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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Mar 17, 1844

Page

6

A Critique of the Turnpike Bill and Commons Rights

In a London pamphlet dated March 15 1844 the author attacks a Turnpike Roads Bill deemed harmful to the Poor. He condemns land grabbing from Commons, mocks a Member’s dubious logic, and denounces efforts to eject the wretched from urban Commons, urging mercy over punitive policy.

England Lord Worsley Darby Commons Darbie London Argal Mr. Darby

Prisoners Guilty as Transported for Life After Assault

The narrative describes prisoners last seen with Pepper and his wife at the White Hart. She suffered severe injuries including broken teeth and bruising after a brutal struggle. Several prisoners fled to Warwickshire and later enlisted in the 28th regiment with investigations tracing them to Woolwich. The lord chief baron declared the prisoners guilty and sentenced each to transportation for life.

Pepper White Hart Warwickshire 28Th Regiment India Woolwich

William Janaway Manslaughter Verdict At Hungerford Inn

At Hungerford the trial of William Janaway for the murder of his wife concluded with a manslaughter verdict and life transport. Surgeon’s postmortem cited two large scalp bruises and brain laceration from a fall. The judge condemned the conduct as brutal and pointed to provocation from dissipation. Elsewhere, notes on practice about briefs and a court scene ending in recognizances amid a noisy crowd.

Azapina Justice Wightman Cuance William Janaway Hungerford Sun Inn Chilton Petice Justice Cresswell Cole Mr. Cole Slade Hodges

Extraordinary Assize Trial in Norfolk Circuit

In March at Artessury before Lord Abinger a clergyman Rev John Day was acquitted of wounding seven sheep after arguing he acted to defend property. A second case details a brutal assault at Tingewick fair where six laborers attacked and violated a woman, with police initially slow to respond.

Norfolk Artessury Crows County Lord Abinger John Day William Weedon Birch Prendergast Sanders Aylesbury Hawridge Glenister Weedon Richard Terry Inc Joseph Terry John Hale Joseph Spratley William Adams Hale Ohe Anne Pepper Mr. O'Malley Power Wells Tingewick Buckingham White Hart Raymond Noble Pepper Nobie

Norbury Murder Case Advances in Kines County Trial Dates Set

In Tuttamore March 11 witnesses linked to the Norbury murder case arrived for grand jury consideration. John Gill and Peter Dolan pleaded not guilty to the murder of Hector Toler, Earl of Norbury, as prosecutors and kin’s counsel prepare for trial with Dolan named principal and Gill as accessory.

Kine’s Tuttamore Crown M*donagh John Gill Peter Dolan Hector Toler Earl of Norbury Gatchell Dolan Gill

Lady Galmoy case at Carlow Petty Sessions shocks crowd

Ellen Butler, calling herself Lady Galmoy, testified against Lord Galmoy and Miss Frizell accusing assault and coercion over a dispute about support. The hearing featured dramatic cross questioning as witnesses described the altercation at Byrne's stores and the party’s subsequent actions and impressions.

Lady Galmoy Ellen Burke Carlow Lord Galmoy Eliza Frizell Thorp Donovan Mr. Thorp Ellen Butler Garrendenny Castle Miss Frizell Byrne’s Burrin Street Frizell Cullen's Wood Peggy Nash America George Hendrick Patrick Meaney Byrne James Kelly Butler Lord Gatmoy Many Axp Epmund Burke Burke Tory

WANDSWORTH SESSIONS RELIGIOUS FANATICISM CASE

Samuel Eaton, a journeyman carpenter, faced magistrate for attempting to strike a co worker with an adze and threatening murder. He acted strangely, praying loudly from scripture, claimed a vision commanded him to preach. After injuring a garden roller and shattering a shop window, he was taken to a lunatic asylum following examination.

