Contempt and Imprisonment Proceedings in Law Court
The Consistory Court case against John Thorogood for contempt ruled that costs lawfully incurred in ecclesiastical custody count toward release only after payment. He was discharged from prison once the costs and specified rates were paid, with a warehouse of related insolvency and loan society matters following in other dockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consistory Court
Toerspay
Baker and Orwens
John Thorogood
Castle Street
Henry Jeffries
Alliance Loan Society
W. Gilbert
Jeffries
Police Reports Era: Robbery Suspect Faces Trial
Desperate suspect John Smith reappears before Sir Peter Laurie accused of raiding Dodd and Gibson shops. In a tense hearing, witnesses identify the prisoner as the thief who snatched watches while an accomplice distracted clerks. The case includes allegations of transport for robbery and heated exchanges with officials. The defendant, insisting innocence, is committed to Newgate for trial as further evidence emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowser
John Smith
Dodd
Gibson
Peter Laurie
Brake
Inspector Blake
Peter Laurier
Sir Peter Laurie
Mr. Dodd
Mr. Gibson
Peter
Sarah Lamb
Newgate
Respectable Stranger Charged With Felony at Egyptian Hall
Marcus Cicero Stanley, claiming North Carolina congressman kin and a daughter of wealth, was brought before Mr. Long on a felony charge after allegedly stealing money from the dressing-room of the North American Indians exhibition at Egyptian Hall. Prosector had trusted him to access the private dressing-room after he donned the costume, and money went missing from his pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martrer
Justrh Newsome
Whitecross-street
Cresswell
Barratt
Whitecross-street Prison
Seaver
Harris
Alice Gordon
Compter
Thames
Blackfriars Bridge
Nnns
Alderman T. Wood
Coulton White
W. A. Smith
Lower Whitecross-street
Newgate
Bow Street
John M'Cue
Westmoreland
William Neil
Agar-street
Strand
Farr
Twyford
Central Criminal Court
John Dumphey
Monmouth
Warant
Mr. Hall
Witess
Hall
Mullins
Eliza Tatham
St. Martin’s-in-the-fields
Legalley
Long-acre
Longacre
Hardwicke
Golden Square
Marlborough Street
Awkward Discovery: Husband Charged With Assault On Wife
Tuesday James Ward appeared before Mr Henry charged with violently assaulting Harriet Ward. The complainant, a tall fair woman whose face bore a blackened eye, testified she had long endured abuse from her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ward
Henry
Harriet
Thames Office Fracas Ends With Bail For Captain Caithness
A Thames police court heard Captain Caithness of the Rose Arbroath charged with throwing his mate overboard after a drunken quarrel aboard the Rose off Union Stairs Wapping. The mate John Mackay survived after a waterman Medcalf pulled him from the river. Caithness was bound over in £109 to appear at sessions. the waterman praised for saving the man’s life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stairs
Sundey
Thames
Caithness
John Meedcalf
Bloomfield
Johnny
Jonkett
Price
Caithne
Medcalf
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LAW
Middlesex
Sergeant Adams
James Matthew Nepere
Wm. Englehurtt
John Vanner
James Stephens
Ballantine
Mendicity Society
Poplar
Ashley
Gravesend
Erith
Bethnal-green
House of Correction
Hovst
Marylebone
Rudolph Ohriman
Gerard-street
Soho
Rawlinson
Collard
Great Western Railway
Henry Eyres Oldershaw
Maidenhead
Slough
Paddington
Hanwell
Hazard
Cannon-street
City
Queen Square
Joseph Swinford
Matthews
Philip Frowd
Lambeth
Westminster
Three Compasses
Pye-street
James Brooks
Burrell
Richard Carter
Lee Races
Roppery
Jones
Samuel Jenks
Rossery
Huston-Horter
John Clarke
Charles Meddix
Greenwood
Euston Hotel
Euston-square
St. Pancras
Thomas Slack
Euston
Clarke
Whicher
Gill
Wilmot Street
Brunswick Square
Mr. Gill
Meddix
Ives
Judd-street
Mr. Ives
Mendix
James Gill
Wilmot-street
Slack
William Ives
Brunswick-square
Cubitt’s
Gray’s-inn-road
Cubitt's
Euston-hotel
Piper
Francis John Richardson
Restieaux
St. Giles's
Edward Ellard
Bleeding Hart Yard
Holborn
Mr. Wooller
Paddy Lee
Dan O'Connell
Victoria
Patrick Flynn
Edward Stuart
Bingham
Heritage
Hobler
Jun
Smisner's
Vious
Grove Priestly
Warmold
Castle-street
Shoreditch
Powell
Young
Ius
Princess-square
Brittany
Mr. Downs
George Carroll
Maypole Court
East Smithfield
Breatfer
Vr Archer
Nightingale Lane
London
Mr. Henry
Lambeth Street
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