Not Guilty of Murder in a Shrewsbury Robbery Case
A long trial covering a fatal water incident and ensuing robbery ends with a verdict of not guilty of murder but guilty of robbery. The case centers on Mr. Bennett found with severe injuries near the river, the accused denying murder while admitting to robbery. The jury and judge discuss whether Bennett’s death was voluntary or forced, and the proceedings include multiple witnesses from Bethlem hospital in a separate action against confinement. The overall proceedings span multiple courts and reveal tense courtroom dynamics and lengthy testimonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brinsmeads
Justice Erskine
Benett
Mr. Bennett
Bennett
Matpstone
Bethlem
Hospay
Davies
Woolwich
Bethlem Hospital
Thomas Davies
James Bassett
James Bull
Platt
Ryland
Simon
Sergeant Shee
Espinasse
Bassett and Bull
Cour
Woolwich Garrison
Admiralty
Board of Ordnance
Appleby
Woolwich Dockyard
Matthew Evans
Arties
Samuel Davies
Baron Alderson
Hobday
Abraham
Mg Lordship
St. Paul
Iirs
Elymas
Bassett
Bull
John Sharp
Court of Justice
Oxford Circuit
Sarenssung
Tue Cairnk Murper
John Williams
Joseph Slawson
Emma Evans
F. W. Lee
Cook
Slawson
Yardley
Shrewsbury
Brookside
Oswestry
Bron-y-garth
William Vaughan
Richard Kendall
Mary Pigott
Sergeant Talfourd
Miss Smith
Kendall
Miss Wigott
Godson
Miss Pigott
Henry Whatmore
Bridgnorth
Cross
Mary Dovey
Lord Leveson
William Hinton
Ford
Talfourd
Justice Cresswell
Crown Court
Justice Patteson
Thomas Harris
Williams
Whixall
Prees
Beadon
Cooke
Arthur Williams
Willams
Mary Williams
Richard Jones
Murder and pursuit detail in Welsh border case ends in conviction
A double murder near Emma Evans's house leads to a dramatic pursuit from Wrexham to Cefn. Williams is found with stolen goods while Slawson is captured near a public house. A jury convicts Williams of murder and clears Slawson, with transport for seven years for Slawson on robbery. Civil action follows over seduction and damages.
Fireworks night at the Harp with Kendall and Pigott scandal
Witnesses describe gatherings at the Harp public house in Bridgnorth during fireworks night, with Richard Kendall and Mary Pigott as key figures. Accounts detail rooms above and around the stairs, alleged sleeping arrangements, and improvised alibis, amid cross examinations and criticisms of the defendant's witnesses. The trial ends with a 100 pound damages verdict for the plaintiff.
Cobbett Habeas Corpus Discharged Over Exchequer Orders
In a Fleet prison habeas corpus action, Mr. Cobbett was discharged after counsel waived objections and assented to costs up to a given point. In the Vice-chancellor Wigram's court, Bulteel v Lord Abinger concerned the Rapley estate sale, with judgment that Benjamin Currey lacked authority to bind Lord Abinger, dismissing the bill with costs against Abinger and Currey, but not against Benjamin Currey.
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Court OF Chancery
William
Bulteel
Lord Abinger
Orgeers
Wigram
Edmund Currey
Benjamin Currey
Rapley
Bagshot
Duke of Gloucester
Wellington Testimonial funds and insolvent debts reported
Bankruptcy court details Wellington Testimonial amid Wright Didier and Gon failure. Trustees chosen, new administrators appointed. a second dividend declared on joint estate. Insolvent debtor James William Wallack, famed actor, discharged after asset sales in Brighton and Hyde Park Square. Drury Lane lessee Edward Exiason case adjourned with bail extended.
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Ellington
Cissi Holroyd
Wright Didier
Gon
Henrietta
Mr. Bagshawe
Court of Review
Lynch
Mr. Hamilton
Bagshawe
James William WaLlack
Cooke
Brighton
Summer's Place
Hydepark Square
Holkham
Epward
Drury-lane Theatre
Nichols
Price Clare
Poverty and crime crowd London jails and streets
Two destitute women were brought before Sir Peter Laurie for threatening to break windows to gain shelter and food, then discharged with advice to apply to the local union. Reports describe overcrowded Bridewell and Compter, brutal conditions, and calls for government relief to curb jail distemper and union abuse. A young thief and other crimes follow, including assaults on police, theft from a bookshop, and a boy convicted for pilfering periodicals.
