Injunction upheld on 1500 stock transfer in Suisse case
The lord chancellor refused to dissolve the injunction restraining transfer of 1500 pounds stock to Mr Suisse and continued the order. He noted unsatisfactory explanations of how Suisse obtained the stock, and a risk that lifting the injunction would terminate the suit without full hearing. The court reserved costs and left open further applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Chancery
Mornay
Suisse
Lord Hertford
Court actions mix libel cases and sewer rate dispute
In a Queen's Bench update, a rule nisi over two libel indictments against Barrard Gregory and Vallance is resolved. Gregory will be judged in the Central Criminal Court. Vallance’s rule is discharged with consent. Separately, a certiorari to remove a Tower Hamlets sewers assessment is denied, as delays and procedural concerns are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen
Grecony
Banco
Barrard Gregory
Duke of Brunswick
Vallance
Central Criminal Court
Queen’s Bench
Serjeant
Shea
B. Gregory
Court of Queen’s Bench
Commissioners OF Sewers OF the
Tower
Hamiets
Nist
Court of Commissioners
Scales
Kelly
Wills
Commissioners of Sewers
Lord Denman
Justice Williams
Coleridge
Court of Common Pleas notices December judgment sitting
The court occupied most of the day with demurrer cases. A notice posted states that on Wednesday the 6th of December the court will sit to give judgment on cases standing over for judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court OF Common Pleas
Wepversnay
Court of Exchequer Stories of Walmsley and Reiley
Court of Exchequer cases include Sir Joseph Walmsley ordered to refund £400 to crown after selling malt seized for duties and an exchequer process denying lien against crown. Also Attorney General v Reiley rule refused over capias arrest. police reports note a self destruction attempt by Caroline Taylor and a ward in chancery case with Ann Creasy.
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Banco
Tre Query
Joseph Walmsley
Armitage
Excise
Kelly
Crompton
Tur Attorney General
Reiley
Erle
Customs Department
London
Capias
Lord Abinger
Star Chamber Times
Baron Parke
Bow Street Row of Irish Courtroom Revelry and a Lunatic
In Bow Street a young woman Mary Rockcliffe is brought to the bar charged with assaulting Mary Ryan after rent dispute. Ryan and her husband contend, while the magistrate Hall inches toward a settlement. A Sergeant Calvert faces charges for assaulting Daniel Suttonwood, a costermonger, in Drury Lane leading to a night disturbance and threats. Also a young man Goodall is taken for insanity wandering Strand. A separate case concerns a letter to MP Thomas Sheppard alleged extortion, with defense noting no clear threat. two sureties are posted and the suspect released to friends.
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Mary Rockcliffe
Hall
Mary Ryan
Mr. Hall
Ryan
Owen
Mace
Pat
William Calvert
Daniel Suttonwood
Charles-street
Drury-lane
Wontner
Robinson
Drury Lane
George Weston
Sandhurst
Fall
Goodall
W. B. Huggett
London
New Road
Huggett
Montserrat
West Indies
Bristol
Arrests of suspected robbers remanded for public notice
The inspector stated that those answering the prisoners description had committed several robberies in the metropolis the last weeks. He sent notices to station-houses and anticipated more charges if remanded. The alderman agreed to remand until Saturday to aid publicity. The soi-disant farmer and heir-at-law were moved without defense.
Widowly Irish Wake Enters Courtroom and Wig Controversy
In Clerkenwell a bustling case sees Mrs Maloney detailing a row with Mrs O Leary and Patrick O Flaherty over hair tearing and a black eye amid a lively Irish wake scene. O Flaherty defends his piping and temperance stance as witnesses clash and a wig is exposed, prompting magistrate to dismiss warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanner
O'Flaherty
Jerry
SeapinG THREATENING LeTtERs Charged Youth in Dock
Thomas Edwards Caish, 17, articled clerk at Weedon law-stationer in Chancery Lane, appeared in court for re-examination on a charge under the seventh and eighth George IV. era. The case lays out his alleged threatening letters as part of the proceedings before Mr. Bond.
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Sheppard
Folkington
Sussex
Bond
George IV
Thomas Edwards Caish
Weedon
Chancery-lane
Sir Robert
Man Run Down in Smithfield Case Goes To Bar
Richard Gobby, car man for Mr. Davis, charged with manslaughter of James Burren a wholesale clothier of Wormwood Street Bishops, at bar for final examination. A witness, John Moul of Fenchurch Street, testified the cart moved moderately and incident was accidental, the driver sober. contradicted by Joseph Daniels, a salesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Gobby
Davis
Hosier Lane
Smithfield
Broughton
James Burren
Wormwood-street
Bishopsate
John Moul
Fenchurch-street
Joseph Daniels
Whitechapel workhouse row ends with magistrate call for reform
In Croydon and Whitechapel, guardians, the master, and a doorkeeper faced scrutiny over harsh internal rules at the Whitechapel workhouse. A complainant alleged denial of access to see a confined sister, prompting magistrates to urge guardians to curb petty rigidity. Separately in Croydon, John Wilson, masked as a sailor, terrorized a domestic servant, brandished a dagger, and was remanded for three months as a rogue and vagabond after a nurse and witnesses testified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brushfield
Wallace
Board of Guardians of Whitechapel Union
Mursell
Edmonds
Norton
Whitechapel
Board of Guardians
Mr. Norton
Whitey Chapel
Guardians Seek Gentle Enforcement of Poor Law Rules
The guardians hope for milder enforcement in the future after a tense day. Mr. Norton praises the board’s kindness and humanity, and the matter is dropped. Mr. Mursell is urged to avoid harshness in his duties to prevent a recurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mursell
Norton
Board of Guardians
Bigamy Case At Clapham Court Brings Admitted Allegations
On Wednesday surgeon Francis Bingham of Lark-lall-lane Clapham faced bigamy charges after prior remand for neglecting his wife and three children. Evidence included a servant’s account of a possible marriage to Mrs Lines on May 23 and admissions by Bingham, with police seeking church marriage registers. Mrs Lines testified she was not married, but later admitted claiming to be so to preserve appearances. The magistrate remanded the prisoner for further church-register inquiries and continued bail discussions.
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Caroline Taylor
London Bridge
John Hubbard
Central Criminal Court
Bridewell
Hubbard
Ann Frances Creasy
Ann Payne
Edward Edwards
Harrow Road
Horsemonger-lane
Tower-street
Basinghall Street
Hackney
Mrs. Creasy
Cadman
London-wall
Francis Bingham
Lark-lall-lane
Clapham
Lambeth Parish
Jane Eaves
Wellington-place
Peckham
Lines
Franks
Edwards
King
Roberts
William Carles
Astley's
Symons
Nelson-square
Elizabeth Davis
Carlos
Asfley
Davis
Greenwich Charge of Manslaughter in Hospital Quarrel
James Arnold a Greenwich basket maker was charged with killing his father-in-law John Joliffe an elderly Greenwich hospital pensioner by striking him after a quarrel at the hospital west gate. Joliffe’s death followed a blow to the head amid disputed circumstances. Arnold remanded on bail for coroner’s inquest results.
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James Arnold
Eastlane
Greenwich
John Joliffe
Greenwich Hospital
Dimwell
Royal Hospital
Jeremy
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Timp
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Paul-square
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