Seduction and assault verdicts in 1840s cases across London courts
Reports recount juries awarding damages in a seduction case where Miss Mary Carey sues Frederick William Shaw for seducing her daughter, a long affair with letters, and a July 1843 birth. also details on bankrupts connected to the Consolidated Rock Tin Mining Company and a tailor sued by an Oxford undergraduate for goods, plus a Hackney poor relief case.
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Elliott
Beavan
Allen
Nisi Prius
New Cross
Deptford
Frederick William Shaw
Messie. Wilson and Co
Newgate-arrest
Berlin
Mary Caray
Deneth
Islington
Defendant
Mary Carey
Gotthemier’s
Newgate Street
London Road
Mary
Alfred Collinson
Augustus Wilson
Miss Carey
Court OF Bankruptcy
Tvrescay
Tae Conseripated
Rock Tin Minine Association
Joun
Consolidated Rock,Tin Mining Company
Gundry
Payne
Blake
Lark
C. F. Williams
Fonblauyne
Fonblanque
Mr Payne
Grandley
Distressed Hackney pauper’s theft case prompts plea for mercy
A Hackney bar case centers on a destitute man who, after wandering with his wife and three children and receiving minimal parish aid, stole pork. The court notes extreme poverty and calls for mercy, urging guardians to ease relief while sentencing the man to one week of hard labor. The tale spurs broader concern over public aid and its reach.
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Middlesex
Hackey
Watesby
Alfred Matthew
John Marshall
Board of Guardians
Hackney
Cage
Ee Pinel Aay Cetenne
Boards of Guardians
Hackney Pariah
John Goodwin
F. Hailey
Lambeth
Norwood
Epsom
Gilbert Heathcote
Derby
Ewell
Dorking
Effingham
Esher
Kingston
Richmond
Twickenham
Hanwell
Nas
House of Correction
Polich Reports Caution to Trapesmey in Swindle Case
Lord mayor reported letters from England Ireland and Scotland warning of a swindle via London firms offering bills and commissions. Perry showed multiple signed circulars from Morgan and Co Smith and Co Wigram and Co exposing the nefarious agency, with plea to frustrate the gang.
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Trapesmey
Lord Meyer
England
Ireland
Scotland
London
Goodman
Brimondsey New-road
General Shipping Commission
Times
Perry
Coster
Afr. Perry
London Mayor Warns About Cir cular Paragraph
Jord mayor noted a single peculiar paragraph in the circular claiming it should not be shown unless to a confidential and respectable friend. He directed Mansion House officers to guide firms citywide that are named in the circular regarding its dissemination and proper handling.
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Jord
Robberies by a Police Constable and Wife
Francis Harris and Eliza Harris were brought for reexamination on multiple robbery charges. The wife worked as a cook in several homes, stealing valuables later traced to her husband, a recently appointed constable. A coat, linens, tableware, and book duplicates were found, linking them to Mr Dodds of Stratford and Mr M Rea of Wanstead, along with numerous duplicates from a library theft.
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Shocxine
Margaret Kelly
John Dymmock
White Horse-court
Turnmill-street
Clerkenwell
Anne Dymmock
Sutton-street
Kelly
Dymmock
St. Bartholomew's
Long
John Anderson
Mr. Long
Boyson
Liyxeu Law
Pearse
Combe
Davies
Cliff-street
Hoxton
No. 5
Belgrave Terrace
Holloway
Lewis
John Harris
Simpson
Manca
Raphael Romanel
Broderip
William Francis Bickford
Salisbury Street
Stepney
R. Romanel
Bury-street
Aldgate
Romanel
Mr. Broderip
William Smith
Portman-market
St. Marylebone
Richard Jeffs
David-street
York-place
Baker Street
Portman Square
Mesley
George
Franger-hill
Ealing
Edmund George
Stith
Harrow
Alperton
O'Neil
Harrow-road
Preston
Smith
Jeffs
Francis Harris
Eliza Harris
Cook
Mr. Dodds
West Hamlane
Stratford
Essex
Vincent-street
Knen
Dodds
M‘ree
Wanstead
Sullivan
Hams
Henry Simpson
Claremont Lodge
North Brixton
Augustus Dalmas
Clive
Charlotte Georgiana Dalmas
Patrick
Montpellier-Square
Brompton
Mr. Clive
Mrs. Macfarlane
Mr. Gilham
Rebecca Seward
Chelsea
Beaufort-street
Duke-street
Battersea-bridge
Rogers
White Hart
Eben
James Cook
Danvers Street
Old Church
Carman Timms
Church Lane
Wells
Stout
Gilham
Aldin
Dukes
Hall
William Parkins
Dalmas
Mr. Gosling
Mr. Gillham
Siy
Eliza Long
Usar
Langton
Chelsea Old Church
Meredith
Bicknell
V Division
Mr. Bicknell
Andrews
Battersea Murder Trial Reports Contested Sentences
Centred coverage of the Old Bailey style proceedings and Battersea murder case with Augustus Dalmas under examination. Warnings, witness testimonies, and letters reveal a fraught court drama as prosecutors outline the death of Mrs Macfarlane and Dalmas’s alleged connection. The testimony traces late night sightings, a bridge attack, and a series of letters showing a tumultuous relationship ending in a fatal act.
