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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Mar 05, 1837

Page

3

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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