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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Mar 11, 1838

Page

4

Assize Murder Case at Gateshead and Gretna Marriages

Indictments for the murder of William Lee led to a trial in which Barbara Fairbairn testified to Lee’s death and the related, violent acts by Caner Errington Henry Brown and Thomas Wardman. Errington and Wardman were found guilty of manslaughter. Errington sentenced to ten years transportation, others to two years with hard labour. The docket then details the Gretna Green marriage case Easton v Easton, where Barbara Coulson’s unions in Gretna and later licenses in Wearmouth raised questions of legitimacy for their son Thomas Easton. The jury ultimately ruled in favor of the plaintiff, confirming his legitimacy.

Newcastle Caner Mumnar Thomas Errington Herry Brown End Thome Wardman William Lee Barbara Fairbairn Meeich Cinb Mary Davidson Pipewall-gate Gateshead Witness Errington Wardman Brown Edward Dykes Ike Bsrkare Fuairbairn Mager Tacter Simpsex James Brown Henry Brown Thomas ‘Wardman Lee Simpson Glasshouse Seo Les Mary Thomson John Brown Henry Grant Thomas Halliday Scott Wm. Simpson Pipewell-gate John Fife Burne Easton Young Easton Old Coulson Gretnagrees Mr. Easton Carlisle Legtown Gretna-green England Kenton Gretna Tynemouth Newcastletown-moor Gretnagreen Hutchinson Scott Witham Sunderland Bishop Wearmouth Thomas Thomas Easton Mar Barbara ‘Easton Coulson Hutchinson’s John Thomas Euston Barbara the Moors Durham University Dundss

Polich Reports of minor crimes and a coroner case

A 16 year old George Frederick Barnett was charged with stealing £50 from employer Henry Harwar in Crancery Lane after presenting two cheques of £30 and £20 at Mecars bank. He surrendered to a police officer at Uxbridge having spent £7. He admitted the temptation of the moment and was remanded. Bow Street reports include George Fores charged with forging £153 for Emma Cox at the Benevolent Banking Institution. cases stalled by a Temple fire destroying key books, leading to discharge. Thomas Shovlin, a mechanic, faced intoxication and disturbance charges at Southampton Street, with police actions questioned by Sir F Ree and Inspector Meddlicott. Edwards, a well known swell, was examined for robbing a Yorkshireman of ten sovereigns plus a half. Farthings substituted for sovereigns in the cover note. A coroner's inquiry into Mary Warner's death, attributed to neglect, continued with Simon Marryatt charged for neglect. a box with £30 in gold and deeds surfaced, with £20 allowed to the prisoner from the money within. The prisoner was ordered removed to New Prison Westminster.

George Frederick Barnett Henry Harwar Crancery-lane Mecars Chiles Uxbridge Harwar George Fores Benevolent Banking Institution Emma Cox Bushe Twyford Thomas Shovlin F Division John Foote Southatepton-street Strand F. Ree Inspector Meddlicott Commissioners of Police Sir £, Roe F. Roe Edwards Swell Mr. Twyford Mary Warner Dolphin’s Place Holbers Simon Marryatt Minshull Goddard Minehall Cannon-street Mooney Worship Street Benjamin Alison Greve Emma Crips George Crips Mills Leonard-street Buckinghaw The Stock Exchange Mr. Finer Mary Ann Mills Finer Sophia Bosankoe Willis Eaton High-street Shoreditch John Scott Daniel O'Connell Whitecross-street Susan Alison Mary Ann Alison Alison Attfield Emma Grove

Birth concealed by Irish girl on Marlborough Street

Mary Kennedy, a young Irish girl, faced Mr Chambers for concealing the birth of her child. Mrs Hepburn, tobacconist, testified the prisoner admitted pregnancy. a dead infant was found in her box after she claimed delivery the prior Tuesday. The mistress remarked on her unchanged routine. Remanded. Also, Dennis Carey Ellen Johnson and Elizabeth Bruce, Irish, faced charges as begging letter writers. Carey and Johnson jailed for a month each. Bruce discharged.

