Insolvent case delays judgment over statute limits
Insolvent appeals to court claiming imprisonment over a year, seeking delay as warden’s mercy factors in. Commissioner Law urges further time and adjourns the case to the 20th instant, while noting misuses in funding schemes and potential public plunder. Separate matters include Rangeley’s discharge on sureties and Bankrupt Court actions over transfers and legacies with complex codicil rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law
Hall
Wepngspay
Tue Saret
John Rangeley
Commissioner Law
Safety Rotation Company
Alderman Kelly
Court actions in London theft and pawnbroker case
The report details multiple London criminal proceedings. Sarah Checketts and Mary Cooper face pawnbroker charges over gloves. Read is linked to the pawning. Lydia Cooper is discharged. a Lambeth Street case covers gloves and base coin offenders Mortimer, Jones, Evans. Thames office notes a watch theft from a sailor boy, and a Tower fire theft. Brailey Brown and Adam White linked to stout brewery theft. some defendants discharged or committed for trial.
Middlesex Adjourned Sessions Navigation of the River Thanes
A former nuisance case against Joseph West ends with a two month prison sentence for throwing soil into the Thames. The court notes West’s contrition but condemns repeated acts endangering navigation and railway improvements. Insolvent debtor Sir William Boyd faces further scrutiny as creditors press claims tied to forged identities, cabriolet purchases, and misrepresented schedules. Police reports detail piracy by seamen Levi Thomas and William Maclive, a suicide attempt under intoxication, theft of corn, and a domestic quarrel gagged as a public nuisance. A final note covers nuisance complaints in Clipstone Street with no magistrate relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Thanes
Joseph West
Corporation of London
Bodkin
Ballantine
Corporation
Thames
House of Correction
Bedkin
William Cathcart Boyd
James Hall
High-street
Marylebone
Commissioner Law
Thomas
Robson
Reynolds
Fleet Prison
Parker
Thornton
Law
John Robson
South Street
Grosvenor Square
Hereford-street
Offley
William Boyd
Doctor Boyd
Hereford Street
James Sharp Thornton
Curzon-street
Mayfair
Oxenham
Hall
England
New York
Tomas
Clipstone-street
Fitzroy-square
Rawlinson
Matton
Mr. Rawlinson
Pickpocketing Suspect Taken After Regent Street Theft
A well dressed youth calling himself John Smith was charged before Mr Maltby with stealing a purse. Witness Mr Winter said he was walking on Regent Street when his brother grabbed the prisoner and directed him to recover a purse the man had dropped. The purse, subsequently found, contained three sovereigns and a half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough Street
London
John Smith
Maltby
Winter
John Winter
Regent Street
Assault on a Police Sergeant Leads to Court Action
In Queen Square Patrick Dogherty and Margaret Burns faced charges for a violent assault on constable Johnson in Lower Sloane Street. Quin also stood accused after being identified by officers. All were committed to prison after fines and two months hard labour were imposed. Distress calls followed as Mrs Burrell ordered aid for a widow and her daughter in dire need at No 5 Dacklane Westminster, with further relief arranged and ongoing inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Square
Patrick Dogherty
Margaret Burns
Aoliceman
Joseph Johnson
Lower Sloane Street
Dogherty
Patrick Quin
Quin
Johnson
Taylor
Burrell
Turk’s Row
Chelsea
Mary Jennings
Dacklane
Westminster
Algernon Smith
London
Smith
Hatton Garden Fraud and Public Assault Cases
In Hatton Garden a middle aged woman faced charges for obtaining money under false pretences after presenting two roasting jacks and claiming delivery for payment. A second charge involved receiving 10s by similar deceit. She was committed for trial, then bailed with two housekeepers as surety. Also at Worship Street a man was fined 40s for drunken indecency after allegedly assaulting several women in Torrington Square, with witnesses unable to identify him. The magistrate warned that further charges could follow if victims or new cases emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Weekly Chronicle
Junegally Pawnina
Sarah Checketts
Mary Cooper Fore
Messra
Nalder
Checketts
Cooper
Aldom
Berwick-street
Maltby
Matilda Satchel
Chas. Knight
James Orr, Esq
Russell-place
Russell-Squate
Islington
Greenwood
Wm. Burnell
Woburn-mews
St. Pancras
Torrington Square
Intreatment of a child at Kennington case heard
Elizabeth Jones of Kennington and her servant Eliza Smith faced charges of cruelly ill treating Charles Jones a five year old boy. Dr Bushell reported extensive bruising and neglect, while the court noted the child’s emaciation and possible mesenteric disease. The magistrate ordered evidence from neighbors and secured future attendance of the accused with sureties.