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Peter Laurie
Peckham
Geuch
Giltspur Street
Gooch
Kinglade
Bridewell
Compter
Hobler
Peter Jaurie
Magistracy
London
Sir Peter Laurie
Mr. Hobler
Stolen Money and Prisoner’s Alleged Wife Link Scanned
In a London courtroom a suspect faced questions over jewel theft and a money haul found at his lodgings. The cook’s claim of marriage to the prisoner surfaced while officials pursued clues. A boy, Henry Roberts, was charged over tampering with a post box using a dye and syrup mixture, with his father bound in recognizance.
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Hardwick
Beresford
Robinson
Deractne General Post
Henry Roberts
Jermyn Street
Adam Clark
Jermyn
Treet
Constalle No. 27
C Disisian
A Nation of Freemen and the Phoenix Rise in Britain
The piece laments faction and oligarchy, praising freemen and national energy. It envisions Britain awakening, prosperity returning, and the phoenix symbol rising as the nation resumes strength and moral vigor. A funeral notice closes with Highland scenes and gratitude to a generous landlord.
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Britain
Mins
Land
Barth
Ana
Providence
Maton
Prem Sean Tan
Intra Funeral Row Ends With Vandalism Charge
Bartholomew Macray faced Mr Rawlinson for damaging property after a funeral gathering at the Green Man New road. A group, including women and men, argued over a watch. Macray, drunk, smashed two glass panes and a gas-light globe, totaling seventeen shillings. He claimed a row after a funeral. He was ordered to pay 17s or be jailed for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartholomew Macray
Rawlinson
Georgiana Cox
Tate
New Road
Robbery of Jewels at Berkeley-Square Residence
Richard Jenkins, held on suspicion of stealing jewels valued over £300 from Mr Stratton Marsham’s Berkeley-square home, appeared for further examination. The burglary involved two rooms used by Mrs Marsham and Mrs Stratton Marsham, with a bracelet case, a gold chain, and a writing case stolen. the crime appeared to involve someone familiar with the household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebbery
Richard Jenkins
Stratton Marsham
Charles Street
Berkeley-square
Maltby
Women Disrupt Bermondsey Workhouse in Disturbance
Three robust women Martha Harris Mary Roberts and Martha Parris were charged with creating a disturbance at Bermondsey workhouse after returning from tea. They fought with inmates and attempted to incite violence against the master and porter. Police arrested them and the magistrate ordered seven days hard labour.
Punctuality, suits, and a stray monkey in 19th century York
In York a case in nisi prius court concerns Edward Sykes suing Croorsiater Leary for £609 for work and labour with Mr Wyss ready to defer. A stray monkey near Daviot caused alarm. it was killed after being seen by tenants and proprietor Machmtesh. A separate note mentions Newark belt production and a saw cutting into a tree revealing historic timber linked to Bosworth.
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Nisi Vrins Court
York
Orb
Edward Sykes
Croorsiater Leary
Wyss
Autoras
Aspen
Leeds
Daviot
Clas Ees
Hits
Machmtesh Veniaer
Aumal
Mackintoss
Fungi in the Human Head and Ringworm Discovery
The article notes microscopical observers connect head fungi to disease. Alm. firahy reports a parasitic fungus causes cabeça head disease ringworm, with orange wet cylindrical branching threads and beadlike oblong cells. He claims a second distinct mycoderm skin disease also exists.
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Firahy
Levond
Unseemly Conduct in a Scotch Kirk Sparks Police Needed
Sunday evenings in Steene thurel have seen combneting party activities with beer and tobacco. Police were introduced to maintain order as whiskey is carried there, reflecting top-revis trends described in the eddvertiser.
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Weiner
Carrie
Eddvertiser
Upheaving of the Land in Euromt
In Sweden and Italy the land rises gradually from the basin, with Naples geologist M Niccalini reporting the west coast of Italy lifting by about one to twelve millimetres. Similar observations in Sweden show ascent yet with limited precision.
