Brutal husband man slays wife in stairs fall case
An inquest records a brutal assault by a husband named Swallow on his wife after a period of ill-treatment. She died from a skull fracture and brain injury, with a verdict of manslaughter for Swallow. The Northallerton report also notes a treadmill death, a Polmont glanders tale, and various local coroner findings across multiple towns.
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Richard Campbell
Tower
Campbell
Swallow
Hyde
Northallerton
Dreapr
W. Dinsdale
House of Correction
Henry Ward
Felo de Se
Polmont
Stirlingshire
Roochester
Susrecrep Munpeer
Derrrorp
Buckingham
Sheffield
Mr. Ward
Southend
Samuel Forster
Lewisham
Charles
Earl of Dartmouth
Suffolk
STATE
Stanton
Uxbridge
Ruislip
Lamb
Central Criminal Court
Weexford
Dublin
Wexford
Enniscorthy
Worcester
Barbara
Jane Kings
Pershore
Poor Law Guardians
East Worcestershire
Cookes
J.H. H. Foley
Droitwich
Forgery case in Jersey court and naval misappropriation
The Royal Court in Jersey committed Miss Griffiths of Rack Cottage to gaol awaiting a Bank note from London after the post letters to Captain Griffiths and Mrs. Lydiard were opened by her and cashed via a dressmaker Quint. The Advocate urged bail, but the court kept her in custody until the note arrives.
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Taare
Miss Griffiths
Rack Cottage
Jersey
Royal Court
Island
Navy
Captain Griffiths
Lydiard
Rock Cottage
London
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
Pasquin
Holy Father
Italy
Don Carlos
Don Miguel
Lord Pelmerston
M. Thiers
Boatswain's bold plan to recover commodore's pennant
In a Chatham shipyard tale a boatswain's apprentice helps recover the commodore's pennant after the ship's bell is stolen by night guards. The boatswain leads a perilous covert ascent from the foremast to the truck and back, earning a reprimand but saving his warrant with the recovered pendant. The incident unfolds amid Admiralty intrigue and courtly satire in Colburn's Monthly Magazine.
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Chatham
Toby
Navy Board
Conspiracy to Defraud In a Seventeenth Century London Court
General Criminal Court sessions before the Lord Mayor and officials hear jurors. Jaumeés Hance alias Savage, aged 46, indicted for conspiring to defraud Lieutenant Honeywood of 2200 pounds. Case details cover blank acceptances, Gardiner, Day, and multiple bills of exchange, with extensive witness testimony and lengthy rulings. Verdict finds Hance guilty of conspiracy with Gardiner. other trials follow for thefts and a post office letter robbery.
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Alderman Harmer
Sergeant Arabin
Poor Law Commissioners
Somerset House
Tyzspay
Jaumeés Hance, Alias Savage
Honeywood
Clarkson
Bodkin
Edward Honeywood
J. Honeytwood
88Th Regiment of Foot
Morning Herald
Portland Place
Cox and Greenwood’s
Drummond
London
Portsmouth
Hance
James Hance
Leicester Place
John Gardiner
Dufour
Gardiner
Day
Charles Day
Phillips
Recorder
William Bullard
Bow-street
E. Honeywood
Sir John Honeywood
Sir C
Messrs. Hoare
London and Westminster Bank
Richard Kylie
Haye
King’s Bench
Hemming
Haymarket
Savage
Richard Wandsley
Sophia P. Harris
Blackheath
Charles Benson
Cuthbert Woodcock
Bermondsey
George Langham
Martha Evans
Benjamin Joy
Westminster Bridgeroad
Langham
Evans
John Thompson
C. T. Rattenbury
Sarah Seymour
Josep Antonio
Richard Fowler
Jane Willis
John Clark
Powel
James Coster
William Brett
Aldermanbury
Henry Benjamin
Johnson
Coster
T. Johnson
Hackney
Cope
W. Wright
John Falshaw
Pawson, and Co
Thomas Cumbre
Elizabeth Foreman
Charlotte Anne Foreman
Fulham
William Willis
Styles
Wills
General Post- Ofice
John Alfred Harvey
General Post-office
Willis
Twopennypost Department
Fiza Foreman
Parson’s-green
Pulham
Francis Drake
T. Cumber
E. Foreman
General Post Office
Foreman
Doctor Keats
Parson’s Green
London Post-office
Eliza Foreman
Payne
Justice Park
Polish refugee Stanislaus Sobieski Sorenski ends his life
On Saturday night about nine Stanislaus Sobieski Sorenski a Polish refugee who held a rank during the late disturbances in his homeland hanged himself from a bed-post at his residence 23 Margaret Street Somerstown He was found soon after the body was warm medical aid came but life was extinct financial troubles and a long illness weighed on him, likely triggering the act.
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Prickwick
Chapman and Hall
Mr. Pickwick
Bardell
Hogarth
Temperance Society
Brick-lane
United Grand Junction Ebenezer, Temperance Association
Sam Weller
Valentine
Langham Plage
Sam
Leadenhall Market
Ble
Luke
Mr. Weler
Sammy
Govely Creetor
Mr. Weller
Warren
Rowland
Mary
Mr. Eller
Wellex
Pickwick
Sara
Olin
Mayor's
Ipswich
Suffolk
Court
Mareh. Churton
Anne Coke
Isle of Wight
Armytage
Daniell
Fox
Hope Man
Henderson
TuEz
Virtue
Minster
Margate
United Service Journal
Colburn
Greenwich Palace
Lord Brougham
Robert Peel
Mr. Cleav
AposTarrEs
Agnew
A. Harcourt
G. G. Sheppard
T. Baring
W. B. Hardy
John
Lord Canning
Granville Harcourt Vernon
York
Diocese of
Moorsom
Whitby
Reform
Burnet
Camberwell
Horne
House of Commons
Scotland
Gillen
Bowring
England
Faithfull
Brighton
Courier
Olympic
Adelphi
St. James’s
Madame Vestris
Covent-garden
Drury-lane
Jan
Stanislaus Sobieski Sorenski
Margaret-street
Somerstown
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ColuRn
New Monthly
Commons
Marryatt
Mr. Gunter
Paris
Mr. Smithers
Willie
Rosma
Devonshire House
General Criminal Court