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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Raine
Dibdin
Raine
Thames
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Thornton
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Mr Rogers
Thomas James
Mary Howell
Red Lion
Warner-street
Clerkenwell
Daxaprun
White
Lambsth Street
Jack
Scales
Narrowstreet
Limehouse
Hadwick
Oregon
Peffel
Hardwick