Dalmas murder case ends with final examination notes
The fourth examination at Wandsworth Police Court reveals letters from A Dalmas to Sarah Macfarlane and others showing threats and accusations. Witnesses recount the prisoner’s demeanor and letters, with Dalmas committed for trial at the Central Criminal Court for murder. He is kept at the gaol pending sessions.
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Dalmas
Wandsworth Police Court
Clive
Bicknell
Uyident
Tem
Sarah Andrew Macfarlane
Church of Kensington
Andrew Muncelar
Lane
Great Britain
Andrew Macfarlane
Jeannette Dalmas
Tours
Leiru
Mndge Et Loire
Kingdom of
France
Pice Victoire
Jean Liaulart
S.A. Macfarlane
AL Daluias
Apul
Mess
Sarah
Diam
Martina Amgustus
Sarai
Morrison
Xoebwk
Dr. Morrison
Battersea
A. Dantas
Macfarlane
Bruge-ruad
Bouersea
A. D
N.B
Caroli
Brighton
Augusta
Taylor
Marylebone
Scotlan Yard
Poe
Gilham
Centr Criminal Court
Ee Manger Lane
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James Burcheil
Abbash
Bond-street
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Wpe Ag
W. Schalfield
Jesus College
Ocford
Wambrey
Lush
Mansion House
Clereehwell
Stappixc
Michael Connor
Mr. Broughton
William White
Lambeth Street
Timothy Donovan
Sparks
King-street
Tower-hill
Henry
Beary
Brentford
the Weekly Chronicle
Thames Police
Central Criminal Court
William Crouch
George Grady
Patrick Lawley
John Shelan
Mary Ann Brown
Mary Murray
Mary Aon Joblyn
Benjamin Hill
John Martin
Toomas Sharpe
Frederick Wood
Thomas Anson
Catherine Green
John Thompson
Thomas Wilson
Gorge Wetherell
Henry Martin
John Smith
John Williams
Thomas Siefield
Benjamin Bennett
William Kelly
Susan
Thomas Richardson
William Johnson
John Hindle
Alias Thorpe
Jane Thorpe
James Turner
William Samuel Norcutt
William Carneil
Joseph Emery
James Nelson
William Henry Gower
William H. Whitfield
Benjamin Whitfield
George Williams
William Stephens
John Nelmes
Charles Barton
Samuel Rogers
Susannah Richards
William Mountain
William Sullivan
John Gray
John Secret
Thos, Willis
John Scott
Nathan Aitcheson
John Rathborne
William Donelly
Caroline Wardell
Catherine Briant
William Cotton
George Knight
Jane King
Alias Mery Hast
Charlotte Hodge
George Kay
Alban Rose
Robert Ward
James Townsend
Henry Herding
Thomas White
Bernard Fox
George Morton
William Hiley
John Webb
William Clarke
Emma Waite
Benjamin Jacobs
David Bryan
James Wood
John Hans
Mary Ann Watson
Mary Ann Stephena
John Ford
Mary Ann Clarke
Mary Ann Wells
Mary Burnet
Eliza Norris
Matilda Hawkins
Geo. Norris
Newgate
Wandsworth
Fpoliceh Court
Lerren
Perdition
Millwood
Westminster
Sophia
Hell
Wepping
A. Daumas
Bridge-roaid, Battervea
Bridge Road
Battesea
Ofer
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