This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 16, 1844
Page
6
In a London letter dated March 15 1844 Philo Twist denounces a bill punishing the poor for petty theft from Commons. He mocks Mr Darby for praising edge-of-commons dwellers yet voting to eject the poor. He laments State policing of wretchedness and calls for mercy, not a crusade, against poverty.
The Rev. John Day, rector of Hawridge, was tried at Norfolk Circuit for feloniously wounding seven sheep owned by William Weedon. Day hamstrung and killed the animals after impounding them over a trespass dispute. The jury acquitted him, with the lord chief baron urging better legal knowledge and temperance.
In Hungerford William Janaway was convicted of manslaughter after striking his wife and causing fatal head injuries during a night at the Sun inn. The judge described the act as close to murder and sentenced Janaway to transportation for life. Additional notes cover a separate Irish court scene involving Lady Galmoy and Lord Galmoy as well as Norbury murder case advance.
Ellen Burke, described in court as a prominent figure, faced a charge against Lord Galmor and Eliza Frizell at the Carlow Petty Sessions. She appeared in custody, seated beside her counsel Mr Thorp, in a crimson velvet dress with a large muff and feathered bonnet amid a crowded, attentive audience.
A historic roster lists individuals linked to several confinement periods. For three months: numerous names including George Bird and Mary Ann Smith. for two months: William Mathews and Mary Buckley. for six weeks: Sarah Cossey. for one month: John Lloyd and others.
A crippled man named John Carver, using a wheeled bowl, was committed to Bridewell for two months after assaulting a policeman who confronted him over alms. The lord mayor mocked Carver’s memory, noting a prior three month sentence, while the case against Ann Elizabeth Earshaw and Emma Wells for shoplifting proceeded with deposits and potential restitution of money in savings banks. The prisoners were committed for trial and to Newgate if needed, with hearings set for April 10.
SHarpLirtinc Charlotte Sinclair, a well-connected elderly woman, faced a magistrate at Mr. Broughton's court for allegedly stealing a pair of kid gloves from George Clark haberdashers in Upper Whitecross Street. The case described her sneaking gloves under her tippet during a demonstration and later defending herself as innocent. Also noted: Margaret Dagwell, accused of attempting to murder her husband Charles Dagwell with a knife, appeared for final examination. her case revealed a violent incident at 28 Sophia Street, Poplar, with the accused distraught in court and later committed for trial.
Samuel Eaton a journeyman carpenter was charged before Mr Clive with attempting to strike a fellow workman with an adze and with threatening to murder him. Court heard his behaviour showed religious fanaticism and derangement as he prayed in scriptures at work and claimed a vision to preach. He was sent to the county lunatic asylum at Garratt after provoking an adze blow and damaging a garden roller.
The court handed transportation for life to Joseph Murray and long terms to others including Edward Thompson for fifteen years and a list of ten to seven year sentences for numerous defendants. Imprisonment with hard labour ranged from eighteen months to four months for many, with names such as Daniel May, Benjamin Will, John Smith and multiple others. The long roster includes Finsbury Willis and a broad set of individuals across several cohorts with varied sentence lengths.
In the Central Criminal Court Sarah Dickenson, a 36 year old wife and mother, faced murder charges for the deaths of her two infants. After testimonies describing extreme poverty, mental distress, and family history of insanity, the jury found her not guilty of murder by reason of insanity. She was removed from the dock in a deeply distressed state.
Lieutenant Munro’s long letter explains injuries from a duelling culture and urges an Articles of War reform. He recounts aiding Lieutenant Colonel Fawcett in real estate dealings, including a disputed £50, misused powers of attorney, and a confrontation ending with an insult and expulsion from Fawcett’s house.
A statement by A. T. Munxo to The Hon. T. S. Duncombe M.P. discusses a premeditated quarrel with Lieutenant Colonel Fawcett, notes advice from multiple officers, and claims insubstantial fault on his part. He appeals for sympathy, asserts diabolical meddling, and references his family, service, and county ties, urging consideration of publishing limits.
A satirical piece offline discusses clever travel tricks to avoid delays by catching the right transport, advises walking toward the scene, and teases pastry meals as a comic hindrance. It also includes wry quips on loving Ireland and a witty exchange about affection despite faults.
A contested will in the Cour Royale includes a clause granting an annual sum to the keeper for each horse dog and cat as long as they live, indicating the testator wished no domestic animals to be sold or abandoned after death.
A Doncaster Chronicle item reports tailor George Grant in Sound near Retford suffering severe toothache. To remove the tooth with minimal effort he tied pack thread to the tooth and to a goose, then he hurled the bird from a window. the sudden jerk pulled the tooth out, the goose fell after, and the tailor toasted his clever method before discarding the tools to perish in the air.
A refined dinner hosted by friends of Mr. O Connell at the Reform Club featured a fanciful dish titled Le Sonfilé Monstre a la Clontart. At two inches high and seventeen wide, it took four hours and a quarter to bake, using 36 eggs and other proportional ingredients. Fifty tiny souffles clung to the colossal mound, with a rice paper likeness of the great agitator amid shamrock wreaths, humorously rising from a volcanic crater. the gathering dispersed in orderly fashion.
A brief discussion notes the trombone or sackbut as a harmonically versatile instrument with potential for greater role in music, tracing its lineage to a specimen in Herculanum linked to Naples and George III. It reports Dr Teste of Paris presenting a clairvoyant who can see through opaque objects, with his son sharing similar abilities, and outlines a municipal inquiry into the powers.
La Fontaine is described as markedly absent minded. Furetiere recalls a singular habit where he attended a friend's funeral and later visited the survivor, only to exclaim in astonishment that he had forgotten the death yet remembered going to the funeral.
The Genevese Traveller reports on the U S war steamer Princeton built under Captain Stockton. Ericsson’s cylindrical steam engine sits below the waterline with direct propeller motion and minimal gearing. Armament includes two ten ton twelve inch guns on wrought iron carriages, recoil managed by Ericsson design, allowing limited vessel shock.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.