London Doctor Denied Rape Allegations In Trial Debate
The magistrate hears defense for a physician accused of rape. The prisoner asserts professional duty and denies all charges while acknowledging the serious nature of the case. Prosecution emphasizes delay in reporting and potential harm to reputation. bail of £500 with two sureties set for trial. Analysis notes the risk to the doctor’s life and reputation while stressing need for immediate communication of particulars in such cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eaere
Aair
Payne
Reynell
Shield
Park-street
Ages
London
Rawlinson
Camden-town
Gay
Chappell
Diarsborough Street
Franklin
Animals’ Friend Society
Assize Intelligence Oxord Circuit Murder at Burslem
At Stafford March 13 Crown Court before Justice Coleridge George Nixon faced a murder indictment for the August killing of Joseph Ball at the Jackfield colliery. Evidence traced Ball’s body to the flywheel race after positions at the engine house and witness testimony linked Nixon’s movements and threats from a late Saturday night into Sunday. The jury found Nixon guilty of manslaughter. he received life transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Stafford
Crown Covurt
Justice Coleridge
George Nixon
Joseph Ball
Burslem
Godson
R. Allen
Johnson Neale
Jackfield
Pickering
Ball
Peter Price
Green Head
Price
Chalkey Colliery
Pawney
Tom Ball
Tunstall
Eardley
William Dean
Queen's Head
Eardley’s
Dean
Tunnsall
Coleridge
Baron Gurney
Maleh
Tur Biston Riors
Bilston
Lord Ingestre
Baldwin
Villiers
Bilsten
Sligo
Daniel Gallagher
John Gallagher
M‘donough
John F. Blake
Ballina
Joseph Myles M‘donnell
Doe Castle
Dow Castle
Bunenadden
Bourke
Baron Foster
Justice Perrin
Mr. Bourke
Medieval Bilston libel trial highlights riot and verdicts
A Bilston dinner clash over a corn law demonstration sparked a riot with stones hurled at a tent and several injuries. The trial centered on a libel article about Lord Ingestre and others, with Wynn and Caldecott found guilty but later fined and discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Obadish Batt
Bilston
Iece
Ludlow
Lord Ingestre
Philpotts
Exeter
Thornycroft
Ingestre
Baron Gurney
George Benjamin Thornycroft
Loxdale
Baldwin
Briscoe
Williams
Caldecott
C. Phillips
Mr. Thornycroft
Wynn
Coleridge
Wolverhampton
Transported for fifteen years in fatal stabbing case
At York a young man Alexander Macdonald was found guilty of wounding James Riley with a large knife after a quarrel in a lodging house. Riley narrowly survived after a five inch stab to the abdomen. Macdonald, 18, faces transport while James Dawson, John Morton, and William Barr were tried for manslaughter in a separate Sheffield case arising from a brutal field fight that left Felix Ghaloghy dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Baron Rolfe
Alexander Macdonald
James Riley
Worlle
Pashley
Greaves
Rotherham
Riley
Fata Ficut
James Dawson
John Morton
William Barr
Felix Ghaloghy
Sheffield
Wortley
Overend
Heaton
Dawson
Morton
Barr
Ghaloghy
Ghaleghy
Queen v Burke and Others Riot and AssAult Case
The grand jury found a true bill for riot and assault at a recent prize fight in the county. Burke, a pugilist, faces trial with Lord Viscount Chetwynd and others. bail set for some, others postponed to summer assizes. The crowd packed the hearing, and proceedings moved slowly amid defense and prosecution debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Burke
Otneens
Burke
Lord Viscount Chetwynd
Owen Swift
Gunning
Byles
Andrews
Sydney Taylor
Maidstone
Monich
Lord Denman
Baron Parke
Cnowx
Chambers
Savard
Settinghorn
Police Reports From City Courts Detail Fraudulent Insurance Scheme
A parliamentary inquiry exposed the West Middlesex and Independent Assurance Company. Connell testified about premiums paid on three life policies and identified Knowles and Hole as leading conspirators. List of annuitants shows many in need, with payments ranging from 40 to 1,100 annually. Background traces Knowles and Hole to Hythe Kent and London, with a long scheme that ruined numerous claimants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Middlesex Assurance Company
Connell
Peter Lawrie
Bir. Barrett
Whitecross Street
Thomas Knowles
Independent and West Middlesex Assurance Company
George Vincent
E. M. Pratt
Knowles
Barrett
Peter Laurie
Sir Peter Laurie
Independent and West Middlesex Life and Fire Assurance Company
Douglas
Mr. Barrett
Lionterrace
Edgeware Road
Hole
Hythe
Edward-street
Portman-square
Dmiansion House
West Mipplesex and Independent Assurance Company
Mr. Connell
Richardson and Connell
Fludger-street
West Middlesex and Independent Assurance Company
Scotland
Baker-street
Ann Tyson
Gloucester
Edinburgh
Joanna Austen
Exeter
Miss White
Nottingham
Emily Barber
London
Mary Scanvwell
Wiltshire
Grace Hitcham
Suffolk
Sarah Back
Birmingham
Maria Smith
Newbury
Samuel Craig
Armagh
L. B
Plymouth
Mr. L. Langan
Waterford
Miss Tylden
Dover
J.S.M
Kidderminster
AL Bay
Ditto
Harris
Weymouth
John Harrison
Pocklington
Ann
Messrs
Hole, and Company
Kent
West Middlesex
Chelsea
Worcester Journal
Thomas Higgs
Child subjected to brutal abuse by mother in St Pancras area
Proceedings describe repeated beating and neglect of a child by her mother at home in St Pancras. Doctors testified severe injuries including swelling, bruises, and a torn mouth. The mother denied cruelty, claim ingaccidental harm during punishment. Parish authorities took the child into care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatton Garden
Elizabeth Esther Whiting
Greenwood
Elizabeth Jane Whiting
M‘gahey
St. Pancras
James Street
Wellington Square
Pertt
Peter M‘ewen
Cath Marchmont
Mitty
Elizabeth Henter
H Street
Heslop
Evry
Mia
Serah Ilayley
John Harley
Allen-street
Clerkenwell
Ie Hs
Ang
Lronmanger- Toy
Luke
Mr. Greenwood
Willy
Kensington
George Wallis
H. Dotsbaker
King-street
Hammersmith
Hay
Nichols
Hainan
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Assize Intelligence
ManstavGuTen
George Reany
George Belk
Gregory Lewin
G. Lewin
Alexander Wright
John Wright
William Crowdie
Archbold
Raines
Kingston-upon-Hull
Huggate
Crowdie
Hunsiey
Beverley
Routh
Holderness
Hilloughby
Hornsea
Wright
Straker
Norfolk
Bedford
Justice Bosanquet
James Brain
William Brain
Dasent
the Windmill
Cory’s
Jemmy
Cambridge
Sir J. Duke
Charlotte
J. Duke
Bow Street
Fick Rossenies
William Hammond
Richard Hammond
Hall
William
Richard
Queen Square
Pickwick
Moses Pickwick
Joseph Willis
Burlington Arcade
Turnham-green
Acton
Bayswater
Oxford-street
House of Commons
Abingdon-street
Gregorie
Defendant
William Hare
Liverpool
Mrs. Lakeman
Thames Opfich
Bacchus
Reuben Webber
Drouse Street
Poplar
Kkceed
Blackwall Stairs
Wandsworth
Wmartin
Seasets
V Division
South Lame
Seager
Larning
Clive
Tompkins
Caroline
Clapham Common
Yorkshire
Mr. Clive
Wing Union
Ratte
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