Court actions in Brdgnorth and Chichester on rates and voting
Court debates mandamus to include 78 voters on the burgess roll over rate payments by others. Justices consider parish relief and bribery risks. In Chichester a rate under church-building act contested. mandamus denied without indemnity. In Launceston quo warranto over town councillor voting procedures granted. Davin Jones case notes procedural irregularities in ecclesiastical court proceeding challenges.
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Arres
Richards Spears Ding Hi Mandamus
Costa
Cavarcu
Coxichester
Peacock
Chichester
Lowton
F. Pollock
Prockter
Launceston
David Thompson
Ching
Loone
Thos. Cuing
Leone
W. C. Rowe
Davin Jones
Mr. Chilton
Ebenezer Morris
David Jones
House of Commons
Hawes
Williams
Augustus Pechell
St. David’s
Justice Williams
Bail Court Sees Rule to Show Cause in Writ Case
In Bow Street a rule to show cause why a mandamus should not issue was applied to compel Samuel Twyford to return convictions against directors of the British and Foreign Patent Invention Company. The case involved a common informer and multiple informations for undated prospectuses without a printer’s name. The court denied interference and refused the rule.
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Shea
Samuel Twyford
Bow-street
Stowell
Bow Street
Act of Parliament
Act of Parliament 39Th Geo. NL
Twyford
Justice Williams
Tresday
Queen Jr. Harmer
Cresswell
Hewett
Royal Navy
Alderman Harmer
Robert Bell
Weekly Dispatch
Philip Jones
Woolwich
Jones
Theft charge against Mrs. Bagley at Guildhall
Ann Bagley, servant to Mr. F. Barron of Giltspur Street, charged with stealing £100 worth of plate from her master. William Pemberton, her alleged accessory, also brought up. Bagley arrested at Brighton wearing her mistress’s nightcap. Evidence shows she pledged and redeemed items via pawnbrokers, with fictitious addresses and a disclosed West Indies connection. She was committed for trial.
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Waller
William Henry Warre
Muncaster
Skinner-street
West Indies
Bentley
Kirby-street
Wilson
Dancin Academy
Mr. Munca
Barron
Harmer
Alderman Harmer
Worthing
Fleming
Martin
Upsall
Sereant Waller
City Police
St. John Street
London
William
Tria
Cape emigrant society aids postage and missing records
Discussion centers on funds for Cape postage and delays in letters to emigrant youths. Rev Saunders sent to provide religious and welfare guidance. a missing son’s entry prompts a promise of records check. Meanwhile two men in Mount-street are fined for pulling down twenty yards of paling in Camden-town-road.
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Cape
Impostor Beggar Named Stewart Detained by Mendicity
A man named Stewart the Mendicity Society detain for repeated beggar fraud. He sent a forged broker warrant letter to Lord Sandys and a letter to the Duke of Richmond. He is to be tried as an incorrigible vagabond after prior convictions. William Berry is charged with embezzlement from Messrs Holmes. He wore a fashionable coat and had forged receipts. Mrs Staplyton paid 10 pounds for a shawl, Mrs Hunt paid 3 3s for another, and the shop records show the theft. The prisoner was discharged from employment for fraud.
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Stewart
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Curzonstreet
Mendicity Society
Horsford
Regent Street
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Duke of Richmond
Confinement Case at Worship Street and Marlborough Toll
Elizabeth Collison faced a concealment of birth charge after a stillborn infant was found in a box at a Cabinet maker Morris’s Curtain Road house. The magistrate committed her for trial with bail. Duchess of Marlborough toll incident ended with coachman fined 40s after a brutal gate whipping at Kingsland gate in Dalston lane. Thames Office saw James Allen charged with stabbing Thomas Smith and a dock incident where Captain Thomas clashed with a dock officer over a late night light and a dog attack. penalties imposed in each case.
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Elizabeth Collison
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Longalley
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Clifton-street
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Hoxton
Broughton
Tracey
Kingsland Gate
William Simpson
George Hawkins
Simpson
Metropolis Roads
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Duchess of Marlborough
Islington
Dalston Lane
Codd
Wm. Fleetwood
Shacklewell-lane
Marlborough
Mr. Greenwood
Downey
Griffiths
Carr
Greenwood
Allen
William Thomas
Emma
Barbadoes
John.Clements
London Dock Police
Teasdale
Clements
Thomas
Teendale
Charles Williams
William Mitchiner
Delamburth Street stabbing case before final examination
Henry Ewing a spot boy at the Roebuck in Cannon Street Road was in custody for two weeks on a stabbing charge. He allegedly stabbed lawyer Thomas Hawkins in the abdomen after Hawkins struck him. Hawkins remains severely injured. The case was sent for trial with a judge urging harsh examples to deter knife crimes. Also, the Gorp Dust Rossery suspects appeared before magistrates. most were remanded, Rees discharged pending next examination.
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Henry Ewing
Roebuck
Cannon-street
Thomas Hawkins
Hawkins
Combe
Rees
Inquest Into Death At Aldgate Overlaudumn Poison Case
An inquest at the Grapes Aldgate examined the death of John Tardiff aged 35 who died after allegedly taking laudanum. Evidence showed prior hospital treatment and a Chef’s note of laudanum in his stomach. Verdict: death from poison with no clear evidence of his mental state.
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Church-row
Aldgate
John Tardiff
Christopher Argent
Ann Jinks
Hyde Park
Jemmett
Baker Street
Portman Square
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