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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 27, 1836
Page
6
A solicitor seeks aid from Sir C Marshall over a fraud where a clergyman was induced to sign across a £200 stamp on a bill that later demanded £500. The case exposes misrepresentation by a moneylender and forthcoming actions to recover the stamp and pursue implicated parties.
William Williams a servant, half paralyzed with cold and fear, was brought to account for being found in Mr. Robert Bell's wine-cellars Aldersgate-street where he had been shut up prisoner for over eighteen hours. The complainant said he needed a wine sample on Thursday evening and, after delays and a locked cellar, unlocked the cellars himself between about one and twelve o'clock next day, suspecting someone might be inside.
An elderly man, beaten by a widow’s husband after a relationship with a young widow, testifies before magistrates. The case centers on an stolen watch and an improper correspondence, with the wife pressured to return the timepiece as the husband admits assault and the bench imposes a small fine.
Alexander Rait 20 and cabriolet driver William Creswell face magistrate charges with burglary at Mr George Rait's dwelling in Critchell-place Hoxton. Police say Rait was found leaving the parlour window at midnight with a bundle. a valuable watch and clothing were recovered.
A man climbed a water-spout to break into a lodger’s room, stealing a watch and clothing from his father before escaping. In a parallel case, Carrington Smedley and his sisters were charged after pawning merchandise from Morrison & Co. and a pawnbroker named Mr. Cotton helped detain the suspects. The court remanded all to further examination.
In Great Eastcheap near Symington Paddle Co offices scaffolding gave way while workers removed it. A lone man on the structure grabbed a first story window frame to escape injury as the timbers fell across the footpath. Multiple other reports include an attempted murder at a house on the Uxbridge road, a man in Toulouse shooting himself, Ensign Lord W Hill’s horse accident, a wherry disaster near Somerset House, a child run over near Leicester Square, a suspected infant suffocation at Windmill Street, and a fire that killed two valuable horses at a Mile End brewery premises.
Reports describe multiple blazes across London including a stable fire near a brewery and a hair factory blaze in Westminster. A Dowlais boiler explosion kills firemen and bystanders while a severe city road sawmill fire damages stock. A deadly arson-tinged death and a Kensington infant abandonment are noted alongside an inquest into a suicide.
The London Gazette dated Tuesday November 22 lists insolvencies and bankruptcies including Samuel Howard Ranford and James Clark Smith. Names of debtors, occupations, and addresses are provided along with certificated sequestrations and Scottish sequestration details for James Bigbie and others.
The London Gazette lists bankruptcy supersedes for numerous individuals including John Green brickmaker of Great Yarmouth Mary Ann Abercrombie and William Henry Abercrombie brass-founders of George Street Tottenham Court Road George Louis Stott soda manufacturer Bristol Benjamin Lay carpenter Colchester Henry Thorp miller Herne Kent William Johnson butcher Edgeware Road Richard Childs upholsterer Berners Street Oxford Street Edward Cale licensed victualler Moor Street Soho John Fraser glass-dealer Liverpool Emanuel Burrows miller Chesterfield George Harris brewer Herne Kent Charles Wainwright dyer Manchester Benjamin Brissenden innkeeper Tunbridge Wells 25
The London market report covers Wheat Barley Oats and Beans price changes from Monday to Friday at the Corn Exchange and details on flour prospects. Cattle markets at Smithfield Islington and Newgate lead to brisk trade for prime beef veal and pork with note on scarce stock and varying prices.
The north of England districts will be supplied by agents listed in Scotland road Liverpool Carruthers Newcastle upon Tyne Heywood Manchester Brady Sheffield Guest Birmingham and Mann Leeds Mentions of country agency applications to the GENERAL AGENT. Current appointments include Baker Croydon Riches Norwich Cogswell Bath etc with London district agents listed. General Agent for the sale of this Paper is Mr. Charles Penny.
Publication list showing multiple printers and publishers linked to Upper St. Martin's Lane and Waterloo Place in London. The notice places the 27 November 1936 Sunday issue at No 16 Catherine Street Strand.
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