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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Nov 08, 1845

Page

6

Notorious Scotish impostor fantasy exposed in trials

Long excerpt describes a defendant posing as Captain Arthur Rowan Hamilton of the 5th Dragoon Guards to seduce a wealthy Scottish heiress, forge alliances, and gain control of property and money. Investigations reveal no such captaincy, with real Hamilton brothers confirming the impostor’s deceit. He and accomplices face transport sentences after a string of related indictments and confessions.

Arthur Rowan Hamilton 5Th Dragoon Guards Reigate Clarkson Capt. Wood Miss Douglas Scotland Sho Waterloo Douglas Duchess Street Portland-piece Ayton Mospar Alderman Copeland M.P Charles George Maynard Davie Garratt John Garratt Vaughan Prance Daniel Garratt Paddington Prance Morley’s Garratt Maynard Morning Post Alpha Morley Snother Sandburet Kent Great Western Railway Company Sandhurst Howland Street Fitzroy-square London CassrEs V. Prance Guildhell Coffee-dollor Bodkin Straight Newgate Dr. Daniels Bfr Nash Eghould Mr. Nash Stoke Newington Mra Bretei Calla Destor Wandsworth

Trials and Sentences From Late Sessions

A court summary reports acquittals and convictions across cases including a rape inquiry involving a boy of weak intellect, a burglary by a cabman in Brompton, and thefts from Lady Williams and a London dwelling. The record lists transportation terms from seven to twenty years, hard labour sentences, and miscellaneous adjudications, with the court adjourning to the next Monday.

Wirl Baron Aldernon Patteson Coleridge Coltman Barn Rolle Cresswell Ene Baron Platt New Couat Stearixe Wirs Bullock Johno Hopkins James Freeman Mr. Freeman Turspas George Babswell Brompton Maouner Richmond Church of the Prosecutrix Lady Williams Norwood Robinson Snower Maristrate Greenwich Bai Gaal C. Marshall, Copeland J. Wilkinson R. Fitzpatrick Mary Nokes W. Thompson R. Johnson G. Caster T. Miller S. Stevens J. Sawyer G. Hughes T. Terry R. Newman J. White B. H. Holyosk S. Asford W. Wightman A. Dockett C. Britten J. Beale G. Maskell J. Mills C. Strong H. Clark Catherine Allen J. Williams Ann Davis Elizabeth Richer J. Bryao O. Keefe J. Davis J. Ward J. Smith J. Fountain M. Isaacs W. Minchen J. T. Beale W. Ridge R. Coltins J. Jones W. Jones W. King D. Garratt C. Maynard S. Lyons R. Hodnot R. Collins J. Johnson J. Lancaster J. Brown J. Ester J. Yelder G. Carter Ann Chase Mary Barrow J. Coster J. Seldon G. E. Carter J. Phillips J. Field J. Bowes J. Waite J. Bowers R. Bury W. Barnes G. Smith C. Jones J. Gadby G. Sydney G. Murton W. Lucsey E. Samson G. A. Gill Wa. West R. Wettenhall

Desperate Bigamy Scene At Holborn Guildhall

In a Holborn police re examination at Guildhall Thos Kibble a shoemaker of 5 Elycourt faced charges for marrying again while his first wife Hannah Kibble still lived. The second wife Caroline Thom refused to answer aged confrontation as Alderman Wilson pressed for details, triggering a dramatic scene.

Woxan Thos. Kibble Elycourt Holboro Alderman Wilson Caroline Jones Hannah Kibble North Marston Buckinghamshire Thomne Smith Caroline Thom Holborn Worshif Street Stoex Doo Parton Broughton Edward Duck Tenterden Kent London Payne N Division Austin Shepperdess Walk Horton Payur Bermondsey Aome Tonavere Broonson Woolwich Cuanox Murpen Jobo Bosd Royal Artillery Jeremy Elizabeth Horrell W. Swinton William Swain Burnett Penny Abe Cme

Sentence from Old Bailey Sessions on Bigamy and Railway Frauds

A long court record describes Alderman Wilson questioning a witness about a bigamous marriage, a second wife’s fainting, and the prodigious search for certificates. It also covers railway promoters denying fraud accusations, witnessed by Baldwin and Clarkson, plus a courtroom path from Extascnpinary Circumstance to other petty crimes and public notices.

Sterdet Simon Rendall Clement's Inn Lenox Horne Wimpole Street Cavendish Square Leviathan Shrewsbury, Chester Crewe Bristol Liverpool Hall Chas Barry Baldwin Barry Baldwin, Esq M.P C. B. Baldwin Parliament Street Bavin Clarkson Baldwin Pos Bovin Ireland France England Otncer M‘kenzie Mortimer Street Provisional Committee Sociey McKenzie Rendall Bevin Shrewsbury Chester M'Kenzie Hull Wm. Rowe Ford George Webb Great Russell Street Bloomabory Wes Twrford Webb Twyford Blackfriars Road Daniel Curren Brunswick-street Blackfirsté-road Dempster Greenwich Demputer George Mould Christ Church Parish Curran Harris India Maner Master Nea Trempio Jour Risouner Caanex Furozey SwixpLiNa Richard Martin James Taylor Cornhill

The Anniversary of Love in a Book of Beauty

A poetic segment recalls twenty years of marriage with shared hills, sun and weather, and a steadfast household idol. Also notes Greek curses and quirky anecdotes of philanthropy and a railway era antiquarian discovery at Lewes about Gundreda and William de Warren, with bones preserved for public inspection and research.

Fane Auagie A. Watts Lewes Brighton Southater St. Pancras Gurdreda Wilhelm Wiater-House Gundreda William the Conqueror William de Warren Nomandy Gundred Conqueror England le re-Luttard Lis Rome Founda Castle Acre Norfolk Horsfield Clarke Busted Shirley Istieht Edward Shirley Stield Giodred Southover Lewes Priory Henry VII Seuthoser Deposi Pickford Bright Murrell Gandreda Earl de Warren Genitus

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