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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Nov 04, 1838

Page

6

Court adjourns key trials in St Katharine's Dock robbery case

Central Criminal Court adjourns trials of Samuel Fletcher senior and others on the St Katharine's Dock robbery after defense and prosecutors seek time. George Chappell alias Timmings implicated in the linen draper fraud at Uxbridge. Barker delayed to next sessions. Also a separate indecent assault case ends with two-year prison term for the sailor-smuggling suspect amid skin theft scandal involving Lady Campbell.

Tor St. Kataprims’s Samuel Fletcher Ellen Fletcher George Fletcher John Fletcher George Chapell Barker Clarkton George Thompson Chappell Timmings Uxbridge St. Katharine’s Dock Bodkin Newgate Whitecross-street Clarkson Messrs Ballantine and Phillips J. Hall Pelham David Burton Francis Clarke John Bull London Hamburgh Serjeant Arabin Earrey Lady Campbell Sophia Howell Williams Oxford-street Nicolas Marylebone James Harper Rawlinson Charles Danesbury Camden Town Ellen Crook Fladeng’s Hotel Oxford Street Colin Campbell Nova Scotia Lovegrove Witness General Campbell Earl of Durham Aan Ee Carpenter St. George’s East Mackay William Eames Thomas Griffiths William Judge Thames Margaret Eames Mr. Greenwood Griffiths House of Correction

Sentences Passed On Prisoners By Recorder

The recorder sentenced multiple prisoners for various offenses. John Neininger J Elvins W Abbott William Taylor and Richard Serle for one year each. Richard Bull for horse stealing two years. Millicent Alcroft Abraham Stub bins John Tolmley and Joseph Wheeler seven years. Charles Dobson and James Taite ten years. James Langford fifteen years. James Smith received fifteen years on each of two indictments. John Sullivan Charles Cooney and Benjamin Martin transported for life for robbery with violence forgery and related crimes. The court adjourned.

John Neininger J. Elvins W. Abbott William Taylor Richard Serle Richard Bull Millicent Alcroft Abraham Stubbins John Tolmley Joseph Wheeler Charles Dobson James Taite James Langford James Smith Baron Gurney John Sullivan Daniel Beasley Charles Cooney Benjamin Martin

Polich Reports at the Alderman's Court in London

In a Monday session at Bow Street and surrounding wards, Nicholas Whitehouse a watchman for St Bartholomew the Great faces remand on suspicion of aiding a felon escape. Reports cover alleged thefts, a forged bill case, a kidnapping-plot probe, and a fire alarm incident.

Queen Square driver charged with drunken and disorderly conduct

John Ewer driver of hackney cabriolet No 3305 was charged at the instance of constable Goodchild with being drunk and disorderly and endangering passengers at Whitehall the officer stated he observed him at one o clock on Monday morning

Bow Street James Reisey London James Wilson Hoar Marlborough Wiltshire Carter Devizes Shackell Jones BE Division Johnson Chatham Stalin Rogers Henry Bernard Henry Lucas Fuller E Division Marchmont-street Brunswick-square Owen Wells Bennett Bernard Lucas Kearn No. 5 Keatly Red Lion Square Murperr Dennis Donovan Catherine Donovan St Bartholomew’s Hospital Inspector Penny G Division Queen Square John Ewer Goodchild Whitehall Christopher Conlan George Tucker Bluecoat Boy Spitalfields Conteh Janchoty Mary Ann Howes Codd Hackney Road

Drunken cab driver fined amid violent street cases

A London magistrate fined a cab driver five pounds or two months imprisonment after a string of incidents including a furious cab ride from Charing Cross, a horse collapse, and a man thrown to the pavement. Other cases involve beggary, assaults, robberies in Regent's Park, and a pregnant woman charged with theft.

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