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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 09, 1841

Page

5

Derby wager case opens in Court of Queen's Bench

The PocH v Jenkins wager on the Derby is debated as to whether it falls under gaming prohibitions. The Lords weigh if a bet on a past race outcome should be actionable and not void, while differing opinions focus on whether the wager was truly on a horse race or on the final decision.

Court OF Queen's Bench Poch Henderson Rolls’ Court Monxpay OxpFieLp CoppEtr Cooper William Cobbett M.P Pemberton Oldfield Lord Langdale Court OF Exchequer WilaMs Lawson Kelly Boards of Admiralty House of Commons Edward Codrington James Graham Labouchere Admiralty Times E H. Codrington England Spain Humfrey Crowder Harris London Baron Rolfe Baron Gurney Baron Parke Lord Abinger Sir Walter Scott Sir Walter Espay Banger Herziera Manchester Dudley York Lancaster Atkinson Middlesex Erle Barker Sheriffs’ Couurt KEANE Conry Mr. Selfe Chadwicke Jones New-road Wardour Street Williams Albany-street Marylebone Rawlinson Mr. C. Jones Walter Rowland Long Rowland Regent-quadrant Gregorie Mr. Gregorie Turnkey Tate Tracey Sal Jem Wapping Iere Tyler Camden-street Greenwood Gougine Harriet Finch John Brinkley Wood-Chopper Love-court Brook-street Clerkenwell Rosamon-street Station Dobie Exmouth Street Brown Compton-street Soho Taylor George Anton Maltby Samuel Davies Southampton Nine Elms Thames Ditton Blencoe Thompson Henry Gilmore Swan Mary Ann Bradshaw Hoase Bermondsey Beatrix Uriais Palmor Trollope France Paches Frederick the Great Frederick Potsdam Guards Zorndorff Zorndorf Ziedlite Fraser's Magazine Orleans Louis Philippe Rom Lous Marie Els Mentine Louisa Soot Wyatt Cambridge Oxford Frederick U Zeidlitz Schwerin Tabi Ziedlitz

Bankrupt Wright's separate claims and dividend rule debated

At the bankruptcy hearing for John Wright of Henrietta Street the commissioner admitted separate proofs by Thomas Wright and others for annuities and contingent interests connected to shares in the Wright banking firm. Claims totaled about £8,979 63 6d plus £1,487, with £20,000 settlement and a 5s in the pound dividend expected amid large creditor questions and a balance sheet detailing assets and liabilities.

Bagshawe Barister Thomas Wright Messrs John Wright Wright Mr. Morgan Mr. Hamilton Commissioner Holroyd Charlwood Hamilton Mr. Charlwood Withiam Gray's Inn-Square Henrietta-Street County OF Middlesex Wright and Co Darrell and Wright Mills Colgafal Tenia Roberts Tee Cue Ceeeee Econ Ees E. Eee

Police Court Reports From London Detail Theft and Assaults

A long police docket reports William Pierce and Elizabeth Donnell charged with robbery and receipt of stolen notes involving Mrs Hayward. Other cases include a fraudster posing as Lady Mary Ward, a snuff box theft at the Farmers Journal, and multiple assaults and thefts across Marlborough Street and Union Hall with remands and bail details.

William Pierce Hall Bank of England Hayward Ellen Macreath Galbray Portsmouth Joseph Thompson Liverpool Hawkins Birmingham Pierce

River steamers collide and fatal inquests haunt Thames

A string of river accidents dominates the week with theTwilight striking a pier and the Waterman No 1 colliding with a barge. The Royal William, Margate steamer, and others suffer damage while magistrates hear multiple inquests into drownings and a fatal infant fire. A Chesapeake-like rash of misadventures prompts public concern over safety on the river.

Westminster-bridge Hungerford Market Waterman Woolwich Old Swan-pier Royal Illiam Margate London-bridge Higgs Duke of Ormond Princes Street Westminster Charlotte Furneaux Tufton-street Berry Westminster Hospital R. Garstin Stephen Negus Sarell Titchbourne-street Haymarket Thomey Street Bloomsbury Westminster Bridge Hungerford-stairs S Park William-street York-square Regent's Park Evans Well-street Crown-street Holborn King-street Phenix Atlas James Millward Charles Pimlico Piccadilly St. James’s Street Apsley-iouse Tarrant Baker George, High-street Shadwell Henry Willis Tiddy House Thames Eight Bells Greenwich Carttar East William Pitt Hastings Bopy George Heddington Hadwell New Crane Stairs Foger Brighton D. Ross W. Carter Surrey Kingston Union-House Thomas Martin East Moulsey Moulsey Union

Cost of a Picture and Cambridge Life Anecdotes

A collection notes on Marshal Soult’s remark about his most costly painting, a sentimental fragment titled The Cottage Girl, curious Irish Ash Wednesday log game, Cambridge gown customs and a Frederick the Great anecdote, ending with a romantic verse about intertwined love.

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