Dryad case at Old Bailey ends with two Wallace prisoners found guilty
In a dramatic Old Bailey trial, Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace and his brother Michael Maxwell Stewart Wallace were convicted of counselling and aiding the destruction of the Dryad, a London owned vessel, to defraud insurers and underwriters. The case hinged on whether accessories before the fact could be tried without the principal and how the indictment aligned with the statute, with juries delivering guilty verdicts after lengthy testimony from mates, carpenters, and bankers. Both men were sentenced to transportation for life, with the court noting the gravity of the offense and allowing reasonable expenses for prosecutors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wixat Court
Ermal Justice Bosanquet
Michael Shaw Stewart Coat Wage
Patrick Max
Qilece Wallace
Edward Loose
Aint Ndon
Mariner
Alexander Ain
Admiralty of
England
Central Criminal Court
Alexander Howden
Maxwell Stewart Wallace
London
Edmund
Rael Shaw Stewart Wallace
Alliance Ma. Ai Company
Contaits Comp Company
William + c
Samuel Marshall
John Chapman
David Salomons
The
Marine Insurance Dlamany
David Lak
L. P. Secretar Ant
George Hibbert
Sp. Clarkson
Bodkin
Laurie
John Jervis
Ballantine Trike
Michael Wallace
C. Phillips
Pane
Patrick Wallace
Sergeant Arabin
Jervis
Loose
Wallaces
Caspars
Mr. Jervis
Contra
Vucir
Juste
Patrick Maxwell Stewart Wallace
Zuleta
Dryad
Aines
Stott
Joheetee
Bencoolen
Cape Havti
Onehde
Vestier
Ronald Widoes
Benjamin Shultz
Ttn
Virgin Guada
St. Domingo
Merly
Shaw
Schultz
Thich
Vera Cruz
Liverpool
Odenasea
Falmouth
Thad
ST Hrades
Tesco
de Ae
Koop Wag A Yi
Patrick Brita Lidbren
Scotland
eCompany
Phillips
Tindal
Captain Loose
Knowl
Michael Shaw Stewart Wallace
Michael Maxwell Stewart Wallace
Patrick M.S. Wallace
Exchequer
Lancashire
Maxwell
Cape Hayti
Benjamin Scultz
Germany
Charlotte Wallace
Linen Bank of Scotland
Clarkson
Bank of England
Man Buried Alive in St Bride's Churchyard Tragedy
A grave-digger's accident at St. Bride's churchyard in Fleet Street left a man crushed under earth and coffins. The depth reached seventeen feet before a wall of earth and coffins collapsed trapping him. Police and volunteers, aided by a coroner and jury, concluded it a accidental death with a fractured thigh, broken leg, and chest compression. The incident also noted a baker observer and a grieving ratepayer whose child was the first coffin removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Bride's
Fleet-street
Cox
Henry Thompson
St. Bride’s Churchyard
St. Bride’s Passage
Thompson
Mr. R. Cooke
Farr
Fosdike
Brake
Evans
St. Bride's Church
Strachan
Black Horse Court
St. Bride’s Church
Beall
Payne
City of London
Barley-mow
Salisbury-square
Luke Cox
St. Bride
Edward Clements
Wray
Baker
Victimised by a London agency office over a guinea scam
In Sir Peter Laurie's court a London agency manager Ewing faced scrutiny for taking a guinea under pretence of securing a job. The clerk claimed many subscribers gained nothing, while Ewing allegedly pledged quick placements. The case concluded with the guinea returned as witnesses laughed at the proceedings. Surrey Exc Rox reports show Tory vote fabrication using Putney bridge shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Laurie
R. 4
Hwing
London
Fenchurch-street
F. Ross
Monthorp
Ewing
Liverpool
Ross
Fenchurch Street
T. Ross
Sir Peter Laurie
Old Bailey
Peter
Mr. Ewing
Mr.Ewing
East Surrey
Putney-bridge
Middlesex
Surrey
Robert Harry Inglis
Bedford-square
Self destruction by a tradesman and theft at Whitechapel
A London evening paper details a retired tradesman Pilkington of Edgeware Road who committed suicide by a razor in his washhouse after breakfast with family. The report also covers Julia Levy’s pickpocketing arrest in Clerkenwell, Louisa Hyams’s suspected network with Petticoat Lane, a three month sentence for the Jewish prisoner, and a theft case at Worship Street where Elizabeth Cooper and Scott, with James Sherwin, allegedly swindled Peter Warwick of £53 through consorting and sleight of hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sin Astleyy Cooper
Bransby Cooper
Guy’s Hospital
Pilkington
Great North-street
Edgeware Road
Hatton Garden
Danine
Rospery
Julia Levy
Emma Hurst
No. 3
Barnestow
Clerkenwell
Leatherlane
Holborn
Gregory
Lambeth Street
Worship-street
Thames
Louisa Hyams
Waddington
Cot
Tey
Kit von Unrest Leeving
House of Correction
Worship Street
Elizabeth
Cooper
Scott
James Sherwin
Peter Warwick
Mark Lane
Hertford
Ellis
Seagull Brings Brazils News And Wreck Rescue Tale
The Seagull arrived from Rio de Janeiro with mails and £20,000 freight. Reports from Rio Grande show renewed hostilities and rebels lacking amnesty. A heroic rescue at Reculver saved a captain and wife from a wreck, led by Lieutenant Lake and a Whitstable rescuer. The Blackwall Railway case awarded £250 damage. At Covent Garden London Assurance thrilled audiences, praising cast and Mr. Mathews for a lively five act farce.
