Bail Court Sides With Tobacconist In Havannah Cigar Dispute
In a bail court case Braxton v Newington the jury found for the plaintiff tobacconist over a £2 7s claim for British Havannah cigars amid disputes about quality pricing and a mistaken foreign shipment. The judge commented on costs and related Irish estate issues, adjourning for an account from Mr Little.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonespar
Braxton
Newington
Nisi ‘Prius
Justice Patteson
Strand
Newcourt
Temple
Petersdorff
Boville
Sheriffs’ Court
Ward
Havannah
Petersdor
Mr. Petersdorff
Mr. Petersdorf
Bovill
Court hearing appeals on revising barristers decisions in 1843
Notice posts hearings for appeals from revising barristers under the act. Schedule lists hearing days Monday Nov 13, Thursday Nov 16, Monday Nov 20, Thursday Nov 23 in the court’s order. Includes details of Sheriffs’ Court cases in Templeton v Chadwicke replevin and Green v Lennox defamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Distress over an elderly Boulogne ward and press remedy
Boulogne editor Mr. Franklin Kerr seeks lord mayor help to compel English relatives to support an elderly Boulogne resident, Wilkinson Milksom, living at No 14 Rue du Mont in Boulogne. The case highlights cross channel family duty and press influence as Kerr contemplates legal avenues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Kerr
Boulogne
Signet
Mr. Kerr
Warrington
England
Kerr
John Wilkinson
Castlebread
Bromboo Hall
Bradley Iron Works
Rue du Mont
Cordon
Boulogne-surer
Desperate Assault on Fireman at White Cross Station
In Guildhall a labourer Barney Thornton faced charges for a violent assault on T Cooper of the White Cross fire brigade after a fire alarm at Britannia court Golden Lane. Cooper testified he was nearly suffocated and knocked down two stairs during the melee. Alderman ordered Thornton bound in his own recognizance for £40 with £20 bail to answer at session, amid threats of city prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Thornton
T. Cooper
White Crossy Street
Cooper
Britannia Court
Golden Jane
Greman
Andrew Mallet
Rosie Pak
Upan
C& Land
Fire Brigade
Mr. Gatehouse
Youth James Walker Stevenson Faces Theft Charge
A respectable-looking youth named James Walker Stevenson appeared before Mr Hall for final examination on charges of stealing several law books. The property belonged to Mr Kemp a barrister who occupies chambers at No 28 Southampton Buildings. The prisoner was brought to the hearing in connection with the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell
Stevenson
Witness
Henry Sweet
Chancerylane
Hill
Goswell Road
Gentleman’s Law Library
John Kelly
Hall
Messrs. Kemp
Kemp
Chancery Lane
Sweet
Butterworth
Lumley
Pocock
New Cross
Kemp and
Law
Caroline Leeson
Twyford
Thames
John Saunders
Hungerford Market
James Walker Stevenson
Joan Young Kemp
Southampton
Woman charged with stabbing at Paddington bar
Margaret Eliza Collacott, 32, stood at the bar before Mr Rawlinson charged with stabbing Henry Pearson with intent to murder. Witnesses testified to the barroom confrontation, the weapon, and her later statements seeking harm, with the prisoner committed for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Rawlinson
Samuel Powell
Hallplace
Pearson
Cowan
Old Sambo at the Oxford Street Bar Riot
A battered scene in Oxford Street features a man known as Old Sambo, Joe Howard, described as a violent nuisance to crossing sweepers. He fought, kicked windows, and clashed with a constable before being committed for a month on the treadmill after police evidence of disorderly conduct and assaults.
