Lord Mayor's reliance on Quin and plea for release
The Lord Mayor voiced utmost reliance on Quin's honesty and benevolence while the prisoner hoped for release. The prisoner had only 2s pledged shawl value and faced potential detention. The Lord Mayor labeled her an accomplice after the fact and ordered further examination as to M Glyn and the Bailey case at Waterlane lodging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quin
Waterlane
M‘glyn
Charlotte Bailey
M'Glyn
Bailey
M Glyn
Robbery and breach of confidence at Holborn shop
Amelia Wright and Joseph Harris faced charges of participating in a major robbery at Mr. Miller woollen-draper in Holborn. Details showed Wright managed the Holborn premises and Harris visited, with evidence of locked doors and missing goods valued £70 to £109. Both were discharged after Miller failed to swear to their guilt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amelia Wright
Joseph Harris
Halls
Soper
Miller
Holborn
Goswell-street-road
East India Company
Goswell-street
Bishopsgate
Wright
Harris
Jpin
Ledyers
Mr. Halls
Pers
Hoe
Edward Sanders
Elmcourt
Temple
Charles Burn
Palace-yard
Sanders
Hatton Garden Swindler in Court Overhousehold Fraud
In a Hatton Garden magistrates court a boy named Jenkins faced charges amid a tale of extreme poverty and theft. Witnesses described repeated homelessness, family neglect, and a pattern of manipulation by the accused, who was remanded for further examination.
Destruction of Books at the British Museum
Robert Huish, a British Museum reader since 1829, faced the magistrate over mutilation of a Morning Chronicle volume. Librarian Sir Henry Haver testified a 1814 Chronicle volume showed recent damage, prompting Huish's recall and denial of the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough Street
British Museum
Robert Huish
Dyer
Henry Haver
Man in Park Claims Wife Defense in Curious Case
At Regent's Park a man carries a young woman to a cab claiming she is his wife. Guardians doubt the marriage. Rawlinson orders bail and habeas corpus steps. The defendant Frederick Walker, Dublin, is freed on his own recognizance as investigation proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A May
Regent’s Park
Marylebone
Messrs
Rawlinson
Hoskins
Elizabeth M'Culloch
Baker-street
Portman-square
Mary Ann M‘culloch
Court of Chancery
James Mills
York-place
St. John’s Wood
Chancery
Mr. Rawlinson
Frederick Walker
Dublin
M. Rawlinson
Marylebone Court Delivers Paparised Truths Of Prostitution Case
A 15 year old girl named Maria Phillips faced the bench along with Louisa Perry in a case of alleged coercion and seduction into prostitution. The mother accused Perry of running multiple houses in Eden Street to exploit young girls. The magistrates offered sympathy and ordered inquiry into the distress of the girl and her mother. The old woman Perry denied the charges as the scene moved to moral judgment and punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marylebone
Maria Phillips
Rawlinson
Banister
Hertford-street
Fitzroy-square
Louisa Perry
Titzroy Road
Regent’s Park
Perry
Burglary charge against William Death at Hoxton magistrate
A man named William Death was brought before Mr. Broughton on a burglary charge for entering the dwelling of Mr. Johnson, an engraver, in Gloucester street Hoxton. He had previously served a three month sentence in the House of Correction and was found with silver spoons and other valuables after being stopped by Fisher Wyllie constable near Swan passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatton Garden
Jenkins
Laing
Allen
Islington
Waddington
Jim
Aerie
G. S. Mutch
Soi-Disant Conveyancer
Inspector Penny
G Division
Ford
Cheshire Cheese and
Albion
Fleur-de-lis-court
Feiter-lane
Mr. Ford
G.S. Mutch
Mutch
J. Gould
Gray’s Inn-road
Gray's Inn-road
Gillows
Oxford-street
Farringdon-market
Tle
Looney
London
Squire Perkins
Holloway
Savaah
Inspector Robinson
Taylor’s Row
Northampton Square
Mr. Robinson
Hebden
Smith-street
Northampton-square
Mr. Rogers
Rogers
Clerkenwell
Huish
Henry Ellis
Dyer
Sir Henry
Sir Henry Haver
Henry Haver
Cantons
King-street
Conant
Middlesex
Burns, Foster
Aptead
Bricklayers’union
Messrs
Dyer and Conant
Furler
C Division
Samuel Furler
Albemarle-street
Burns
Foster
House of Correction
M‘kim
Johnson
Cook
North Road
Somers Town
Mile End Old Town
John Brown
John Smith
John Hardwick
William Money
Deptford
Thompson
Poplar
Cooper
Thomas B. Simpson
Quebec
Justitia
Worship-Street
Darine
William Death
Broughton
Gloucester-street
Hoxton
Fisher
Wyllie
Mary Ann Passmore Charged With Felony and Swindling
A dashingly dressed middle aged woman named Mary Ann Passmore of Ivy Cottage Twickenham was charged with felony and swindling after a Knightsbridge lodging incident. She claimed service to the Queen and produced a Bank of Elegance note and a £100 bill, but was committed for trial. An elderly former master tailor named Wold was jailed seven days for destitution after being found in an out-building on Thames Bank Pimlico and suffering cold and hunger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen-Square
Mary Ann Passmore
Ivy Cottage
Twickenham
Fox and Bull
Knightsbridge
Bank of England
Bank of Elegance
Wold
Regent-street
Westminster
Mothersett
Thames-bank
Pimlico
White
Daring robbery inquiry and a poor man’s tragedy noted
A lengthy inquiry follows a Brighton style highway robbery with violence on Mr. Gregg a salesman. He was beaten robbed of £50 left near Streatham Lane. Also a poor man lodging outside and an author baker who wrote a tragedy called the Veteran. Woodley a grocer faced bill of exchange accusations with Lady Hyde Parker drawing £100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hall
Hocussine and Rossemay
Mr. Gregg
Brighton
Gregg
London
Elephant and Castle
Castle
Streatham Lane
Solomon Davies
Newington
Davies
Henry Singleton
Waterloo
Station House
Wrangle
L Division
Rome
Inspector Wrangle
Cy Harce
Sreauinc
Skinner
Woodley
Bellamy
Champneys
Fire destroys back wings of Clowance seat
A fire at Clowance the seat of Sir John St Aubyn broke out Thursday morning in the brewhouse chimney. A servant escaped to save her life as the fire overwhelmed the back wings by half past nine. Two engines from Helston and local forces arrived by ten, preventing further spread. Valuable furniture and deeds survived though the back wings were ruined. Sir John and Lady St Aubyn are in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sin
Aupyy
Clowance
Sir John St. Aubyn
Helston
Sir John
Lady St. Aubyn
London
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!