Bristol Dock and Poole Contempt Case In The Queen's Bench
A report from the Queen's Bench includes the Bristol Dock toll assessment dispute deciding the land value should be taxed, not the land enhanced by dredging and usage. It also covers Poole mayor and town council contempt for mandamus failure, and a Bankrupt Court commission of inquiry into official assignees with limited progress amid questions of formality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen's Bench
Noypar
Bristol Dock
Bristol
Paris
Corporation of
Poots
Poole
Lord Denman
Court OF Bankruptcy
vViz
John Cross
George Rose
Horsley Palmer
Crawford
Benjamin Hawes
M.P
Wynn Ellis
Central Criminal Court opens with 235 prisoners for trial
The seventh session at the Old Bailey begins before civic officials as 235 prisoners stand in the calendar. The recorder notes most cases are fact-based and highlights two wives charged with handling stolen goods. The list covers burglary, larceny, embezzlement, rape, and other offences. Trials proceed with little public interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olp
Charles Hawkins
Drayman
Thomas Davis
Clarkson
Camberwell
Edward Ball
Gracechurch-street
Ship
Talbot-court
William Kendall
Margate
Compan
Nearlog Epperel
Mary Anne Davis
Mr. Clarkson
Itness
Joseph Osborn
Payne
Townsend
Pigs Disease Trial Ends With Acquittal In Market Row
Witnesses described pigs with violent infectious symptoms and ulcers. the defendant was accused of driving diseased animals to market but the jury found no proof of a common law offence or infectious intent. Additional committals noted with crowded calendar and a Kensall New Town robbery case ending not guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Payne
James Wilding
James Bayley
Henry Goodwin
NiEw
Kensall New Town
John Shuker
Martha Matilda Saul
Phillips
Robin Hood
Little John
Mr. Phillips
Corrine
Marmine
Baron Parke
Michael Sullivan
Wice
George Fox
Rosemary-lane
Fox
Sullivan
C. Phillips
Ireland
Elizabeth Anstens
Sophia Wilson
Payne
Venus
Baron 'Arke
Affiliation under the New Poor Law at a London workhouse
A Tuesday order set maintenance for an illegitimate child at a rate higher than any since the Poor Law Amendment Act. Henry Bayford, a Clare Market potato dealer, admitted paternity but sought a lower weekly sum due to a large family. The case details the mother Martha Baker, alleged promiscuity, and the workhouse savings plan. The magistrates fixed the weekly allowance at four shillings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Bayford
Clare-market
Martha Baker
St. Ann
Blackfriarn
Alderman Hooper
Alderman Farebrother
John Porter Prince
William Devonshire
Newgate
Westrop-place
Hammersmith
Fage
Park Theft Case Shows Devastation of Blooming Plants
In a Tuesday morning incident a man entered a plantation and broke a lilac branch to take home for his blind child. Officers detained him as he concealed the bough in his hat and then cut another shrub before capture. Mr Hall lamented the destruction of publicly valued shrubs and urged possible discharge due to the man's poverty and family burden. The defendant claimed inadvertence and expressed regret, pledging not to repeat the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James's Park
Hall
England
Morgan
Jardine
John Quire
Parenee
Fulham
Lincoln
Thomas Johnson
Evesham
Phillips
Worcester
Thomas Paynter
Kensington
Knightsbridge
Brompton, &c
Inspector Smith
T Division
Paynter
Police Court
Sarah Johnson
Queen’s Gardens
Thomas Madden
Kensington Union
Regiment of Foot Guards
Maria Bark
Bark
Brompton
Maria
Eliza
Miss Maria Bark
Miss Maria
Miss Bark
Mrs. Johnson
Brighton
Madden
Board of Guardians
Sir Edmund Head
Metropolitan
House of Correction
Marylebone Driver Fined After Richmond Journey Case
Captain Thomas Martin Coxhead faced a charge in court after a late night Oxford Street incident. Police constable Martin testified Coxhead drove a four horse carriage while intoxicated, resisting aid and endangering bystanders as a mob gathered. Grooms supported the driver’s assertion of sobriety. others claimed he was drunk. The court fined Coxhead 40 shillings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ricnhmond D
Thomas Martin Coxhead
Rawlinson
Martin
Oxford Street
Anderson
Milton-street
Dorset-square
Richmond
Long’s Hotel
London
Mr. Rawlinson
Star and Garter
Bacchi Plenus
Queen Square Assault and Buckingham Palace Stone-Throwing
