Trials and executions reported in 19th century sessions
The proceedings recount manslaughter verdicts in two cases from the Oxford Circuit and a separate murder trial at Oxford. Hugh Sparks and William Dwyer were found guilty of manslaughter for pushing John Henry Mooney from a window, with sentences of transport for 15 years. In a later Oxford case Charles Morley was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Additional testimonies detail the Morley case, including a sealed bag, a ring, and financial motives amid a lengthy trial sequence.
Infancy plea and trial in Oxford debt case ends with acquittal
The court heard evidence on a promissory note signed in the name of infancy. Witnesses described signing through a window and the defendant Eyre not being of age. The jury found the defendants not guilty after the baron noted the prosecutor’s story unworthy. Trials continued in the Western and Home Circuits with related indictments.
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Baron Gurney
Raban
Wadham College
Thos. Powell
Cordwell
Jas. Lee
London
Oxford
Dickenson
Evans
Mr. Evans
Corpus
India
Wincue Ester
Nisi Prius
Justice Coltman
Baron Rolfe
Criminal Court
Crown Court
John Adams
Selborne
Alexander Macdonald
Bart
Missing
Selborne Fom
Mary Mew
James Castleman
Eliza Carter
Henry Ball
Isaac Barter
Charles Shrimpton
Massey
Cockburn
Saunders
Barton Fair
Newton Stacey
Barton Stacey
Castleman
Shrimpton
Ireland
Barter
Hedge-bone beef case in Middlesex Court of Requests
Happy Jerry a running butcher is examined in a humorous fashion over a hedge bone sold as bull beef. The case involves trader ethics, credit, and a disputed meat sale. The judge questions honour and contract while the plaintiff Bewdley seeks payment. The verdict goes against Jerry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex Court OF Requests
Jerry
Bone
Barr
John Bewdley
Commissioner Dubois
Happy Jerry
Jeremiah
Bewdley
Mister Bewdley
Dubvis
White Horse
Newgate-market
Central Criminal Court Sessions Open With Notable Trials
The fifth sessions opened before the lord mayor and magistrates as Bethnal-green chartists faced possible trials moved to the Court of Queen's Bench after writs. Prisoners included Henry Moss, Moss’s witness role linked to the gold dust robbery, and Henry Moss himself sentenced to a day in Newgate. Other cases covered assault with intent to rob, a vitriol attack, and a stabbing charge, with guilty verdicts and sentences ranging to hard labour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hucklebridge
Society For the Suppression of Rice
Clarkson
Gonp Post
RossEry
Henry Moss
Lewin Caspar
Moss
James Hartley
Newgate
Tursday
Justice Williams
Danning
Hieaway Rossery
William Tanner
William Brown
Wm. Usher
Queen’s Highway
St. George’s Road
Lambeth
Brown
Tanner
Lees
Margaret Stapleton
James M‘namara
St. George’s
St. George's Fields
O'Doyle
Insolvent Cleared After Balloon Debt Dispute at Norwich
The insolvent, urged by creditors to assign, faced threats to life but sought to pay all. An assignment to Lacy and Sayer in June 1838 secured the balloon Albion. Silk merchant Soper valued the silk debt at about £100 with the balloon cost around £200. The court discharged the insolvent after considering the parachute and damage, with a long session lasting until nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soper
Lacy
Sayer
Norwich
Cooke
Albion
Whitecross-street
The Half Sovereign Thief at Billingsgate Market Trial
An elderly Irishwoman Hannah Collins was brought before the lord mayor charged with picking up a half sovereign lost at Billingsgate market by itinerant fish dealer Robert Wail and keeping it. She claimed others would claim it, the lord mayor ordered her to prison till Saturday, and the complainant pressed for repayment via weekly instalments. A separate case covers Mrs. Sarah Pritchard accused of conspiring with her son to defraud Martha Wormhill of £314, with testimonies on mortgage schemes and alleged misrepresentations. The Charter newspaper compositors’ wage suit against publisher Hartwell was dismissed for lack of assets. Additional notes cover a Marylebone application about assault allegations against Mr. Wakley and a public notice of pay-on-delivery demands at an Oxford Street eatery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borough Court OF Requests
Potts _v. Logan
Mariner
Katharine Potts
Logan
Mrs. Potts
Commissioner
Mishtress Potta
Crath
Kim
Potts
Sarah Pritchard
Doctor's Commons
Roe
George Pritchard
New Bridge-street
Martha
Wormhill
Clarkson
Wilkinson
Couayn
Dia
Henry Duen
Duplex
Mr. Pritchard
William Pritchard
Geor Pritchard
Morgage
John Cowan
Tus Charter Newspaper
Charter
Wooler
Lovett
Warwick
Hartwell
Norris
Paley
St. Marylebone
Beadle
Wakley
Twyford
Mr. Wakley
Mr. Twyford
Sing
David Slater
Wm. Hodson
No.se
Oxford-street
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Munper
Hugh Sparks
William Dwyer
John Henry —— Mooney
Godwin
Meetinghouse-lane
Sarah Kirkland
Dwyer
Grainger
Justice Coleridge
Montpay
Justice Patteson
Charles Morley
Fanny Phillips
Walesby
Mr. Walesby
Carrington
Mr. Carrington
Rickards
James Lambden
Fanny Kent
Sarah Kent
Joseph Blackall
Mapledurham
Henley
Adam Duff, Esq
Pangbourne
Serjeant Ludlow
F. Y. Lee
Pike
Serjeant Talfourd
Keating
Queen's Bench
Serjeant
Ludlow
Joseph Cordwell
H. Ranax
T. H. Evans
H. Rasan
Mr. Dickenson
No. 3
Newsquare
Lincoln’s Inn
Heartrorp
Justice Littledale
Nicur
Krepris
George Morris
Henry Meux
William Hallon
Cheshunt
Herts
Sir Henry
Old Park Farm
Tom
Ralph Robinson
Morris
Hallon
Baker Street
Dowling
John Edwards
William Macer
Chauncey
Che
Macer
W. Smith
LAW
Central Criminal Court
Mansion House
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