Poor Relief Debate at Mansion House Seeks New Procedure
In a Mansion House session the committee urged directing distressed people to relieving officers rather than magistrates. Lord Mayor backed the plan, citing the New Poor Law and previous Kent practices to reduce imposition and crime while speeding aid. A separate case involved a coercive assault accusation with Norah Gallagher fined 10s. and costs.
Distressed youth charged with stealing two boots in Cheapside
Robert Roe appeared before Alderman Harmer charged with stealing two boots from Mr Hands in Cheapside on Saturday. The defendant claimed distress as motive while Alderman Harmer remanded him for further inquiry, noting punishment would not cure hardship.
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Robert Roe
Alderaman Harmer
Mr. Hands
Cheapside
Isoner
Mrussell
Fore-street
Compter
Alderman Harmer
Phenix
Hands
James Hart on trial for £5 note theft at Bow Street
At Bow Street James Hart a Post Office letter carrier stood charged on suspicion of stealing a £5 note. Jurors heard Hart indorsements and handwriting tests while others faced assaults and petty thefts in separate proceedings across Marlborough Street and Queen Square with fines and detentions imposed.
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James Hart
General Post-office
Minshull
Lord Montford
Pearce
Mr. Peacock
Post-office
Peter Stafford
Messrs. Masterman
Nicholas Jane
Wm. Stewart
Newman’s Court
Cornhill
John George Barton
Newman-court
Henry Johnstone
Kingston-hill
Kingston
Dublin
Wm. Blott
Lombard-street
Kelly
Jas. Hart
Mornington-place
Peacock
Lawrence
Police Conductor Hands and Bonner Charged with Assaults at Gray's Inn Road
Witnesses described Constable Hands drunk and dragging Thomas Leman from his father's premises, then beating him and others with staves. Bonner arrived to assist, also assaulting victims including Mrs Leman. Hands and Bonner were convicted. Bonner fined, Hands warned and fined. officers commended in parts of testimony.
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George Leman
Leman
Smith’s Buildings
Gray’s Inn-Road
Rogers and Bennett
John Bennet
Chad’s Row
Thomas Leman
Bennett
Bonnet
Hands
Mallett
Bonner
Smith’s-place
Gray’s-inn-road
Smith’s Place
Alexander
Rogers
Benett
Cambell
FE Division
Thomas Hands
John Bonner
Elizabeth Leman
George
Thomas
James Leman
George Osborne
Winchester Street
Lemans
Mr. Bennett
Banner
House of Correction
Campbell
Worship Street Frauds and London Court Tales
Edward Wickham alias Captain Frewe, a suspected impostor, was brought before Mr. Broughton on charges of fraud after using fake military titles to obtain money and goods. escape attempts and a chase ended with his remand as more charges were expected. Across London a sugar baker faced serious injury cases, and a slave trade related tale followed Patterson’s lawful immigration of his enslaved wife and children. The day also saw burglaries tied to Davis Marney and Hayley, a domestic assault case at Union Hall, robberies by a linen shop worker, and multiple accidents including a Regent Street fire and a coach crash along with several drownings and robberies reported from Greenwich to Shropshire.
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Northumberland
London
Chesterfield
Plank
Gardner
Baby
Dean-street
Compton-street
Mr. Conant
Babby
Norah
Charles Braine
John Houston
John
Charles Poole
John Jenking
Clarence Gardens
Rouse
Parker
Braise
Blaine
Dignor
William Wheeler
Mr. Jenkins
Marlborough Street
Derbyshire
Queen Square
Margaret Shelley
Chaffy
New Star and Crown
Broadway
Westminster
Richard Tilt
Charles Green
Battersby
the George
Hammersmith
Sainton
Daniel Aarons
Mr. White
William Skinner
Skinner
White
John Roberts
York Street
Wyatt
Stepuniseale
New Nortons
John Sturgis
Kendrick
Rochester Row
Mr. Gregory
House of Correction
Portman-square
Baker-street
Tubbs
Shelswell
Edward Wickham
Frewe
Broughton
Eagle Tavern
East India Company
36Th Regiment of Native Infantry
Madras
Windsor- Terrace
City-road
Isabella Wickham
Eagle
Phillips
Banker’s
East India House
Dublin
Tennent
Hawke
Windsor Terrace
Liverpool
Wickham
Bowman
Church Lane
Whitechapel
Combe
Sarah Snell
Middlesex
Wentworth Street
Church-lane
London Hospital
John Patterson
Patterson
Patient Davis
Virginia
Thames
Yoururun Burensrs
Cornelius Hayley
John Crawley
James Mahoney
Marney
Thimble Jem
John Davis
Ballantine
Green Dragon
King-street
Old Gravel Lane
Joseph Baldwin
Foxlane
Shadwell
Fox-Jane
Mary Murphy
Davis
Hayley
Mr. Baldwin
Cole
Penjeau’s Island
Wapping
Young Baldwin
Baldwin
Baldwin’s
Grave
Fox’s Lane
Union Hall
William Hutchinson
Exeter
Sydney
Jeremy
Regent-Street
Saturda
Messrs
Jones
Sun Fire Office
Senate
Earl Cawdor
Bolowan
Carmarthen
Rees
Thatcher
John Owen
Newcastle Emlyn
Brentford
John Swaine
Littlewood
Richmond
Waterloo-place
Kenbridge
White Pee Spall
Strand
White Horse
Merc
Wenlock-basin
West of England Fire Office
Esdaile and Co
Glasgow
Perth
Bishop’s Bridge
Ardoch
Hunter, Younger
Glencarse
Weekes
Forrester
Star Inn
Crieff
Ryder
Dundee
Perth Courier
Joseph Tollit
Wycombe
Gerard’s Cross
Beaconsfield
Bucks
Sovereign
Worcester
St. Giles’s Infirmary
Old Park
Shropshire
Maddox
Cambrian
Brown
Bankside
Inquest on Death From Horse Kick at London Hospital
An inquest at the London Hospital reports Thomas Blacker died after a mare kicked him following rough handling near Whitechapel. Verdict: death from the violence of the kick. Also records an accidental death from a coach pole at Bishopsgate workhouse and a male infant found dead in Red Lion square garden. No suspects named.
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London Hospital
Baker
Thomas Blacker
Hughes
Whitechapel Church
Elizabeth Roberts
Bishopsgate
Bishopsgate-street
Stirling
Wolfe
Gray’s-inn-lane
Red Lion Square
James Burnett
Beadle
Henry Hall
Edward White
Lamb’s Conduit Street
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Mansion House
Cannon-street
Pewtress
Kent
Bow Street
Marylebone
Hatton Garden
Lambeth Street
Greenwich
James Ward
Bridge-street
Josiah Cosford
Phipps