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Oxford Street
Joe Howard
Lon
Sambo
Whitechapel
Mr. Husking
Stockine
Alma
Castle-street
Leicester-square
Rainey
Man Taken for Rolls Court Disruption Case
George Poole a cooper about thirty was brought before a magistrate for attempting to interrupt the Rolls court in a committee room of the House of Commons. A constable stated Poole appeared insane, rambling about Exchequer bills fraud and kingship, while Poole denied madness and argued he was lucid. He was taken to St. Margaret's workhouse but escaped en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Poole
Rolls’ Court
House of Commons
Bow-street
Queen Square
West India Docks
Bond
Mr. Bond
Lord Langdale
Buckingham Palace
Clerkenwell Assault Case Ends In Court Hearing
James Thompson an attorney's clerk of 6 Hallett's Place Clerkenwell stood trial after a brutal assault on his wife Margaret at home. She described being dragged from bed beaten on the head kicked in the abdomen and struck with a stick. She showed severe arm lacerations and other injuries as witnesses noted. The patient had prior hospital injuries from a similar beating six months earlier. The husband had threatened murder and allegedly beat the child as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antes Rey
SmauLar
Maltby
Croydon
Barnet
Oxford Street
Wardour-street
Lester
Balton
Worship Street
Robert Price
Norah Kelly
London
Combe
King-street
Brick Lane
Bethnal-green Road
Mary Wormleighton
Blackman
London Hospital
Kersey
Hood
Prince Albert
Newgate
James Thompson
Hallett
Brutal beating case and threats to murder in London
A brutal assault case ends with a £5 fine or two months' imprisonment as a husband denies memory of wounds on his wife while a daughter suffers injuries. Separately, Italian migrant David Gellico faces murder threats to a Hatton Garden institution secretary after demanding cash. bail is set after magistrate警 reprimand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwood
David Gellico
Jeronimo Calderara
Greville-street
Hatton Garden
Chevaliers D'Industrie
M. Pistruci
Calderara
M. Calderara
Rather Suspicious Case Of Maltese Passage And Desertion
A well dressed woman asked Mr Norton for advice after a troubled past with her husband, a non commissioned officer. They lived in Corfu then Malta where he promised money, she later boarded the Despatch brig to England. In London she was given 15s by the captain, now destitute, and unable to locate relatives. Norton pressed to hear the captain’s side and investigate further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
Corfu
Malta
England
London
St. Katharine’s Dock
Somerstown
Drunken taxi cab case and a blind ex-attorney’s plea
Lemuel Bromley, well dressed but drinking, quarrels with a cabman over fare as he searches for a Mr. Smith. He pays seventeen shillings and is released. A later scene finds Robert Annesley, a once-prominent attorney now blind, begging magistrates for help while recounting a long legal career and inner temple ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suira
Lemuel Bromley
Bacchus
Broderip
William Sibley
Mr. Smith
Jurvey
Sam Weller
Boz
George Preedy
Cheapside
Tottenham,court-road
Stretton-ground
Westminster
Doverroad
Dover-road
Clare-market
Claremarket
Gray’s Inn-lane
King David’s Lane
Shadwell
Robert Matthew Annesley
Ballantine
Annestey
Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
Randall Norris
Ed. H. Martin
Annesley
Death of a child from drinking scalding water
An inquest at Champion public house Newington found three year old William Abraham Brown died after his mother’s tea kettle was spilled as he drank from the spout. Verdict Accidental death. Also notes adulterated wine spill in Paris sewer and prize money for the Acorn’s Gabriel capture. A Guildhall waiter died after his jaw dropped while serving drinks. coroner to hold inquest.
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Carter
William Abraham Brown
Champion
Portland Street
Newington
Paris
Seine
Suppen Dgate
Guildhall
Goodchild
Wadd
Basinghall-street
The Revolution of 1688 According to Young England and Jenkins
A columnist cites Young England and Jenkins arguing the 1688 Revolution was usurpation upsetting the English constitution. It critiques Whig schemers and Parliament’s power, then quotes prayers from the Book of Common Prayer praising King William and providence. A closing question asks if Young England or Jenkins were at church when the first column appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jenkins
House of Commons
England
Locke
Somers
Cobden
Lord Fitzwilliam
Morning Post
Book of Common Prayer
William
God
Young England
Statistics of Savings Banks Abstract to House of Commons
Abstracted return to the House of Commons on savings banks for the first time, noting no prior charitable institution statements. References dated August 16, 1843, and listed under the 5th, 6th, and 7th resolutions.
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House of Commons
London Savings Banks Salaries Questioned for 1842
The report notes that management expenses for the Savings Bank of Burton upon Trent were paid by subscription and cites a 616 pound 11 shillings 1 pence year profit difference for 1842 with 761 deposits. It lists 82,481 pounds 12 shillings 1 pence spent in Great Britain savings banks in 1842 and asks for a supplementary abstract detailing salaries for each officer across London establishments within the 9,639 pounds charged, to improve completeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savings Bank of
Burton Upon Trent
Great Britain
London
Ireland
Jers
Ares
Bloomsbury
Moorfields
St. Marylebone
St. Martin's
Southwark
Hee
Peewee Annes
St. Martin’s
Bmwe Mere
Sae Ee
When Will They Return Our Flowers From Winter Sleep
A lyrical meditation on returning spring and fading memories of lost loves. The speaker recalls flowers awakening, then questions when those who once bloomed in life can return from graves. The poem contrasts spring’s promise with the permanence of sorrow on a shore where flowers fade no more.
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Little
Wexford
Deighton
Cooke
John Ross
Elford
Blake
Woodroffe
Court OF Common Pleas
Templeton
Chardwicke
T. Kennedy
Poland-street
Oxford-street
Andrew Chadwicke
Golden-square
Smith
C. Jones
Mary Maccormick
the Plain
Sir Andrew Chadwicks
Portland-street
Cockburn
Peacock
Shee
Hannah Green
J. Lennox
Billiter Square
Snaresbrook
Defendant
Guernsey
Plaintiff
Essex
Innes
Sergeant Shee
Epentzen Jacops
Paliament
Dungarvan
G. Price
Mansion House
Bow Street
Marylebone
Marlborough &Hreet
Clerkenwell
Lambeth Street
Thames Office
Duke DE Bordeaux
Liverpool
Alton Towers
Beranger
Charlemagne
St. Louis
Louis Philippe
M. Berryer
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