Landed Jewelry Theft Trial at County Assizes
Details of a burglary case where a female prisoner Pollard and her companion Barnes stood trial for stealing jewels bank notes and other valuables from Lady Lisle. Evidence showed a ransacked room a broken window a hidden loot stash and a plan to conceal proceeds. Barnes found guilty and sentenced to 15 years transportation Pollard acquitted. The Midland and Oxford circuits are noted with court summaries and a separate civil slander case ending with a verdict of one farthing damages for Eyre the plaintiff's solicitor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bfr
Cockburn
Powlden
Missing
Grbgecki
Barnes
Pope
Tumbrill
Ttyee
Pollard
Charles Young
Young
T Young
Woolley
Cumming Up
Carter
Pollerd
Midland Circuit
Noxraanrtox
Moxpay
Baron Gurney
Bret Assize
Sir W. Follett
Smith
Hettle
Oxford
TorsPar
Silandering
EYE
Qoopy
Tif Cas
Godson
Cervington
Taffeard
Dke
Texas
Wood
William Wood
Talfourd
Gihejery
Mr. Este
Esre
Tyood
Goody
Largest bar of iron rolled at Cyfarthith ironworks
The largest iron bar ever rolled at Cyfarthith ironworks near Merthyr Tydvil on a Saturday is a 25 ft long six inch diameter cable bolt weighing about 2,400 lbs. The parent pile weighed over 2,600 lbs, measuring 7 ft long by 12 inches square. It was heated and rolled under Mr. Robert Crawshay’s supervision for a Holland house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyfarthis
Merthyr Tydvil
Holland
Robert Crawshay
Trials of 230 Prisoners at Central Criminal Court Opened
The fifth session opened before the lord mayor and judges with the calendar listing about 230 prisoners, many facing grievous charges including a pistol firing with intent to murder. Rebecca White known as Coaxing Emma was convicted of purse theft and sentenced to ten years transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Marshall
J. Pirie
Gibbs
Resperx
Hiauwa
Rebecca White
Robert M‘donald
Ludgate-hill
Emma
Munp
Clarkson
Elizabeth Sarah Magnus
Auction Mart
Bartholomew-lane
City
Ann
Thut
Magnus
James Smith
Mra. Magnus
Tindal
Coxpter
Cass
John Dwire
Richard Levitt
Edwards
James Williams West
Mr. West
iVitners
Cryruar Carta
Calexpan
Newgate
Justice Williams
Justice Coleridge
Bodkin
M.P
Joshua Jones Ashley
Prendergast
Payne
Protesting the Prisoners' Counsel Bill in Court Remarks
The speaker argues against a bill extending prisoner's counsel rights and criticizes judges who address juries. He defends counsel's right to address juries while condemning prosecutors' interference and gallery theatrics that mislead the jury. The discussion condemns partisan courtroom tactics and upholds fair trial principles.
Distressing case of destitution leads to crime at Mansion House
A ragged, list-named Thomas Wilson faced the lord mayor for stealing a half pint pewter pot. He explains his hunger and inability to find work after previous jail time. the court remands him to Bridewell for two months. Other proceedings cover a converted Jew, a boy's attempted stabbing, and public nuisances at Gates/Queen Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Wilson
Bishop agate-Street
Hedy
Bridewell
Compter
Desperate bigamy case ends with three months hard labour
In a Greenwich court a prisoner faced perjury and desertion charges after abducting and marrying another man’s wife while her spouse lived apart. The court heard the wife bore twins who died, and the accused was traced to a marriage by license, not ceremony. The board ordered three months hard labor in the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah White
Harriet White
Ellen Waylon
Margue
Harriet
Bond
Herriet
Clareenwill
Sparks
St. Pancras Parish
Combe
Macpherson
Britannia
China
Rome
Sweden
Madeira
Scotland
Jamaica
England
Miss Grove
Albans-street
Regent's Park
Turner
Gray’s Inn
Francis Hayward
Aylesbury
Buckinghamshire
Dover
Kent
Calais
London
Theberton-Street
Islington
St. Pancras
Speee
Crown Office
Stone
M'Gahey
Mr. Sparks
Greenwood
Hayward
Dartford
Queen's Bench
William Keyes
Buckingherphires
Kmr
Keyes
Mr. Greenwood
Mr. Hayward
Ir. Hayward
Sun
Vincent Moas
St. James, Clerkenwell
Bolton
Board of Guardians
Mary Moss
Great Sutton-street
Clerkenwell
Hoxton
Hampton
Hertfordshire
Thompson
Kimpton
King-street
Goswell-street
Samuel Finch
King’s Head
Lass Christ
Mr. Finch
St. James's
Patacent
House of Correction
Finch
Prison escape by Ludford hidden in drawers at Queen's Bench
An inmate Ludford devised a chest of drawers as a concealed "box" to escape from the Queen's Bench. A porter and workers carried the heavy chest toward the gate, then to a private house where Ludford released himself. He fled to Leicestershire before being recaptured by a farm key and returned to custody. Officials consider pursuing charges for conspiracy and escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludford
Ludford Porter
A Ae
Ladford
Hava
Kent
Jane
Blackfriars-bridge
Ball's-pond
Leicestershire
Colmel
Queen's Prison
Chester
Udford
Queen‘s Bench
Traill
Walworth Road
Manchester
North Shields
London
Trail
Ustress Hussanp
Ellen Page
England
Cottingham
King
Kensington Workhouse Clothes-Tearing Case in Court
At Kensington magistrates two men Francis Egerton and James Brown faced charges for tearing up their clothes at the union workhouse. Egerton admitted his clothes were dirty and ragged. Brown recounted an incident where a man in a fit tore his trousers. The magistrate condemned the conduct under an act of Parliament, sentencing Egerton to two weeks hard labour and adjourned Brown’s case to a later date. The report notes an outbreak of typhus among workhouse staff, with several nurses and the surgeon ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thamers Police
Extraonpisany Ceance
East
James Hibbert
Larkins East Indiaman
Chice
Broderip
Henry Reynolds
2D Regiment of Foot
Clarkson
Hibbert
Reynolds
Larkins
Margate
Goma
China
Lieutenant Reynolds
Lieut Reynolds
Leutenant Reynolds
Fortune
Marpate
Captain Hibbert
Kensington Police
Braxpixa Casvar Paurens
Asros
Francis Egerton
James Brown
G. Clive
Symone
Kensington Union
Ur Symons
Egerton
Brown
Board of Guardians of the
Kensingted
Kensington
Clise
Lawthern
Clive
House of Correction
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the Weekly Chronicle
Central Criminal Court
Mr.Payne
Mr. Payne
Mansion House
Wandsworth Road
Houndsditch
P. Laurie
Mr. Tepper
Bryer
Beech
Queen Square
Band
Princess's Theatre
Aummouns
Link-Mann
Strelt
Edward Hall
Noble
Littlebourn
Canterbury
Cole
G Division
Barton
Old-street
Broughton
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