders estreation of recognisances in extraordinary proceeding
The Judge remarks on seeking other witnesses and notes that the entire recognisances be estreated except for the plicemap. The prosecutor may press the indictment at the next sessions. This reflects procedural steps in a seemingly irregular legal matter.
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Middlesex
Prand
Wepnespar
Prendergast
New Churchcourt
Strand
Osborne
Frederick Byng
Lennox Butler
Moses Montifiore
Allum
Ballantine
Mies Osborne
Alarming fire in Grosvenor Square mansions and related incidents
Reports detail a fire at the Hon Captain Duncombe MP residence in Grosvenor Square caused by a hot air stove. Firefighters Loder and Hall narrowly escaped injury as beams burned away. Nearby Liverpool Islington blaze damaged greenhouses with extensive plant loss. A pedestrian named Peirson was run down by Watling Street engine horses but survived. hospital admission denied as not serious.
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Hamilton
London
Greenock Advertiser
Grosvenor
Earl of Derby
Sir Talbot
Baker-Street
Wells Atreet
Hing Atreet
Loder
Hall
Duncombe
Smith
Manchester Terrace
Liverpool Road
Islington
Death of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton noted
The obituary outlines Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton’s public career and personal life. Born 1783, he studied at Greenwich and Trinity College Dublin, married Miss Gurney, and had a son who inherited the baronetcy. As Weymouth MP from 1818 to 1837, he led philanthropy on prisons, criminal law, and slavery, while pursuing humanitarian reforms. He died May 1 at North Repps Hall, Norfolk, at age 59.
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Bether
Buxton
Greenwich
Burney
Trinity College
Dublin
Mies Gurney
Newgate
Reputaion
Weymouth
Muevere
House of Commons
Great Britain
Wilberforce
Isa
James Mackintosh
Lord Stanley
F. Buxton
England
Jena
Ehouse of Commons
Niger
Fowell Buxton
Tle
Vane
North Repps Hall
Aylsham
Norfolk
Poisoning Case Rings Berkshire Trial at Ipswich
A Berkshire village case centers on a father accused of murdering his child by arsenic in Thatcham. Coroner's inquest found the child dead from poison, and another daughter’s death is suspected to be linked. The father faces committal for trial at the assizes. exhumation and post mortem tests followed the rising suspicion.
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Newbury
Berkshire
Thatcham
Alexander
Henry George Sennings
White Hart Inn
Elen Jennings
Ellen Jennings
Ipswich
Guy's Hospital
Peculiar Hobdiestreet Incident At Adolph Hotel Shop
Disjointed report recounts a visit by a high‑standing lady and her party staying at the Adolph Hotel. An exchange with a shopkeeper leads to a confrontation spoken of as severe and intended to chastise. The tale centers on classed customers and alleged behavior, with unclear subsequent actions.
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Peni
Hobdiestreet
Strance
Adolph Hotel
Thut Froding
Ima
Adi Iphi
Ant
Fragmented Third Class Travellers Petition Poem
Fragmented OCR style verse describes harsh travel hardships and weather binding the third class traveler. It laments funds, open air distress, sleet and rain, a dreary journey to a distant town, with scarce means and a burdensome wait. The piece blends plea and weather imagery with strained cadence.
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Dover
Caive
Sudan
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Charles Miller
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West Winuter-Road
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Blackfhare Road
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Constabe
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