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Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Mar 25, 1838

Page

6

Watch theft and multiple court appearances in late 19th century report

The article details William Smith charged with stealing a watch from Mesera Leaf and Co in Wood-street, with testimony from J W Barnett and Elizabeth Bandover. It also covers Frederick Sanders charged with stealing a shell from the British Museum, Spring-heeled Jack copycat arrest, and a sweeping set of petty thefts and public disturbances including women’s and shopkeeper cases, a mistaken royal appointee, a waggon theft, and various bailings and remands at Marlborough Street and other courts.

William Smith Roe Mesera Leaf and Co.’s Wood-street J. W. Barnett Mecare Leaf Elizabeth Bandover Mesars Sox Lucas Marlborough Streaby Frederick Sanders British Museum Dyan Sowerby Museum Folborn Evans Dyer Flower H. Ellis Henry Ellis

Convictions for smuggling and theft across the Thames port

The court heard mitigation for a coal smugglers case near Shadwell with fines and penalty under by laws. Japhet Edwards the veteran smuggler was jailed for £106 and costs after being found with four tobacco papers. The Stentor voyage case saw a boy signed on as crew under contested terms, resulting in a reduced penalty. Separate civil actions included false imprisonment damages and insolvency inquiries, plus a manslaughter verdict for laudanum poisoning and transportation.

Brederip Cesta Japhet Edwards Gaskin William Judge Thames Tower Steira Board of Customs Bullock Clark Customs John Frederick Trivett Stentor Greenwood Charles Houghton Pelham Quebec St. John’s London Lizard Boddy Mateo Béy Costa Samuel Brown Harper James Peters Cambridge Cooke Linsolvent Trinity College Plumer Peters Wen Harris Nugee Peters Commissioner Harris Garris

Dreadful deaths and crimes report in Colchester and London

A long list of calamities and crimes fills the column: a man in Weadstress commits suicide after a despondent spree in his new shop. another man attempts death by drowning after gambling losses in the Quadrant. a naval jewelry theft at Lord Charlemont’s home is traced by Inspector Haining. various accidents and a fatal plunge from Waterloo Bridge are noted along with a severe horse fall in Russell Square and a near-miss for the Duke of Brunswick in Drury Lane.

Mallet Rogers Nene Hanway-street St. Giles's Station-House Julian Somerville Hatton-garden Ashton Julian Randall Woodbridge Clerkenwell Blackfriars-road Liverpool London Ntact Queen Square iJohn Inch Chelsea Water Works Thorn Water Company Here Annswer Nin Weadstress St. Mary-ate the-Wails Colchester George Baines Church-street Marsden Mr.Partridge Mr. Partridge Blackwall-point Bie Green Man Oxford-street Hells Myde Park Serpentine Grosvenor-gate Royal Mumane Society Lord Charlemont Lower Grosvenor-street Haining Lord Charlémont Dublin Lady Clement Lady Charlemont Holmes Traill Great Percival-street Bloomsbury-square Ellis Blackfriars Road Cornwall Road Churchill Messrs. Browning Waterloo-bridge Waterloo-road Waterloo Bridge Surrey Bow-street Camberwell Groat Clapham Park Tooting Commissioners of Police

Inquest on Unknown Woman Found Dead in Orchard Street Attic

A coroner's inquest at the King's Arms Westminster viewed a female, about 50, in a wretched Orchard Street lodging. Witnesses described her misery, laudanum traces, and a dying plea for water. Jury ruled natural death accelerated by want and neglect.

King’s Arms Orchard-street Westminster Higgs Orchardstreet William Anderson Witheay Davis Waller Beadle Rerson Carter Hastings Lievt Miller Pelham Arms Inn W. Miller The Royal Artillery, &c Woolwich Denmark Major Saunders Pelham Crescent Hastings and St. Leonard's Harriers St. Pancras-street Tottenham-court-road

Disturbing Market Sale of Wife Sparks Outrage

Report details a Ludlow incident where a husband led his wife to a market sale by tying a halter around her waist. His brother bought her while the couple allegedly regressed to a tavern. Police were urged to act as public officials condemned the act.

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