Insolvency Hearings Open as Tollemache Case Proceeds
The London court opened with reports of reduced arrears under the new term, detailing 85 Queen's Bench new trials and 27 in the Common Pleas. The Tollemache insolvency shows debts of over £87,000, with a £40,000 penal bond and many renewals. creditors include Patrick Hay for £2,000.
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Court of Queen's Bench
Court of Common Pleas
Court of Exchequer
Bankkruptcy
William Lionel Felix Tollemache
Old Huntingtower
Messrs. Lewis
Ely-place
Geo. Samuel Ford
Patrick Hay
Fonblanque
Francis Banxen
Nir
Fane
Upper Thames Street
Thomas Flight
Bondcourt
Walbrook
Sturgeon
Flight
Patent India Rubber Company
Jack of All Trades
Ommissioner Fane
Banner
Cox
Welter
Lombard Street
London Dockside Captain Detained Seamen Over Coal Prices
At a crowded Guildhall session Sir Peter Laurie heard seamen from the Eliza captained by Meldrum accuse him of delaying their voyage in the Thames for weeks to secure higher coal prices. The case highlighted tension between coal owners and workers, while a separate lottery complaint and fraud cases drew public attention.
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Meldrum
Eliza
Newcastle
George Thorborn
London
Peter Laurie
Gravesend
Blackwall
Sir Peter Laurie
Groves
Peckham
Cheapside
Peter Tawrie
Messrs. Taylor, Hewitt, and Co
Old Jewry
Newnan
Mr. Newman
King
Hampers of rubbish linked to forged tickets case
A man is tried for delivering mispacked hampers marked from Kenworthy and Co. The haul included bricks and stones instead of mineral water. Witnesses describe forged tickets, repeated refusals, and a plan to misdirect consignments to notable addresses. The court remands the prisoner for trial.
Marlborough Street Impostors and A Parliament Member Suspect
A NeplemaN woman Mary Ann M Grath a lowly prostitute is charged on suspicion of robbing a gentleman of two sovereigns and half a sovereign. The alleged theft occurred as a police constable supervised a search after the nobleman refused to go to the station. The money was not found and the constable suspects she swallowed it. Also John Lun and Mary Stanton alias multiple names face re examination for distress letter scams against wealthy people, caught near Lady Sykes’s door by Mendicity Society officers.
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Charles Dickens
Mitre-street
Webber Street
Lambeth
Joux Walker
Joan Walker
Webber-street
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Mary Ann M‘grath
White Horse-street
Piccadilly
Beacoing
John Lun
Mary Stanton
Maltby
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St. James’s Place
Clerkenwell
ManeLaventsen
William Head
Catherine Sheehan
Carrier-street
St. Giles’s
Ellen
Johanna
Mary Sheehan
John Sheehan
S William Bennett
Brorat
George Barnes
Edward Joyce
College-court
College Court
Speaae
Charles Cooke
Arthur Street
St. Luke's
Broughton
House of Correction
John Sheridan
Thomas Barnes
Green-street
Bethnal-green
Hic
Thomas Patterson
Elizabeth Patterson
George Allen
Aldersgate-street
Bell-alley
Goswell-street
Brown
Thomas Smith
Great Chart-street
Hoxton
Bingham
Charles Packer
Pitfield-street
Mr. Bingham
Smith
Packer
Rebecca Jones
St. John’s Church
Hyder
Mr. Hyder
St. Luke’s Church
Old-street
Prisoners Sentenced for Systematic Fraud Plan
The male prisoner resisted during seizure but papers were secured. Handwriting matched letters found with the society. Mr Bathe examined over thirty letters to various noblemen and declared a long standing fraud scheme, sentencing each prisoner to three months in prison under legal provisions.
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Bathe
Horrific Chelsea Case of Cruelty To Disabled Man
In Princes Street Chelsea a man held in filthy conditions was found in a back room after police forced entry. Harriet Eleanor Pelham and her son Wilson Pelham claimed the man was her lunatic son treated with care. They were committed for trial with heavy bail.
