LAW AND JUSTICE IN QUEEN V MNEIL WITH DUEL FLAWS
The court heard the case of Lord Advocate's brother with an assault on MP John Abel Smith in Belgrave Square. The defendant faced judgment after affidavits on both sides detailed swindling bills and accommodation notes. the judge adjourned further hearing to Saturday.
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Court OF Queen's Bench
Tuurspar
Tur Queen
Forpes M‘neil
Scotland
John M‘neil
Persia
John Abel Smith
M.P
Belgrave Square
M‘neil
House of Wells
Bank of England
Smith, Payne, and Smith
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Barclay
London
Smith
Payne
Freshfield
Virtue
England
Fie
Mr. Smith
Solicitor General
Allen
Bristol speech praises past government and calls for reform
A Bristol speaker recounts parliamentary struggles and attacks past administration for obstruction while praising opposition support for reform. He urges MPs to align with constituent opinions, praises the Bristol citizenry, and envisions England's prosperity through liberty, religion, and commerce.
Darkness of the Metropolis Road lighting vote
A large Hammersmith meeting to light the Great Western road from the turnpike to Oxford Street failed to reach the required majority after a poll was ordered. The adjourned vote will be declared in two weeks. APPALLING DESTITUTION A Bermondsey coroner held an inquest into Ann Galway 45 found dead with her family in squalor. Evidence described extreme poverty a lack of furniture and apparent neglect. husband and son ill in workhouse. inquest adjourned.
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Metropolis
Great Western Road
Hammersmith
Albion-hall
Webb’s-lane
Great Western
Harameremith Turnpike
Oxford-street
Shackle
Millar
Daley
White
Carter
Surrey
Drum
Snowsfields
Bermondsey
Ann Galway
J. Slow
Bermondsey Parish
James Galway
Margaret Shea
Magdalen-court
Tooley-street
Cove
Cork
St. Katharine’s
Ireland
Treland
Henry
Slow
Tovey
Bermondsey-street
Husbn
Ody
Court notes rule decisions and a cap case in 19th century session
The report records multiple legal discussions in the Court of Common Pleas and related courts. It notes a rule nisi or absolute rule for Paget’s libel case, a move toward peremptory scheduling, and a separate suit Wright and others v Newton with consented parties and costs. In the Sherriffs’ Court a civil action by Samuel Melhuish against Linpa over 16 pounds 19s for 226 Albert caps arises, including testimony about old military caps and their owners, with the jury returning a verdict for the amount claimed.
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Court OF Common Pleas
Wright
Tindal
Sheriffs’ Court
Tuunispay
Prince Albert
McElavisy
Linpa
Kennedy
Samuel Melhuish
Linda
Charlotte-street
Blackfriars-road
Corrie
C. Jones
Keates
Dupree
Broadwall
Grenadier
Mr. Jones
Mr. Keates
Jones
Bevington
London Police Charge Trio With Assault and Robbery
Pau CouirrorD Sarah Smith Mary Anne Booty and John Griffin faced Alderman Kelly on Wednesday for assaults and thefts in Snowhill and Farringdon Street. Witnesses described Smith seizing the man, Booty pinioning his wife, and Griffin striking both victims. Griffin denied the accusations, claiming a hair cut mark exposed him.
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Pau Couirrord
Sarah Smith
Mary Anne Booty
John Griffin
Alderman Kelly
Robert Beech
Crown Street
Soho
Snowhill
Smith
Griffin
London
Maidstone
Scholefield
Compter
Brixton
Kelly
Farringdon Street
Windsor
Gentle Paul and the Paul Clifford in a Court Scene
The passage shows a quarrel over identity where characters confuse the accused Paul Clifford with a different man known as gentle Paul. The Griffin asserts responsibility for the mistaken identity and plans to book the matter against Paul Clifford as the primary culprit. The alderman proposes a treadmill sentence to prevent escape.
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Paul
Hisself
Paul Clifford
Child Branded and Burned by Stepfather at Lodging House
In Drury Lane a man named John Welch faced the bar for brutal abuse of his five year old stepson Edward Smith. Witnesses testified to repeated beatings with a thick cord and bare hand, burns, and threats of death. The child was wounded and found with skin torn from the grate bars. Welch claimed the child had filthy habits and was not his own. Welch committed for trial. child sent to St Giles workhouse for protection.
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A Burran
John Welch
Jardine
Edward Smith
Margaret Callaghan
Short's Gardens
Drury-lane
Hine
Fisuine
John Bishop
Denny Farrell
St. James’s Park
Irish Assault Court Scene Overcoated Laborer in Court
A red nosed Irish labourer Moran, sickly and moaning, pleads in court over a dispute with Kitty Underwood. He admits kicking her downstairs during a quarrel about lodgers rent, while witnesses and a brass candlestick are discussed and a 10s fine is imposed.
