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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

May 09, 1847

Page

6

Law Case in Bechuqde Court Over Actor's Suit for Salary

In Westminster a jury awards £30 to an actor against Georges Bolton for unpaid wages during a winter season at the Olympic Theatre. The case centers on a verbal engagement of £3 per week, partial payments, and a theatre season claimed to have closed early. The judge notes the actor’s entitlement and the jury returns a verdict for the plaintiff.

Pall Mall Olympic Theatre Jesus Aship Samuel Cowell Upper Norton Street Adelphi Princess's Beron Platt Ings Baron Platt William Bolton Baron Wepxzspsy Doxcay Bexsox Banca Lord Cochrane Liverpool Pernambuco Smith Eulety Admiralty Court Martin Sir Fitzroy Kelly

Police Reports From a London Court Scene

Details of multiple cases in a London police court include a 12 year old boy remanded for stabbing a 14 year old girl, emigration fraud charges against a shipping agent, robberies at Windmill Street and Golden Square, a maintenance hearing for Lady Mornington, indecent language by a police constable, swindling by two men posing as exhibitors, and various other petty crimes and civil inquiries. The report preserves period language and names, with emphasis on court actions and local incidents.

James Whitehead Elizabeth Corbet Fletcher Widegate Street Bishopagate John Spittle Chance North America Nicholas Temperley King William Street G. Henderson Bnawer J. S. Lean New York William Henry Werneck New York Sforesaid Henry Eckstein Lean Temperley Pereson Alderman Wood Mr. Henderson Genderson Maeelborough Street Youxe Swinpizns Robert Brownrigg Tolfrey Robert Berkley Reynolds Bingham Eliza Williams Great Windmill Street Tolfrey Reynolds Raynolds Green James Street Golden Square Berkley America Wilson Strand Earl of Mornington Aummona Helena Countess of Smith St. George's St. George Hanover Square Lady Mornington Thomas Hatchett’s Hotel Clarkson Lord Mornington Cleeehawell Charlsa Madell Henry Edwards Madell Samuel Elliott Jewin Street City Morocco Newgate J. Robins Crown Street Finsbury Windsor Mr. Robins Wil Spresah Tver

Court Refuses Rule in Wakley Case and Bankruptcy Hearing

The court declined to grant a rule over delays in a present application citing hearsay about Wakley and remarks at a March meeting. It emphasized sufficient evidence and respect for the judiciary, refusing to direct a criminal information. In bankruptcy, James Bosx, a St James's street bookseller, had his final examination adjourned as accounts were incomplete and Hoare failed to surrender papers, though contempt warrants were not issued.

Tre Quzen Thomas Waxes Justice Coleridge Warren Thomas Wakley Middlesex 7Th Regiment of Hussars Hounslow Wakley White Webley Cook Matthewsen 7Th Hussars Lord Denman Coleridge Werven Lord Brougham Mr. Elliott Coventry Mount Street Lambeth Mr. Elliot Elliott Jenner Cottingham Wyatt Ranaley Surrey Victoria Mary Barton Messrs. Prescott’s Bank Berry Actuta Hickey Yardley Hayes Metropolitan Total Abstinence Society Ita Temperance Society The Hibernian Dr. Wanen Court of Justice Supreme Court of Criminal Jurisdictum Dr. Warren James Bosx Commissioner Holroyd St. James's Street Sewell Hoare Ireland Shepherd Holroyd Cooke

Old Wool Sack Reverie and Curious Fishes Music

A column laments the shabby old Wool Sack home and its beloved worn surface, contrasting it with the new grand version while recalling rousing parliamentary memories. The piece shifts to a curious note on fishes, describing a reported musical sound from river fish near Salsette, and detailing boatmen and observers noting notes rising from the water surface.

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EXTRAORDINARY SUPERSTITION AND CURIOUS NOTES

A siexls man Robert Ashworth visited Alice Platt alias Cramy near Toadlane seeking a cure for fits by following a ritual involving a black cat, blood, and a moon phase. The article also chronicles grammar rules in a police clauses bill, a distinguished Louvre officer, a Gaelic newspaper plan, cattle panic at Vitre, a banker’s bankruptcy case in Paris, a skeleton discovery, and various sensational European items.

Robert Ashworth Marks 4 Alice Platt Cramy Toadlane Mihir Tae Hye Waa Preston Chronicle

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