Pot theft case ends with instant execution of debt
In a London court scene a French defendant disputed paying for pewter pots claimed by plaintiff, shouting in broken English and denying English law. The commissioner ordered immediate payment after the jury saw the defendant would not settle. A licensed victualler testified of local pot thieves, including women, targeting pewter ware for forged coin and German silver goods.
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Francis Henrique
Monsieur Henrique
Monsieur
London
Snug supper dispute over unpaid 18s at borough court
In a humorous Borough Court of Requests case, Mr. Smith sued Mr. Atkins for 18s owed from a weekly snug supper at Is Gd head. Atkins admitted attendance for three nights, claimed he paid none, but the panel ruled for Smith. Both men left the court apparently on good terms, planning future meals.
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Borough Court OF Requests
Boniface
Mr. Smith
Prince Leopold
Clerkenwell
Lineunan
John Burden
Hill
St. James's
Walk
Nils Caroline Langhorne
Caroline
Maddox
Greenwood
Caroline Langhorne
London Hospital
Whitechapel Road
Binns
Mr. Greenwood
Henry William Jones
Drummond-street
Euston-square
New Insolvent Debtors Act Opens Relief Path
The New Insolvent Debtors Act takes effect Tuesday offering insolvent debtors relief without prison. Traders under 300 pounds may petition while non traders of any debt level may seek protection until hearings with a one month public notice. Final orders depend on full disclosure and payment ability. proceedings stay on petition.
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Court of Bankruptcy
Custody of Lunatics at Bethlehem Hospital Meeting
Governors debated whether Mrs Parker of Berkeley Square could obtain custody of her husband William Parker, an inmate for twelve months, amid debates over funding and bonds. The panel adjourned, then ruled to hand the lunatic to the bondholders, with Parker later moved to another asylum.
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Bethlehem Hospital
Parker
Berkeley-street
Berkeley-square
William Parker
Peter Laurie
Laurie
Price
Math’s Brothers
Is Brothers
Rabeas Corpus Sought By Wife for Husband Possession
A writ of habeas corpus is said to be sued out by a wife to gain possession of her husband. Mr. W. Puter is about fifty years old and is described as perfectly armless.
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W. Puter
Bank OF Heaven
Jesus
John x
Matthew
Mark xvi
Prison jewellery case and ghost of a court session summary
In a court scene the prisoner denies love ties while rings are shown as pledged goods. evidence reveals jewelry ownership by Mrs. Roberts and pawnbroker notes. The judge records a guilty verdict, sentencing the deviant baron to seven years abroad, as a special session lists Central Criminal Court dates and diverse transportations and punishments for many defendants.
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Rosnery
Henry Cox
George Clark
Clarkson
Ballantine
Adolphus and
Doane
Brentford
Board of Guardians
Adolphus
Justice Erskine
James Dignam
Hwieaway
Henry Passenger
Alfred Lewis
Wiliam Bugden
Queen's Highway
Hyde Park
Serpentine
James Jarvis
Bugden
Robert Shore
Elizabeth Robinson
Horry
Harry
Samuel Wild
Brunswick-street
Tuk
Justice Maule
Edward Banister
John Campbell
John Heskett
Thomas Walding
Camberwell
Sor Pisant
Baron Kaim
Bonnier Kaim
Matilda Johnson
Lord Forester
Baron Raims
Mr. Doane
Ryde Park
Ny Vy
Covent-garden Theatre
St. James’s Park
Attenborough
Bullock
Cr-Devant Baron
Clark
Baron Parke
Robert Spring Snell
George Hawkins
W. Elston
H. Cox
H. Messenger
Robert Fletcher
James Andrews
John Carter Bell
W. Line
George Smith
Edward Grover
Benjamin Smith
Mary Ann Gertley
I. Smith
J. B. Carter
Thomas Welch
W. Curley
Louisa Grange
Wim Edwards
Edward Murray
T. Muswell
J. Matthews
M. A
Police Reports From Wisbeach Farm Deserter and Other Offences
A crowded London court heard a Wisbeach farmer Thomas Chapman claim seventy pounds seized by police after drunkenness and a dubious marriage plan to Australia. Other items include a clash with marrow bones and cleavers at the White Horse, a deserter case identified as Captain Archibald Douglas, a petty assault case at Clerkenwell, a shoplifting incident at Old Street, destitution cases, and a lengthy Crawford case alleging persecution and transportation-related charges.
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Thomas Chapman
Wisbeach
Peter Laurie
Thames Street
Chapman
Australia
Sir Peter Laurie
Sir Peter
London
P. Laurie
Alderman Farebrother
Wisheach
Robert Cowell
White Horse
Little Britain
Hayes
Gurney
Frederick Sylvester
Archibald Douglas
Hughes
Piccadilly
Douglas
East India Company
Chambers
Clarkson
Hardwick
Reliance
Fitzpatrick
East India House
Tanjore
Pearces Casr
Eliza Shatleworth
Eliza Hutchinson
A Queer Incident At No 2 Francis Street Kentish Town
Francis Haywood of the customs bar bets in court over a case at No 2 Francis street Kentish town. The prisoner admits visiting the housemaid and cook and sleeping in the master bedroom after the master and mistress were away. He is discharged as the constable reports the housemaid and Mrs Fenning support no improper intent.
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Binns
Albany
Wivell Hoggins
Greenwood
Maule
Gower
Bedford-square
Gower-street
Maria Wakefield
Prendergast
London University
Greenwood: A Medical Student? No.—Mr. Greenwood
Hoggins
Mr. Greenwood
Thomas Harwood
Camberwell
Alfield Patterson
Hattongarden
Francis Haywood
Her Majesty's Customs
Rawlinson
Mr. Rawlinson
Mr. Vawlinson
Hero
Lady Mine and Chronology for the Year 18
A fragmentary poem invokes Lady Mine with floral imagery, while a chaotic chronology for the year 18 lists monthly notes on royal events, political debates, parliamentary actions, and royal duties. The text mentions Prince Albert, Queen Victoria, Peel, railway travel, sugar duties, and various court and public actions with a mix of dates and humorous asides.
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Prince Albert
Marcu
R. Peel
London
Bret
Amit
House of
Simons
House of Lords
Duke of Buckingham
Stannara
India
Sir R. Peel
Nelson
Hume
British Museum
Acutst
A. Kemble
Edinburgh
Greenwich Hospital
Carter
Dover
Paris
Akhbar Khan
Mist Briers
Mary Ann Morgan
Union Hall
Mr. Woolley
Withered Leaves Elegy in Winter's Cold Mist
A melancholic poem voice laments the passing of seasons and lives, invoking withered leaves as symbols of decay. The speaker recalls youth, aging, and death, noting how spring’s vigor has faded to winter’s gloom, while nature’s motifs echo sorrow. Edinburgh magazines record this somber verse by a nameless author.
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Edinburgh
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