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Rio Grande
Andrea
Senhor
Alvares Machado
St. James’s Park
Orr
Amelia
Sligo
London
Liverpool
Swaine
Herne Land
Reculver
Lake
Robert Wood
Whitstable
Parner
Corrrigall Uv
Blackwalll Railway Company
Sheriffs’ Court
Red Lion Square
Lucas-street
Commercial Road
Blackwall Railway
Marlborough Street
BureLary
Cockspur Street
Henry Sandland
Loreiay
Trafalgar-square
Cockspur-street
John Jambe
Union Club
Covent-Garden Theatre
London Assurance
Farren
Sir Harcourt Courtly
Max Harkaway
Bartley
Grace
Vestris
Mark Meddle
Harley
Adam and Eve
Charles Mathews
Sir Harcourt
Charles Courtly
Anderson
Mr. Dazzle
Squire Harkaway
Gloucestershire
Charles
Duns
Harkaway
Gay Spanker
Adolphus
Lee Moreton
Crown Jewels suit and royal renovations at St James's
In Hanover papers a private letter reveals a suit by Queen Victoria against her uncle for recovery of the royal jewels. News from Buckingham Palace reports Duchess of Kent, Prince George of Cambridge, and planned royal rooms at St James's Palace. Also details on palace water supply, Ascot stables, and a theatre presents to Mr Duncombe. A political reform meeting in Hammersmith backs Irish franchise bills and anti Irish discrimination protests. An assault case against linen-draper Mr Pim is heard at Guildhall. bail set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Jewels of
Hanover
Dnion
Victoria
Binaidera’ i
Sir Henry Wheatle
Clarence-house
St. James's
the Duchess of Kent
Prince George of
Cambridge
St. James's Palace
Henry Wheatley
Buckingham Palace Gardens
Princess Royal
Sir James Clark
Her
Palace Gardens
James Clark
Palace Lake
St. James's Park
Chelsea Water Company
Ascot
Commissioners of Woods and Forests
Ascot-heath
Stacy
Eton
Thomas Stinespy Duncombe
Theatre Royal Hayrmarket
Mesars
Sheridan Knowles
B. Webster
Strickland
F. Vining
J. Webster
F. Webster
T.S. Duncombe
M.P
Knowles
Duncombe
Haymarket Company
Thomas Slingsby Duncombe
Theatre Royal Haymarket
J. Sheridan Knowles
Grevitine
Royval
Royal
Prince Albert
George Edward Anson
Edward Bowater
Colonel Wemys
Buckingham Palace
Stanmore
Lord Kinnaird
Suite
Earl Rosse
Ireland
Lord Morretn
Peland
Reformers
Hammersmith
W. Wickens
Lower Mall
C. E. Teakle
Mr. Teakle
Free State
Free Country
House of Commons
Lord Morpeth
Queen Victoria
London
Willliam Wickers
Jesse Pim
Barbican
Guildhall
Fie
Pim
Robinson
Inquest on Lieutenant Ellis Death at Windsor Barracks
An inquest at Windsor infantry barracks reviewed the death of Lieutenant H W Ellis. Private M Leod testified to Ellis’s declining health, a dying confession, and a bloodstained razor. Surgeons linked laudanum use to possible insanity. verdict: suicide by overdose. Other items covered included Davey’s murder attempt trial at Oxford, and petty urban trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.W. Ellis
Marlin
Borough of
New Windsor
Windsor
William M‘leod
Dex
Silas
Mr. Ellis
Dr. Fergusson
M‘leod
George Fergusson
60Th Rifles
Landanum
Allan Waterhouse
69Th Rifles
Hugh Fraser
Corfu
L’ergusson
Geordr Barxistn
William Davey
Oxford Assizes
John Davey
Whately
Dorchester
G. Davey
Great Western Mail
London
Paddington
Great Western Railway
Streatly
Reading
Serjeant Ludlow
Baron Gurney
Assizes
Mansion House
James Hyer
Southgate
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Plett
Ise
John Dawson
Seabird
George Dale
Jay
Raines
Dale
William Bridges
Broderip
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