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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
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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.
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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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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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General Criminal Court
lIn
Portsmouth
Henry Nottage
St. Thomas, Southwark
Margaret Rutherford
Jane Catherine Tovey
Mr. Williams
Charterhouse-square
St. Michael Bassishaw
Henry Craven Nottage
Hoxton
Payne
Jerningham
William Thompson
Sunstreet
Bishopsgate
Sergeant Arabin
Mansion House
Robert William Meade
13Th Regiment of Light Dragoons
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