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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Mar 12, 1837

Page

6

The Newmans Acquitted In Noted 1830s Dress Case Trial

Crowded Monday court hears Margaret Newman and Julia Newman accused of stealing a dressing-case with jewellery six sovereigns and a Bank note. Prosecution rests on pawnbroker and desk duplicates, but jury acquits after defense contends absence of direct proof and delayed possession.

Newmans Margaret Newman Julia St. Clair Newman Thomas Heathcote Bodkin Heathcote Allsop’s Terrace New Road John Codd Newman Charwoman Geo. Collin Hyde-street Bloomsbury Maria Lyle Miss da Silva Cordwell Compton Street Brunswick Square Gordon Laing Cordowell Thomas William Robins Russell Forestreet Cripplegate Julia Newman Richard Charles Hallett Lucy Elizabeth Hallett Youner Inspector Penny G Division House of Correction C. Phillips Codd Phillips Whcther King’s Bench Orbs Hunter Orby Hunter Grosvenor Street Pimlico Mr. White King’s Bench Prison

Central Criminal Court Sentences Report on Wednesday

The Recorder sentenced inmates after sessions ended. Death for Edith Taylor alias Rugg, Charles Cockett, and Washington Yarrow for burglary. Transportation for life for Mary Wilson and others. Fourteen years for Georgiana Taylor and others. Thirty six to seven years transportation, others to hard labor two years to ten days, some to solitary confinement portions. Court adjourned to Monday April 1.

Central Criminal Court Edith Taylor Alias Rugg Charles Cockett Washington Yarrow Mary Wilson E. Wilson Mary Ann Brady Eliza Bailey C. Bradfield John Taylor T. Jarman G. Gardner G. Jenkins Georgiana Taylor Catherine Muncewith A. Hawkes John Thomas House of Correction

Conviction in a muttered gin case and a highway robbery plan

In Lambeth Street a man named Cummins was jailed for possessing contraband liquor in a house with hidden stills and two rooms used for gin making. In another tale a young apprentice Arfmen faced two months in Brixton for planning highway robberies with an accomplice.

Lambeth Street John Arfmen Haughton Gibson-street Lambeth Alexander Winter Garrick Theatre Winter Garrick Mr. Combes Alexander With Iron Mask

Parish Apprentice Case Highlights Abuse and Poor Scrutiny

A shoemaker named Strong faced magistrates over ill treatment of his parish bound apprentice. The boy, in ragged clothes, lacked food and proper clothing, while the master pocketed premium funds and delayed giving up the indentures. Bench urged stricter parish checks before binding boys to masters.

Marlborough Street Strong Conant Hall St. Martin’s Westminster

Worship Street Assault on Officer and Wife in Old Street

A moulder named William Tivet? was charged with assaulting a policeman and ill treating his wife on a Saturday night in Old Street. The serjeant testified the prisoner struck his wife and attacked officers while intoxicated. The wife said she fetched him from the public house and that he was kind in earnings. The magistrate noted extenuation but upheld officer protection and fined the prisoner ten shillings. The case references insolvency and gambling in related notes about Robert William Meade, formerly a captain in the 13th Regiment.

George White King's Bench Hunter Hyde-street Robins King’s Bench Wilson Furnival Whitecross-street Bodkin C. Phillips John William Ayde Cousens Rawlinson Elia Stratford Essex Mary Dobbs East-street Red Lion-square Liverpool G— I Swell Mote William Saddler Sullivan Custom House Martha Pearse William Sadler Commor Newman Brixton Tread-Mill Richard Vaughan Edward R. Kirby Ballantine Kirby Jermyn-street Clarkson George Bartlett Custom-House Colonel Kirby Spain Brianer Lea Lambeth-street Sidney Arms Commissioners of Customs James Parker England East India Company St. Sebastian Mr. Conant Morris Hopkin's Court Edwards Duke-street St. James’s Jrederick Everard Conant Hall No. 7 Martha Hitch Wm. Cleveland Porter Martha Deptford Mallilieu Greenwich Swainson Miss Major Eliza Swainson J. G. Swainson Kingston Jamaica Train Wilde Kent-road Big “ Ty Migg Att Traill Vis Major Thames Police Waeus Almy Bruce New Sbrunswick St. John’s William Smig James Kelly New Brunswick London Pelham Chadwick Jones Ballantin C. Jones Kelly Smith Foy John Hill Wilmot A.J Jack James Smith Bruce Mr. Pelham Mr. Jones St. Kitt’s Mr. Ballantine William Smith Alark Cummins Hounsditch Mayow The Excise Cummins Wm. Tivet Messrs. Broughton and Grove Ashton Oldstreet Broughton

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