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Princes Street
St Luke’s
Chelsea
Burrell
Forbes
Iit
Borrell
Harriet Eleanor Pelham
Wilson Pelham
Spencer
Clerkenwell Assaults and Murders Highlight Walkers Reach
Victims and suspects populate a dense report from Clerkenwell and Worship Street. William Head stands charged with killing Catherine Sheehan after a heated domestic quarrel. Police face scrutiny over brutal conduct during several arrests amid other assaults, robberies, and legal notices.
Liverpool Pawnbrokers Fraud Case Shocks Court
John Parry, a middle aged man in shabby black, faced a Liverpool police court on charges of obtaining money by false pretences. Pawnbrokers testified he pledged rings and crosses as gold and sometimes sold the items, which were platinum and gold plated. He claimed Maltese gold and that his son brought them from Malta. He was committed for trial.
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Liverpool
Passine Pratina
Goip
John Parry
Rushton
Dowling
Malta
Meeting of the Anti Corn-Law League at Covent Garden Theatre
A large crowd attended the weekly Anti Corn-Law League meeting at Covent Garden Theatre. General Briggs presided as Rev. Mr. Greene urged abolition of protecting duties on corn and defended free trade against church establishment. The discussion covered enclosure, common rights, and the sugar duty, ending with three cheers for free trade.
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Switzerland
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Joseph Sturge
America
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Thompson
Anti-Slavery Association
Fox
South
Lancashire
Free trade canvass roams Todmorden and Rochdale crowds
Mr Brown leads a free trade tour visiting Todmorden Rochdale Oldham Ashton and Manchester drawing large crowds. Voters in Todmorden number 170 with a predicted free trader majority of about 100. In Rochdale 1465 electors with past Tory liberal tallies noted. A second event in Manchester reports 5000 attendees at Dade-place for a supportive open air meeting.
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Manchester
Dade-place
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Entwistle
Earl of Derby
Tragic Boat Disaster Off London Bridge
A crowded improvised river boat overturned near the Hull steamer after sails were tossed by a passing packet. Emma Smith and Julia Lane, both 16 and 12 respectively, perished with a young child. five rescued, several unaccounted. Investigators fault lax licensing and by law violations amid overcrowding on the Thames.
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Lucas
Brin’s-court
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Shaftesbury-place
Aldersgate-street
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Allen-street
Goswell-road
Geo, Field
Willian Bird
Charles Newsom
Henry Thurlow
Leicester
St. Mary At Bil
Steam Packet
Inquest Into London Bridge Skiff Disaster Claims Accidental Death
An inquest at Newcastle coffee-house examined the death of James Newton aged eighteen after a Sunday skiff voyage from London Bridge. Witnesses described crowded boats, rescue efforts, and the danger of carrying many children on unlicensed vessels. The jury returned an accidental death verdict and urged an end to the practice. The Lord Mayor ordered Watermen's company officials to answer for neglect and considered stripping them of powers to regulate river boats.
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St. Mary Acini
James Newton
Charles Newton
London-bridge
William
Gravesend
Jame Smith
London Bridge Wharf
Cutler
Watermen Company
Williamson
Waterman
Watermen’s Company
London Bridge
Banyoo
Watermen's Company
Banyon
Tim
Court of Aldernity
Watermen’ Company
Tor
Accident on returning from Egor leaves four wounded
A coach and four returning from Eozor with fourteen gentlemen collided with another carriage at 2 on the road. The coach overturned on a bank. Mr Prichard landlord of the White Hart was thrown from the box with injuries to his right leg and was taken to St Bartholomew's Hospital. A passenger behind him lost an eye and sustained other contusions. Several midshipmen, including Mr Cayley’s son, were lost at sea in a separate incident. Incendiary fires and smuggling reports follow with rewards offered for information.
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Cavendish
T. J. Holt
Mesers, Kenworthy and Co
Axe Inn
R. Gifford
Elephant and Castle
Newington
Kenworthy
William Cavendish
Compton-place
Eastbourne
Sussex
Bricke
Peter Laurie
Eozor
Prichard
White Hart
Strand
Ing
Essex
St Barthalomew
E. J. Cayley
North Riding of Yorkshire
Syria
Dee
Acre
Jewell
Oreenly
Cayles
Browpton
York ‘Shire
Suffolk
Vt" Winckles
Duke of Grafton
Journal Des Debats
BOF
Spain
WEF & Fented
Nisi Privs
Dublin
Anas
Jostoff
Charles Digby Carley
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