George Airy faces a charge of unbecoming assault on Mrs Margery of Marsham Street Westminster after an alleged indecent handle and a chase along Smith Street Chelsea. In separate cases John Howe and other youths are charged with throwing stones into Buckingham Palace gardens prompting police patrols and bail requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Square
George Airy
Margery
Marsham-street
Westminster
Smith-street
Chelsea
Gregorie
Buckingham Palace
John Howe
Browning
Her Majesty
Grosvenor-place
Barefoot
Mr. Gregorie
Clonmel
Henry Love
Robert Field
Royal Gardens
James Swinburn
Lawrence
Bob
Rascal
Samuel Marshall
Street Nuisance Trial Of Petticoat Lane Jew Traders
Two young Jewish traders were brought before Mr Bingham after Sunday patrols by Serjeant Barker. Neighbours complained of a persistent sting of old clothes stalls along Petticoat Lane during the Christian sabbath. Officers found it hard to clear the street as traders moved to new spots when challenged. Both prisoners were taken into custody after repeated cautions failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatton Garden
John Mackintosh
Barnsbury-row
Slington
Eliza Mackintosh
Combe
John Perry
Barnsbury
Islington
East India Company
James Stuart Wallace
Penton-street
Pentonville
Beale
King
Perry
Wallace
WoxrsHare Street
Petticoat Zane
Bingham
Barker
H Division of Police
Petticoat-lane
King Joan’s Palace
James Rudd
Broughton
James Coulton
Lambert
N Division
Hoxton
King John’s Palace
Coulton
Carter
Mr. Broughton
Outcry Over Sabbath Trade and Bone Trade Suspect
Prisoners protest a Sabbath trade ban as magistrate Bingham enforces fines and warns of doubling penalties for future offences. A separate Hoxton case involves bones sold to marine dealers and a brutal assault tied to a boy, with convict fined or jailed.
Happy Pain at Bow Street Court over suicide attempt
A middle aged woman Sarah McQuie was brought before Magistrate Jardine at Bow Street police court charged after a constable testified hearing a water cry and finding her in the river at Hammersmith suspension bridge. She admitted attempting to destroy herself but defense stated more details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ginx
Laupanus
Jas. Ablett
Norton
Griffiths
Limehouse Church
Temple
Birmingham
London
Frederick Jones
William Rowe
Eagle
Woodford
Woodford-wood
Myr. Norton
Jones
No. 2
Cornhill
Red Lion
Suicipe
Femars
Margaret Carroll
Maltby
James Marshall
Waterman
Blackfriars Bridge
Surrey
Humane Society
Mason
N.B
Sarah M‘quie
Jardine
Bow-street
Hammersmith Suspension Bridge
Middlesex
Steam boiler bursts on ballast barge near Blackfriars
A ballast barge off Blackfriars bridge suffered a steam boiler explosion while lifting ballast ladders. One seaman Constable perished. engine man Clark blamed for neglect. Inquest found accidental death with a £50 deodand on vessel and machinery. Stoker Simpson hospitalised after scalding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames
Blackfriars-bridge
Blackfriars Bridge
Constable
Scholey
Carter
Surrey
Mitre Tavern
Broadwall
Blackfriars Road
Simpson
Clark
Thomas Scholey
Larkins
THE DYING INFANT AND OTHER BRIEF PIECES
A fragment from a 19th century column features a pastoral scene of a dying infant contrasted with a joyful outdoor landscape. It shifts to notes on Galileo, Bentham, and a vivid fantasy, followed by curious calculations on compound interest and long London population statistics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wether
Beauty
Highwayman Outwitted by Three Tailors in Narrow Escape
A highwayman rode up to three tailors on foot and demanded their purses with threats. The tailors, unfazed, handed over a bag and joked about the danger. A pistol discharge briefly flashed, then another pistol was produced and the culprit fled without success.
Portrait Painter and Curiosities from a 1721 issue
A fragmentary 1721 era note describes a perinate painter who paints a likeness of himself and wife for public judgment, plus brief elderly commentary on witchcraft trials, a superstition charm for cramps, and a lullaby poem about a sleeping child, all drawn from the era’s miscellany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orig
Jesus
Also Mentioned on This Page
Central Criminal Court
Bow Street
Henry Jones
Commissioners of Woods and Forests
Marylebone
Lambeth Street
Union Hall
Kensington Police
Micep
Galileo
Galilee
Ttis
Avis
St. Adhelm
Tos Bentham
Belukia
St. Louis Gazette
New York Evening Post
Woods
Lancashire
John Wood
Preston
Lancaslix
Wood
Ottiwell Wood
Mr. Wood
Henry II
William III
George W
Ditto
George
William IV
Madrid
Ata Triibunal
Oman
Coleridge
Rau
Christ
Mark
Luke
John
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