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Union Hall
Elizabeth Jones
Kennington
Eliza Smith
Traill
Charles Jones
John Bushell
Hallplace
Jones
Smith
Pleasant-row
Pearance
Bushell
Beth
Dunn
Sam
Itmes
William Davis
Edward Thomas
Guildhall
King Street
Cheapside
Poynen
Guildhail
High Life Below Stairs Ends In Discharge In Greenwich
Police report on a drunken episode shows defendants in Greenwich discharged after paying fare and fines. In another assault case, John Jones faced charges for indecent assault on Eliz Bussey in October. witnesses described the defendant’s lewd acts, while he claimed provocation. He was committed to the House of Correction for two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich
John Jones
Eliz. Bussey
Sarah Scholey
Jeremy
House of Correction
Kilrush Petty Sessions Dog Case Delights Court
A humorous Kilrush Petty Sessions hearing features Mrs. Cooney and her water spaniel Pop as magistrates hear a tale of the dog snatching herrings and fruit from markets. Larry Haugh defends his dog’s mischief as the court weighs the rogue dog’s harmless mischief against residents’ laughter.
Dreadful accidents in Regent's Park and city roads
Sunday afternoon in Regent's Park Miss Ellen Rodway daughter of Col Rodway was thrown from a restless horse during an airing with her father and brother. She suffered serious injuries but was moved to recovery. A separate accident on the South Eastern railway at Bretchin Leigh left Samuel Johnson severely hurt with multiple injuries and a dangerous state. An inquest at White Hart inn Hammersmith into George Saunders death due to a gaslight blackened night led to an accidental death verdict. A seven year old Jewish child Jacob Hyams died from burns at Middlesex Street. Pickpockets were active in the City. Mrs Elizabeth Howell a widow of independent means hanged herself in Penitonville. Mrs Hood was run over near Tottenham by a rider, life despaired.
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Regent’s Park
Ellen Rodway
Col. Rodway
Harley-street
Cavendish,square
RatLnoan
Samuel Johnson
St. Thomas's Hospital
South Eastern Railroad
Bretchin Leigh
Kent
Wakley
White Hart Inn
Hammersmith
George Saunders
Black Lion Lane
Prince of Wales Public-House
Turnham-green
Gunnersbury-lane
Adams
William Terrace
Cumrp Burr
Jacob Hyams
Fisher’s-alley
Middlesex-street
Whitechapel
London
Lorp
Spow
Ablet
Trinity-square
Tower-hill
Friday-street
Cheapside
Thurston
King-street
E. Ponser
Norfoalk-street
Strand
Iguard
MeEtanchoty Suicipe
Marquis Cornwallis
Southampton-street
Pentonville
Elizabeth Howell
Cumming-street
Metropolis
Forlorn Hope Details in Soldier Admonition Tale
On the eve of storming a fortress officers call for volunteers to lead the assault in a forlorn hope known as Les enfans perdus. Names are taken at the front and duty is offered to those ready to risk the first attack, a doomed but historic military practice described in Adventures of a Soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sig
England
Aga
James Clark Ross
R.N
Commard Crozier
Madeira
Cape of Good Hope
Kergusen
Sabrina Land
Hobart Town
van Disman
Ross
John Franklin
Scole
Kengland
Times
Parerle
Wuienitte
Immense Artesian Well Report At Paris Academy
At the Paris Académie des Sciences M Arago described the great artesian well at Grete detailing the many accidents and depths reached from 115 metres in 1834 to over 460 metres by 1840. The operation faced spoons and gear falling to the bottom and required windlass feats to recover portions, with repeated interruptions and delays before successful termination. English and French Women discussion and verse follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Académie Des Sciences
Paris
M. Arago
Greet
Masa
Gevrapier
M. Maulot
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Monpar
Ranelagh
Ann Moreton
Sarah Antonie
Janes
S. A
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Sarah
Antonia Jones
Louisa Jones
Thomas Cowley Jones
Thomas Edward Jones
Sarah Antonia Jones
John Leach
Ann Marston
Lord Langdale
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Cornwall
Sir C. Williams
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Charles
C. F. Williams
Lambeth Street
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Wilett
William Jones
John Evans
Powell
William Virtue
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Blackman
Thames Office
Rosbery
William James Chandler
Metropolitan Police
Broderip
John Lingworthy
Pelham
St. Katharine Dock
Wapping
James Evans
Thames Police
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Roogery
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Joseph Brown
Adam White
Peter White
John Burn
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Ratcliff
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Henry Marriot
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William Haynes
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Payne
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Thorne
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Rosanne
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Messrs. Deacon
Cripplegate
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Somers
Stirling
Alderman Wood
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Mrs. Fyler
Mrs. Anderson
Germany
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Worship Street
Bingham
Kilrush
Withal
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Isle of Dogs
Larry Haugh
Larry
Mrs. C
Nate
Pop
Cooney
the Curioy
Peel and Co
Robert Pee
Wellington
Fred
Otic
Charles V
Lady Chatterton
Galileo
Hay
John ‘Ippershey
Middleburg
Venice
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Foster St. Mark
Victor Hud
Bechamel
Cuvk
Sol
Vatel
Vans
M.careme
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Careme
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