Marlborough Street Mary Kennedy Chambers Hepburn Buaeine Larter Dennis Carey Ellen Johnson June Rogers Elizabeth Bruce Horsford Daniels Mendicity Society Duchess of Sutherland King-street St. James’s Palace Duke of Sutherland Earl Harrowby Earl Euston Cooper Brownlow Stanley Guilford Pelham Dundas Douglas Hmn T. Grenville W. Pepys Bligh Bruce

Woman Charged With Theft From Fancy Dealer

Sarah Jefferies, a young woman, appeared before Mr. Benett charged by Mr. Wallace of Bigerow Lalington with stealing a brush four silver pencil-cases and other articles. The prisoner was a servant to the prosecutor and had been employed there prior to the alleged theft.

Zate Fow Garden Sarah Jefferies Benett Wallace Bigerow, Lalington

Polygamy case fascinates crowded court in extraordinary trial

In a crowded court a man faces charges of bigamy after presenting himself as married to Rose Hammerton and another woman. Evidence includes certificates and a police watch, with the prisoner fully committed for trial as the worst bigamy case seen. A first wife with two children is noted as deserted, while other witnesses provide contrasting marriages and locations.

George Taylor Wen Rose Hammerton John Wood Regentstreet Westminster Trenthate Staffordshire Birmingham Mrn Bishop Thomas Butts Harriet Keeling Trinity Church Marylebone Elizabeth Mary Grimslade No. 7 Keppellstreet Southwark

Ghost of Spring-heeled Jack Appears in Limehouse Tale

Report details alleged sightings and attacks attributed to Spring Heeled Jack in Limehouse. A sister and butcher Mr Scales recount a cloaked man with a lamp frightening Lucy Scales, causing fits and alarm. Medical certificates and police notes describe the incident and possible symptoms.

Brutal punishment aboard Pekia ends in fine

James Sloan, mate of the Pekia, was tried for wounding sailor John Parry with a paint brush. Parry testified he was struck while aloft and again flogged after returning, receiving a severe leg wound. Magistrates ruled the mate overstepped, fining him 40 shillings to the Queen and ordering costs.

Bee

Middlesex Sessions Apprehend Linen Theft and Assault Case

Middlesex Sessions began with Potter and Cox convicted of stealing linen from Mary Smith, a Kilburn laundress, four months hard labour. John Robinson charged with assaulting Joseph Gibbon. bail set at forty pounds with two sureties of twenty each, to ensure next sessions attendance.

Middlesex Wo. Curtis Buart William Potter James Cox Mary Smith Kilburn House of Correction John Gibbon John Robinson Joseph Gibbon Payne Clarkson Marylebone Mr. Clarkson

Robber’s Fatal Fall After Break from Guards in Paris

A robber seized in Rue St. Martin attempted a perilous descent from a upper story to escape guards. He jumped headfirst from a window at a four story landing in Rue St. Sauveur and died in the court-yard. One guard narrowly escaped following him. Separately, the piece endorses Holloway’s Universal Family Ointment as a universal remedy touted by papers and sold at Broad Street and by patent medicine venders.

Holloway

Alarming Coach Accident and Other Dreadful Incidents

Reports detail a Birmingham to London stagecoach mishap near Coventry with Captain Irwin injured, passengers fleeing, and Mr William Johnson surviving. Also noted are a fatal chariot collision, sudden death of a youth, a mail coach accident, a timber-yard crush death, a Kent murder by Samuel Kennard, a Cranbrook shooting, and a highway robbery with watch theft near Moor Park.

Birmingham London Coventry Cheadle Werag Irwin William Johnson Manchester Mr. Johnson Johnson Sherbourne Manchester Courier Mary Ellizbeth Watmere Westminster Hospital Tothillstreet Westminister Thomas Cook Ese Tucker Isleworth Day Londor Strand Swansra Bryant Bridgewater Samson The Cambrian Paul’s Silver-Street Goldensquare Kent Samuel Kennard Maidstone West Cranbrook Kennard Samuel Ruinnard Metropolitan George Lowndy John Wells Moor Park Surrey Farnham High Road

Poetic Appeal From Thames Waterman After Frost

A London waterman Joseph Raine of Warping New Stairs near Wapping writes a rhymed petition after a frost destroys his boat on the Thames. He and his wife, long living soberly for sixty years, seek help from Wapping readers to purchase his wherry and restore his livelihood. The piece notes the boat’s loss, the cold season’s impact, and a humane appeal to neighbors.

Joseph Raine Dibdin Raine Thames

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