Drury Lane Death Involving Drunken Excess and Inquest
An inquest at Bow Street reports that Michael Aurigier died after prolonged intoxication and being kept in a cab by John Richard Packard Joseph Packard and Thomas Kennett. Post mortem showed brain and organ congestion. coroner and jurors conclude death resulted from excessive drinking and harmful handling. The case proceeds to Bow Street for final examination with manslaughter cited.
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Grapes
Mondeye Street
J. Higgs
Michael Aurigier
Jake Hambly
Theobalds Rood
John Richard Packard
Drury Lane
Packard
Bow-street
John Kemp
Wilmington Place
Wilmington Square
Weekly Chronicle
Fox
Moseley
Bow-street Police Court
Joseph Packard
J. R. Packard
Thomas Kennett
Hall
Twyford
Charles Pearson
Mr. Packard
Mr. J. Packard
Mr. Kennett
Garrick
Charles
Strand
J.R. Packard
Kennett
Jemima Cato
Drury-lane
Bowstreet
Richard Latter
Snitch
Black
Brooks
Wanfor
Tomas Kennett
Scard
Central Criminal Court
Mheebsrae Senet
Law. Petition for transfer of stock and will codicil dispute
The court heard Ann Marston as personal representative of Sarah Antonia Jones seek transfer of £4149 17s 2d in Three per Cent Reduced Bank Annuities from S A Jones. The case centers on a 1814 codicil to Lord Ranelagh’s will and whether the bequest to the survivors passes an absolute interest. Lord Langdale ruled the petitioner may only obtain an order to place the bequest to her account with liberty to apply. survivors’ interest is considered absolute, and costs fall to the fund. In a separate Bankruptcy Court matter, Thomas Saugpens Cave faced account review amid Cornwall mining crash concerns, with private examination scheduled.
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Ranelagh
Ann Marston
Sarah Antonia Jones
S.A. Jones
Lord Ranelagh
Mary Ann Jones
Louisa Jones
Thomas Cowley Jones
Thomas Edward Jones
Thomas Jones
John Leach
Lord Langdale
Court OF Bankruptcy
Thomas Saugpens Cave
Bankrourtcy
Cornwall
C. Williams
Sir C. Wiliams
Sir Charles
C. F. Williams
Middlesex Adjourned Sessions on River Thames Nuisance
Joseph West admitted guilt on a river nuisance indictment by London Corporation. The court, noting contrition but ongoing dumping of dirt into the Thames by barges, sentenced him to two months in the House of Correction. Insolvent Debtors Court case against Sir William Cathcart Boyd involved fraud claims, misdescriptions, and various creditors seeking schedule inclusion. Proceedings extended for further time to resolve creditor list and judgment.
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Middlesex
Thames
Joseph West
Corporation of London
Bodkin
Ballantine
Corporation
House of Correction
William Cathcart Boyd
James Hall
High-street
Marylebone
Commissioner Law
Thomas
Hall
Robson
Reynolds
Fleet
Parker
Thornton
Hereford-street
Law
John Robson
South Street
Grosvenor Square
Offley
William Boyd
Doctor Boyd
Herefordstreet
James Sharp Thornton
Curzon-street
Mayfair
Oxenham
England
New York
Low
Court debates debt case and safety rotation inquiry
The court adjourned the case to the 20th instant as the indicted man could not be released due to Hall's debt. In the Safety Rotation Company matter, John Rangeley sought discharge on sureties after selling a patent to a venture aimed at railroad rotatory processes. Commissioner Law denounced the fund-raising method, labeling it plundering, while bail was accepted and discharge ordered pending the hearing.
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Ingolgent
Law
Hall
Sufety Rotarion Company
John Rangeley
Lew
Safety Rotation Company
Commissioner Law
Alderman Kelly
Committal For Death by Own Action At Blackfriars Bridge
A man named Henry Marriot was charged with attempting to throw himself from Blackfriars bridge. A bystander restrained him as he spoke of “in five minutes, I shall be no more.” The magistrate warned of repressive measures after similar acts.
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Henry Marriot
Chapman Marshall
Blackfriars Bridge
William Haynes
Sir Chapman Marshall
Payne
Peter Laurie
Newgate
Thorne
Leatherlane
Roszine
John Holmes
Messrs. Deacon
Cripplegate
Stirling
Alderman Wood
London
Mrs. Fyler
Mrs. Anderson
Mr. Schomburghk
Guiana
Mr. A
Germany
Ruutlis
Lady C
Srton
Marylebone Court Deals With Nuisance And Street Crime
In Fitzroy Square a resident sought legal guidance on disturbing upstairs tenants blamed for constant noise and water spills. A pickpocket named John Smith was committed for trial after alleged purse theft on Regent Street.
In Distress at Ducklane Westminster Attic Scene
A middle-aged woman sought magistrate aid after learning a widow Mary Jennings and her thirteen year old daughter lay dying in an attic at No. 5 Ducklane Westminster. The mother was on the floor barely clothed and the daughter near nude, suffering extreme cold and hunger as the roof leaked.
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Squaerh
Burrell
Mary Jennings
Ducklane
Westminster
Money Obtained by False Pretences At Islington Bar
Ann Parsons faced a magistrate for alleged theft by deception after claiming payment for two roasting jacks as Mrs Satchel’s orders. Key witnesses testified she was not authorized, and she was remanded to trial on two similar charges, then bailed with two substantial housekeepers.
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Ann Parsons
Combe
Flower
Sarah Kelly
Satchel
Duncanterrace
Islington
Chas. Knight
James Orr, Esq
Russell-place
Russell-square
No. 7
Woburn-mews
St. Pancras
Torrington Square
Greenwood
Mr. Greenwood
Very Suspicious Child Restorations At Worship Street
A policeman's wife sought help from magistrate Mr. Bingham to recover her child taken by her husband. He claimed another man stayed in the room while on duty, but the wife said the man was her cousin visiting and merely slept on the sofa. The magistrate refused to intervene, noting public belief in indiscretion.
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Worship Street
Bingham
Mr. Bingham
Assault with Intent Charged Against John Jones
John Jones aged man was charged on a warrant with assaulting Eliz Bussey on October 30. The complainant, a modest girl, said he offered wood then indecently assaulted her while in a field. He denied intent but admitted crude conduct. Witnesses described distress and fear. Jones was committed to the House of Correction for two months.
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John Jones
Eliz. Bussey
Sarah Scholey
Jeremy
House of Correction
Watchmen and pickpockets plague city amid major Oxford fire
Rumors blame high insurance rates on private watchmen after a Tower fire. In London several thefts occurred as officers nabbed many pickpockets. Near Oxford a large farm yard fire destroyed wheat, hay, and sacks of potatoes, threatening the bishop's palace. About £3000 loss, partly insured, suspected incendiary act.
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Ablet
Trinity-square
Tower-hill
Friday-street
Cheapside
Thurston
King-street
E. Ponser
Norfolk-street
Strand
Oxford
Gale
Duddesdon
Urgent plea to Peel on food tax reform in verse
A powerful verse denounces Sir Robert Peel and the Wellington government for lingering hunger and an unjust tax on food. It urges immediate patriotic action to abolish the tax, promising lasting fame if Peel enacts relief and ends the aristrocratic burden on the poor.
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Peel and Co
Robert
Wellington
Providence
Exaggerated Yearning and Para compartir Verses
A collage of verse and prose fragments: Victor Hugo longing to be a king for a lover, reflections on Persian public education, an 19th century report on the Gretel artesian well with dramatic technical details, and a nostalgic poem about a window and a departed beloved.
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Victor Hugo
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