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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 19, 1839
Page
6
In a crowded session Lord Denman weighs reform proposals for juror selection. A plan to summon thirty six jurors daily is discussed, with exemptions for those called once every five years. The debate centers on efficiency, fairness, and the risk of exhausting lists over years.
The Central Criminal Court convened May 13 before the lord mayor and officials, listing 226 prisoners for trial across charges including stabbing, larceny, burglary, embezzlement, and other offences. Notable cases include William Barrett's three month sentence for stealing a hat and Sarah Regan’s one day imprisonment for bread theft amid severe distress.
A Marylebone police report recounts James White seeking help for his son in Canada via the Children's Friend Society. The boy, John Harvey, writes from Fredericton describing harsh conditions and broken promises. A separate court note details an assault on the Queen and a burglary case involving Bob Terry and Mary Ann Wilkinson.
In Red Lion-square two men named Mackenzie and Cull were charged with drunkenness and street misconduct. They insulted a married woman and threatened her husband who intervened. Both claimed not to be drunk. witnesses and the officer testified otherwise. They were convicted and fined five shillings each, with Mackenzie pawning his watch to settle the fine before release.
Robert Terry, long named as a petty thief, faces burglary charges for breaking into surgeon Mr Rayner’s house at St Matthew’s Place Cambridge Heath. The thief entered by a window at around two am on the 19th ultimo, stole surgical instruments and other items, then ransacked the kitchen where a maid hid under the bed clothes. A quantity of tops, silver, plate, and other property were taken, with three coats later found in the privy of an adjacent house. The father, a bricklayer, and a young man named Osborne were charged with aiding in the thief’s escape, though the father is said to be a hard-working man not linked to furtive acts.
In Green Park a man named George Moxham was charged with assaulting Miss Ann Taylor after she sheltered from a shower. The court found him guilty, sentencing 20s fine or 15 days hard labor, noting the improper conduct toward women in public spaces. A second matter involved Mattocks for theft at a Bermondsey shop and Jane Doake, alias Scotch Maggy, for assaulting Ann Cutts with a long sword, with Maggy denying intent and the case ending with peace kept and fines.
Daniel Bolas, censured for involvement in the Mary Ann Campbell oxalic acid case, tells magistrate Mr Greenwood his life is in danger. After a coroner inquest, he faced taunts and threats. he reports an assault in his wherry by coal whippers. Magistrates offer protection and will have an officer accompany him to the assailants. Separate case: Thomas Pyle, landlord of the King and Queen public-house, Chapel Street, St George’s, charged with entertaining customers during morning service on Sunday the 12th. Police Sergeant Clapson described the attempted door closure and presence of nine in the tap room. Greenwood finds the charge proven and fines Pyle 40s plus costs.
Bow Street police crowded as thirteen young Chartists and Democratic Association members are captured at Ship-yard Temple-bar. The prisoners include Cornish, Timms, Reddell, Ireland, Willey, Bettis, Burton, Barlow, Waddington, Murray, Ward, Grose, and Flake. Police recover pikes, banners, and Democratic papers. Sir F Roe remands them for further examination after testimony from Superintendent Massey and Inspector Penny.
A 94 year old woman named Fanny Phillips was found murdered at her cottage in Woodcot near Henley on Thames. The crime involved a broken door, a ransacked room, a fractured skull and a bag with tools left behind. Investigations by local constables and the surgeon are underway, with a possible clue in a sawyer's bag. A separate report notes storm injuries and other crimes in the area, including a cockfight cases set for hearing.
The Marquis of Londonderry was thrown from his horse while riding from Seaham to Wynyard Park. His lordship was badly cut on the face and body and severely bruised, but no serious consequences are feared. In a separate incident, James Hicks, 39, a veterinary assistant, was kicked by a high spirited horse in Long Lane Smithfield. He sustained a double fracture of the left thigh and severe internal injuries and was taken to St Bartholomew's Hospital in a deplorable condition.
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