Smagine Samuel Eaton Clive Dixon Wandsworth-lane Putney Burlington Arcade Sheen County Lunatic Asylum Surrey County Lunatic Asylum Garratt

Crippled Bow man jailed for assault on policeman

Reports from Guildhall describe John Carver, a disabled man using a wheeled bowl, jailed for two months after assaulting a policeman who confronted him over alms. The exchange included threats and the lord mayor’s sharp rebuke as witnesses testified in court.

John Carver Bridewell

Worship Street Shoplifting Case Attracts Noted Suspect

An elderly, well-connected woman, Charlotte Sinclair, was charged at Worship Street with stealing gloves from Mr George Clark, haberdasher, in Upper Whitecross Street. A country carrier and a searcher testified to the gloves found on her person and the thief’s concealment of shop marks. The defence claimed the gloves were entangled, but the magistrate committed her for trial despite her rank.

Worship Street Suoriiruxe Charlotte Sinclair Broughton George Clark Haberdasher, &c John Parkes Whitecross-street Heritage

Woman Stabs Husband During Domestic Dispute in Poplar

On Wednesday Thadins Police placed Maapen Margaret Dagwell in custody for allegedly stabbing her husband Charles Dagwell in the throat with a knife during a dispute at their home in Sophia Street Poplar. He survived after medical aid. Dagwell claimed she intended only to frighten him. She was committed for trial.

Os Thadins Muapen Margaret Dagwell Charles Dagwell Sophia-street Poplar William Willis Sophia Street Dempsey Robert Webb High Street Pickering

The Late Fatal Duel And A Soldier’s Loyal Plea

Lieutenant Munro appeals to government after a long sequence of maneuvers over a Brighton house sale and misapplied power of attorney. He recounts aiding Lieutenant Colonel Fawcett in India duties and the financial tangle that preceded a shocking insult in London. He urges a clause against duelling and calls for a competent court to redress officer injuries.

Manro T. Duncombe Duke of Wellington Fawcett India Miss Howard Vawcett China Howard Messrs. Cox and Co London Romer

Practical Philosophy and Irish Wit Collected Humor

A fragmentary column pairs Practical Philosophy with a joke on Irish love of home. It riffs on choosing smarter travel than pastry stops to Brixton or Camden and mocks farewells with a witticism about whisky. The piece closes with a witticism about loving Ireland despite faults.

Bequest to Domestics in Will Sparks Court Battle

In Gatignani's will a clause provides annual allowances for horses dogs and cats named as property at death with no disputes. A separate Doncaster Chronicle item recounts a bizarre tooth extraction method by a tailor near Retford using a goose and pack thread, ending with the tooth discarded.

Cour Royale Gatignani Lound Retford George Grant Snip Doncaster Chronicle

Le Soufflé Monstre a la Clontarf at Reform Club

A refined dinner last Saturday featured an extravagant dish named Le Soufflé Monstre a la Clontarf. Standing 2 inches high and 17 wide, it required four hours and a quarter to bake, used 86 eggs, and included many tiny soufflés around a volcanic rice paper likeness of the agitator amid shamrock wreaths. The spectacle amused guests and ended with orderly dispersal.

O'Connell Reform Club Clontarf

Antiquity of the trombone and clairvoyant claims

A historical note discusses the sackbut or trombone’s perfect pitch and potential future role, citing a Neapolitan specimen given to George II. It then covers Dr Teste’s Parisian report of Rabbi Horsch Deenemark, a Polish Jew claiming natural clairvoyance seen through opaque bodies, with commissions and notable proofs, plus a village anecdote and a La Fontaine tale of absent mindedness.

Herculaneum Naples George II Lous Dr. Teste Paris France Rabbi Horsch Deenemark Mentz Prince Metternich Germany St. Petersburgh Nicholas Polytechnic Review

American War Steamer Princeton Impresses Visitors

The Genevese Traveller reports the United States War steamer Princeton, built under Captain Stockton, drawing crowds in harbor. It features Ericsson propulsion with a fully submerged steam engine, two ten ton twelve inch guns, and a recoil car built by Ericsson, all claimed to give naval warfare advantages.

New York The Limes Princeton Stockton Ericason Capt. Ericsson Ericsson N & and

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