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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 05, 1843
Page
6
In Dublin the court ordered affidavits to be sworn with parties risking their own peril. Cantwell asserted his duty without external dictates. Bills of indictment against O Connell and allies were sent to the grand jury, likely true bills, with trials expected between the 22nd and 27th.
The silk warehouseman of Wood Street Cheapside faced nearly £15,000 in debts with £2,500 expected assets. He admitted inaccuracies in his balance sheet and unexplained cheques of about £3,000. After his curt exchange with the commissioner, he fled the court as the examination was adjourned sine die.
An Irish stage farce shows three arbiters presiding in a green cloth court with a hostile crowd. The spectators mock the process as quarrels over marriage and defamation unfold, including insults to Irish figures and a featured battery case.
Dublin Monitor reports a five member commission led by Lord Devon to investigate land tenure in Ireland. Members include George Alexander Hamilton M.P., Wynne of Harewood, and William Tighe of Woodstock with More O Ferrall M.P. resigning due to health. A liberal replacement for O Ferrall is expected. The piece praises the commission’s public-spirited aims and impartial duties.
On the first day of Michaelmas term judges met after a dejeuner with the lord chancellor and proceeded to Westminster Hall to open the courts. The lord chancellor announced Alderman Magnay as mayor for the year and hosted judges at breakfast. Judgment was given in two chancery cases. Towrie charity trustees and Marlborough grammar school finances, supporting the parishwide charity and upholding the existing educational plan with costs paid by the petitioners.
In the adjourned slave trading trial, M. Zulueta was found not guilty after prosecution questioned whether the vessel’s voyage was a slave venture and whether he knew its purpose. The jury acquitted on the main charge and later found him not guilty of a misdemeanor. supporters cheered outside and inside the court.
The trial heard details of a husband who allegedly gave a drug to induce miscarriage, the wife falling seriously ill and retching. The jury found him not guilty, citing insufficient proof that the cause of death was apoplexy or that intent existed.
William Stolzer, a 28 year old shoemaker, is indicted for wilful murder of Peter Keim. Evidence shows Stolzer pursued Keim with a knife in Soho after Keim was stabbed, with witnesses detailing the pursuit and a knife recovered. The jury found Stolzer guilty, and Justice Maule sentenced him to death by hanging. Additional proceedings include a related case and an attempted murder at Cross Lane involving Thomas Rowe who fired a pistol at Thomas Waller.
Waller examined the defendant reporting a superficial wound and a left side contusion. Doane argued mental incapacity due to age, with witnesses describing eccentric behavior and nighttime wanderings. The jury found not guilty by reason of insanity and the prisoner detained. A long list of sentences followed for numerous defendants.
Court heard Thomas Jonovahn deny striking Harwood amid a riot in St Giles’s on October 6. Earlier, Harwood testified three of five attackers were captured and punished. the prisoner escaped but was recaptured recently. Magistrate Jardine ordered one month in the house of correction. In a separate matter, Charles Humphries faced murder charges after his wife was found with fatal head wounds. testimony described his bloodied hands and a distressed household as the case unfolded.
Richard Garrat a marine-store shopkeeper faced the bar with a claim of owning stolen leather found in his possession. He was committed as a receiver of stolen goods after earlier arrest and a recent Central Criminal Court trial where the judge urged acquittal, stating he should have been indicted for a different charge.
The court and police clashed as Sergeant Mirehouse and Constable Gray debated whether a marine store dealer should be charged as a principal or receiver. The judge left discretion to the constable, prompting criticism from Mr Hardwick who then ordered the prisoner released.
In Shoreditch a mob of thieves attacked police during an after hours assault at a public house. John Geeres and others faced charging magistrate with leading the fracas as officers detained suspects and the crowd dispersed amid chaotic protests.
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