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Sweden
Italy
M. Niccalini
Naples
Will of the Marquis of Hertford Reveals Vast Bequests
The late Marquis of Hertford's will is reported as one of the era's most remarkable documents. It reportedly leaves the present Marquis a portion of the estate, large sums to Lady Strachan and Lady Nirachan, substantial legacies to Countess de Salsas, and wines valued at around ten thousand pounds to a stranger, with other foreign beneficiaries and sums mentioned. The will has not yet been probated, but intelligence is cited as from a reliable quarter via the Evening Mail.
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Marquis OF
Hertford
Marquis of Hertford
Saii
Nirachan
Marchioness de
Wilson Croker
Epigram on Irish Lords Print Imprisonment Joke
An 18th century epigram by Arthur Dawson mocks the Irish House of Lords for imprisoning La Boise for printing a list of peers. It notes the act was “for printing the rank and the name of each peer,” and ridicules the idea of exposing peer identities.
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House OF Peers
Irish House of Lords
la Boise
Arthur Dawson
la Boissere
Striking Skin Phenomenon and Coroner's Ancient Office
A living prisoner in Stirling relates a strange case of a skin shed from a creature. The skin, four feet two inches long, lacks an ear and is kept by Mr. Thomson. Observers speculate disease or unknown causes, noting the creature once refused food and drink for ten days. The piece then shifts to a historical survey of the coroner’s office, detailing its authority and knights’ status under Athelstan, Westminster statutes, and London governance.
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Thon
Porisoner
Stirling Journal
Athelstan
Beverley
Westminster
Pera
Braden
Butt
Edward the Fourth
London
Paul Pindar
Selections From The Last Batch Of Americas Papers
Fragmentary humor and oddities from a past periodical. The piece includes quirky quotes about world potato patches and a printer reminiscing with his sweetheart, plus a satirical note on a rum drinker who died from excessive consumption. A statistical aside imagines white infants in the United States forming a vast nursery, with playful, nonsensical math about hearing distance and sugar plums.
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Americas
United States
Mortality in the Metropolis Week Ending March 12 1842
The table of mortality shows deaths from 21 causes in the Metropolis for the week ending March 12 1842 by district with population and weekly averages. Central district records the highest total deaths while East and West London districts report lower figures. totals include 912 male and 419 female deaths with a weekly average of 1,389 males and 41 females. Meteorological notes cover temperature highs and lows for the same period with daily means around 46 degrees.
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West— Kensington
St. George
St. Marslebone
St. 1 Pancras
Islington
Hackney
St. Giles and St. George
Strand
Clerkenwell
Holborn
St. Luke
East London
West London
London
Shoreditch
Whitechapel
Bethnal Green
St George
Ney
Poplar
Vewescess
South—St. Saviour
St. Olave
Saint George
Southwark
Bermondsey
Newington
Lambeth
Camberwell
Therhithe
Greenwich
Sastergherses
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Vaughan
Stawson
Wrexham
Rhuabon
Cefn
Lord Dungannon
Lovett
Fridlander
Coventry
Llangollen
Winston
Patteson
Preorr
Kexps
Aldenham
Bridgnorth Market
Lindley-brook
Harper
Jones
Hinton
Baldwin
Mr. Lee
Miss Longmore
Justin
Lee
Thomas Kendall
Ann Dovey
Harp
LAW
Mansion House
Tae Macintose Dovar
John Thomas
George Carroll
Marryat
Jack
Fleet-street
Follett
Chancery Lane
Taglionis
Dodson
G. Carroll
Rosseries
Henry Warboys
George Davis
Gaspar Smith
General Post-Office
Central Criminal Court
Queen Square
Henry Ford
Joseph Smith
Lower George Street
Bey
Prate Roosery
Cuersea
James Lewis
Longdale
John Fitzgerald
Alias Papsy
Charles Taylor
Catherine Nolan
Emma Jordan
Fitzgerald
John Crowshaw
Tothillfields Prison
Augustus Frederick Tracey
Abraham Wright
Tothill-street
Taylor
Wright
Mary Berwick
Peter-street
Saffron-hill
John Harris
Ambrose
Humphrey
Bradshaw's Journal
Punch
Glenmoriston
Fewen Cameron
Tonerasiy
Wiviehfe
Davernoriston
Grant
Inverness
Begg
Geenmeriston
Fhughlard
Derm
Marylebone
Biarlborough Street
Union Hall
Bosworths
Newark
Bosworth
Piss
Ula
Uit
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