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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Mar 28, 1841
Page
5
Baron Gurney directs jury to weigh the evidence and convict Josiah Mister of a grave murder and robbery. The court sentences him to death after a dramatic address as the prisoner displays emotion and denial.
At Derby Assizes Henry Hoskisson faced a wilful murder charge over the killing of gamekeeper Robert Harvey. Four men were charged. three became queens evidence, yielding a manslaughter verdict and life transportation. Separate trials include Luke Clarkson for murdering a boy and Charles Cole for stealing a mare, with transportation sentences. Norfolk and Huntingdon Assizes report a poison case of arsenic leading to the death of Elizabeth Holt and the trial of James Inglett, a farmer accused of murder by poison.
At York Assizes John Mitchell aged seventeen and William Fox were convicted of murdering George Blackburn near Barnsley after a confrontation by a wall where a stone and a gate-top were used. The case linked to another pair charged with being accessories before the fact.
Gray faced murder charges after a night death in Ballyboy with three pistols found in a nearby bag. Witnesses testified alibi while Wiley’s deathbed confession was offered but rejected. After a fifteen minute deliberation the jury returned not guilty, prompting cheers.
Five young women Ann Sims Mary Cochrane Ann Kelling Barbara Wyre and Elizabeth Mure inmates of the poorhouse faced charges of disorderly conduct during divine service. They laughed talked and formed a fire. Cochrane and Kelling were sent to Bridewell for fourteen days while the others were discharged with sharp remarks from officials.
The article details weekly bread rations in London prisons like Bridewell Newgate and the West London Union, noting higher allowances for hard labour and listing various food items. It also covers court scenes at Marlborough Street with incidents of assault and public disturbances including gatekeeper confrontation, decoying a child, and Irish-Argentine quarrels, with multiple suspects and outcomes.
The article describes a man admitting wounding a boy during a home defense claim. A scuffle followed a reported burglar attempt as neighbors and police testified. The prisoner claimed the act was to seize a burglar, not injure, and was remanded with bail possible.
A southwestern railway premises at Fareham near Blackbrook Hampshire burned in the early morning. Six valuable horses perished despite efforts to rescue them as the two story brick and wood stabling burned rapidly. An engine arrived but could not save the stock. Loss estimated at about £300. Suspicion falls on an incendiary.
A family prays for a sick child, asking God to send a healing angel. The verse describes the child as pale and asleep, sometimes waking with a smile, and the parents’ anxious watchfulness. They express love, hope, despair, and plea for divine comfort and recovery.
A stone cabinet epitaph honors a cherublike child who died at six years old while praised for wit beyond his years. It contrasts his brief life with adults laboring to old age, noting he now rests in heaven with saints. The poem laments his early death and sacred consolation.
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