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Ogh
Kitty Underwood
Mr. Maltby
Michael Moran
Ballyrag
Hanner
Kitty
Corney
Mike Moran
Malthy
Queen Square Theft and Threats Court Case
In Queen Square Mary Anne Hopkins faced a charge of stealing wine and other items from her late master after absconding on September 29. Investigators found wine diluted with water and spirits missing. doors showed no damage. Also Thomas Edward Caish, 17, a clerk, was charged with sending a menacing letter to MP Thomas Sheppard under a Peel act. he was remanded for a week.
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Queen Square
Mary Anne Hopkins
Bond
Thomas Edward Caish
Weedon
Chancery-lane
R. Peel
Thomas Sheppard
Frome
T. E. Caish
Holborn
E. Frederick Fitzherbert
E. T. Caish
Woman charged after self harm attempt in Whitechapel court
Elizabeth Zebler, a middle aged German wife and mother of five, was charged before Mr. Broughton with attempting to destroy herself by swallowing four pennyworths of laudanum. She claimed distress from marital cruelty and stated her life was saved at London Hospital after a stomach pump. Her brother testified to prior abuse. the magistrate jailed her briefly but then released her into her brother’s custody to ensure watchfulness. The case notes prior similar attempts and the husband admitted beating her with a rope, prompting the judge to order custodial supervision by her brother.
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Elizabeth Zebler
Broughton
Mary-street
Whitechapel
London
Attempted Murder and Suicide From Distress
A man named Michael Hayfield was remanded on a first examination charged with attempting to murder his five year old son Henry by stabbing him and then cutting his own throat. The court heard he was not insane, but distressed, and the child survived with a minor throat wound. Separately, George Jones and allies were charged in an alleged burglary at Mr. Winsor's Kensington home. Evidence showed a plan to rob the house, with skeleton keys found on Jones and valuables discovered. the court remanded them for a week to pursue further evidence linking to similar robberies.
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Chambers
Central Criminal Court
Jardine
Bow Street
Justice Patteson
THE
Queen
Rosenberg
Newgate
Victor Bohain
Courrier de Europe
M. Bohain
Palace-place
Scotland-yard
Justice Wightman
Bodkin
Frederick Rickfuts
Bristol and Exeter RaiLway Company
Talbot
Parrott
Hott
Banco
William Paget
Wordsworth
Middlesex Sessions
Monnay
Sergeant Adams
Graxp Junctions Water Works Company
St. Many Apports
Kensfoncton
Hill
Ballantine
Jervis
Q.C
Clarkson
J. South
J. M.gregor
Forest
Mr. Jervis
Waiskin
Kensington
Grey
Melbourne
Bristol
Providence
England
Bristol Gazette
St. Giles’s
Somerville
Hoxton Square
Mr. Combe
Thomas Gammon
George Hammond
Skinner-street
Clerkenwell
Jerusalem
Jones
Wynyatt Street
Mr.Combe
Hammond
Murher
Suicipe
Michael Hayfield
Henry
London Hospital
Mr. Henry
W. Ludlow
St. Botalph
Aldgate
Mr. Ludlow
Degerds
George Jones
Castle Street
Longacre
Charles Winsor
Victoria Road
Richard Blackman
High Street
Adelphia Blackman
Elizabeth Moore
Knightsbridge
Witness
Gee
Prsoner Jones
Mr. Paynter
Dunbar
Cooper
Winsor
Later
Prisoner Commited to Newgate After Felony Charge
The text reports a prisoner being committed to Newgate after a felony charge. It notes benevolent friends providing sheets and blankets to a poor family and discusses the prisoner's wife’s fear that he might reoffend if tried locally. Henry explains he must send the prisoner for trial for the sake of his family.
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Henry
Newgate
Remarkable attempt on life by laudanum swallower in Thames office
Laupayuy Monday, William Toole, a 32 year old cigar maker, appeared before Mr. Broderip charged with attempting to end his life by taking laudanum. Surgeon John Macmeikan testified many have tried similar poisons lately. Toole's bottle of laudanum led to a dramatic recovery after hours of care. Witnesses described his strange behavior and a farewell letter to his wife and children. The magistrate commended the hospital's efforts and condemned the sale of poisons to indiscreet buyers.
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Laupayuy
Wm. Toole
Broderip
John Macmeikan
London Hospital
Thomas William Brown
Red Lion
Batty-street
Commercial Road
Tripe
Henry
Mr. Perry
Orphan Society
P.S
Almightly
Woman Charged After Throwing Husband From Window in Deptford
In Greenwich a wife Charlotte Blogden is brought before magistrate Mr Jeremy for assaulting her husband Thomas Blogden with intent to do bodily harm. A nine year old son testified that during a dispute over bread and gin his mother forced his father to the window and threw him onto the paving stones. Police described the mother as depraved and unreliable with money. The injury to the husband was described as very serious with fears he may have broken his neck.
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Charlotte Blogden
Giffen Street
Deptford
Jeremy
Thomas Blogden
MT Arthur
Giffen-street
Thornet
Amydine
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