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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 14, 1841
Page
6
Durham assizes recounts the George Hudspeth case for manslaughter of Robert Owens with a fatal blow to the head after a dispute over cobble towing. York assizes detail crowded sessions, multiple murder and burglary indictments, and prosecutions of licensed victuallers petitions.
At the Sheriffs Court the case of John Miller versus Alfred Lord resulted in a default judgment for damages. Miller alleged false imprisonment after being seized at a December meeting in Clerkenwell aimed at petitioning Parliament. The jury awarded £25. proceedings noted police conduct and missing depositions.
Edward Glover of West Ham faced an excise case after officers found over two thousand pounds of fake tea leaves disguised as genuine tea. Dr. Golding Bird demonstrated the deception by mixing samples with real tea. the court heard the foe used cabbage leaves to imitate tea and even created mocha farina from leaves. Glover was fined £200 with two penalties of £1000 each, and faced twelve months imprisonment if unpaid.
A tall soot-begrimed man named Sims faced a court over a 16s 6d debt from a publican for Hodges gin. The defendant claimed no funds and admitted poverty while the magistrate noted gin as a frequent trigger of trouble. The court ordered 1s 6d weekly payment.
Denis Murnane was arraigned at the Limerick assizes for the wilful murder of John Cleary at Lisnanalane on July 28 1838 by striking him with a stone. The principal witness approver Edward Rees testified that Cleary lived in the prisoner's father's house and that a conspiracy to murder him to obtain £60 from a farm sale proceeds was planned with Coleman and the witness.
At Mr Prings's house Blue Last Distaff Jane two men disguised as gentlemen entered the dining room and demanded wine and a rump steak. One searched the bed room while the other stayed in the parlour taking a watch chain and seals. They then raided the servant's room, stealing 10s 6d a silk handkerchief two large silver spoons three small spoons three brooches and several old coins. The act occurred between four and five o'clock on Tuesday evening.
Indictments show Joseph Dean and Jane Hedditch convicted of common assault after a February fight. John Griffiths and Mark Goodyear found guilty of stealing a box with 76 sovereigns and other valuables, sentenced to ten years transportation. Cruelty to children case ends with male prisoner jailed for a year. female acquitted. Burglary at Old Street yields Russell’s transportation for fifteen years. evidence points to multiple disguises and a skeleton key haul. Sessions conclude with multiple sentences, including long-term banishments and hard labor, adjourned to April 5.
In a Guildhall session a 26 year old Shillingworth and his 24 year old wife were found destitute in King William Street. Thwaites reports repeated relief refusals by Lambeth union and calls for better out parish duties. The couple seek admission to Lambeth with a request for medical certificate if needed. Distress stories underline poverty and parish barriers.
Thomas Thorn, a middle aged man, was again examined on charges of obtaining money from Seagar and Evans by forged order. He allegedly directed William Walker to take a letter to the Millbank distillers for 2 pounds 7 shillings 8 pence, but the firm’s agent detected the forgery and alerted authorities. Chappell of Vaunton denied knowing the named parties or authorizing the letter. Thorn remained remanded for further evidence and trial.
A dejected woman found at Albion Place Stoke Newington led to a restraining process with police and Royal Free Hospital checks, then a 14 day detention under the Vagrant Act. Separate cases included John Kelly charged with knocker theft, gin selling without license at a busy Sunday venue, a trespass on a railway, cab drivers fined for unattended stands, and a Dublin police dispute involving Arthur and Charles Foster over a horsewhip incident with a poem cited in defense.
An adjourned inquest at St Marylebone workhouse assessed the death of a newly born infant found in the parish churchyard with its head severed. The body, wrapped in the Carlisle Journal, showed no head, and authorities found no trace of the mother or assailant. The verdict was death from unknown perpetrators and indecent exposure.
A collage of antique notices and literary fragments appears, including a seek borrow note for 1500 pounds at simple interest, a Scotsburgh goose-trade advert, a boastful claim for a servant with endless patience, and catalogued curiosities from Moor and Moorish letters. The piece also quotes a vivid Epicurean passage and a medieval style invitation to view a Mogul letter replica.
A fragment from Le Journal Scientifique et Lifteware recounts M Nidjuei Nitigoiwosa leading a polar expedition that allegedly neared the pole. The narrative describes icebound journeys from Catherine III to the far north, odd magnetic phenomena, and a potential memoir submitted to Moscow and St Petersburg academies. Critics call the tale fanciful, likening it to Sinbad voyages, while observers note the emperor’s order and receptions in Russia.
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