Cigar case over rhubarb leaves ends with £50 fines
Spurgin claimed cigars were made entirely of rhubarb leaves with no tobacco and was discharged. A second arrest followed in Fore Street for selling cigars. Both cases resulted in £50 judgments, with leaves and cigars ordered destroyed.
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Excise
Spurgin
Stephenson
Fore-street
Moor Lane
Guildhall
Peter Laurie
Her Majesty's Hon. Commissioners of Excise
Libellous Letters Unmasked in Burslem Trial
William Henry Grove aged 23, a lay assistant to a Burslem clergyman, was found guilty of publishing false, malicious libels against Samuel Alcock junior. The case detailed forged bank post paper, forged handwriting, and a concerted plot with multiple letters aimed at ruin. Grove was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment.
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Midland Circuit
Starrorp
Saturpay
ExTmiorpivany Caanes Or
Lrest
Wightman
William Henry Grove
Burslem
Lemuel Alcock
Allen
Ellis
Alcock
Hill Potteries
England
Longport
W. H. Brougham
W. H. Guove
Samuel Stcock
Sun
Tunstall
London
Samuel Alcock
Bank Post
Frank Davenport
Venables
W. H. Grove
Howover
James Grahan
Ian
Mr. Grove
Mr. Alcock
James Graham
Brougham
Davenport
Grove
Broughem
John Alcock
George Alcock
John
J. Alcock
Stephen Brougham
Alexander
Justice Wightman
Aever
Vergespar
Oealiy Grove
Chartist trials at Stafford and Derby assizes begin
From our correspondent the Stafford chartist trial of Cooper and three others for conspiracy to incite the potteries outrages opens with long cross examinations and slow progress. Derby sessions hear a rape case against Thomas Staley Vessey with a lengthy testimony. verdict Not guilty. Proceedings continue with other sedition and murder cases across the Northern Circuit including Chartists, and a capital murder conviction in Stanley is reported.
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Stafford
Cooper
Potteries
Lota
Shrewsbury
Justice Erskine
Gloucester
Hereford
Derby
Sarvapayr. Barr
Baron Alderson
Thomas Staley’ Vessey
Fanny Baldwin
All Saints
Hill
Queen's Counsel
Fowler
Whitehurst
Miller
Fanny
Mr. Vessey
Matlock
Avid
James Tomlinson
Cuanrist Triare
Jona West
Church Gresley
Derbyshire
Vincent
Re-examination and bail in Alfred Towers case at Eton crimes
Alfred Towers charged with extensive robberies at Eton college was re examined on Saturday and fully committed for trial though readmitted to bail in £200 with two sureties of £100 each His mother implicated in the haul was also bailed at a smaller sum. In Wicklow James Hoskins was executed for murder after expressing resignation to death and asking for prayers. Police reports describe a lecture and a probing examination at Guildhall and Bow Street with multiple suspects including a woman named Sarah Daisley tied to suspected murders and arsenic findings.
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Newcastle
Rolfe
Carlisle
Northumberland
St. Nicholas's Church
Thomas Boyle
Ann Miller
Morpeth
Whigham
Otter
Robert Ord
Sarah Patterson
Haltwhistle
York
Baron Parke
Felix Booth
Catsworth
Huntingdonshire
Somerstown
Marr
Sir Felix
Hull
Booth
Sir Felix Booth
Grimble
Mr. Hay
Birmingham
Wortley
Feliz
Mr. Wortley
Felix
Sailer
Cataworth
London
Tilson
Bliss
Justice Coltman
Alfred Towers
Eton College
Wicklow
James Hoskins
John Pugh
P. O'Doherty
Mansion House
Cusace
Porsoxina
Sarah Daisley
Blunden
County of
Bedford
William Daisley
Mesars. Hurat and Harley
Bedfordshire
Wrestlingworth
Roan
Biggleawade
Woodraffe
Lord Mayor
Wondruffe
Hanna
Wondraffe
George Waldock
Charles Dowie
Chambers
Edinburgh Journal
Farebrother
M.murdo
Sch
Dowie
Alderman Farebrother
Mr. Chambers
Messrs. Bradbury and
Evans
M‘nurdo
Compter
Sir Peter Laurie
Dungeness
Scotland
Peter Laurie
W. Chambers
P. Laurie
Edinburgh
Sir P. Laurie
Lim
Bethlem
Mr. Hall
Dunbar
Scotia
France
Folkestone
Kent
East Lothian
Wakefield
Hall
St. Martin's Workhouse
Burnaby
Srnspine
Conolly
John Culling
Newgate
John Heatley
Margaret Heatley
Ireland
England
Maryledone
Lenatic
Peter Fraser Davidson
Rawlinson
Whipp
Jane Rumble
George-street
Hampstead Road
Mr. Rawlinson
Gower-place
Fraser Bell
Pike
Smith
Braddock
Scotland Yard
George Street
Whitehall
Audit Office
Lincolnshire
Audit-Office
King
George LV
M‘naughten
Mumford
House of Lords
Defendant
Pelite
Lord Brougham
Queen
Church
Atate
Ingane
Church Street
Kennington
Bond
Defendan
Partridge
Muntford
Inspector Partridge
William Alexander Grint
Royal Navy
Fryford
Broughton
Anna Playter
Dalston
Twyford
Willan
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
Lordon
Charles Watson
Greyhound Place
Laiy Plaster’s
Harriette Hinton
Ing
Watson
William Rowley
Cotton
Harkney Road
Brennan
Bull Inn
Aldgate
Afiles
Frederick Place
Pridmore
Carter-street
Walworth
Surrey Canal
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Assize Intelligence
William Wildgoose
Glossop
Mille
Samuel Bonsall
William Bland
John Holme
Stanley
Martha Goddard
Sergeant Clarke
Bonsall
Stanley-hall
Dronfield
Holme
Nolmes
Hey
Holmes
Bonesl
the Wheekly Chronicle
Bow Street
Maxomanric
John Edward Freak
Rt Sie Dat
Buckingham Palace
Palace
Queen Square
Elijah Hine
Sarah Longland
Therisoner
Charles Napier
United Service
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