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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 27, 1842
Page
6
Law discusses the injunction in Barton and Ors v Saunders over wood blocks claimed infringing the Metropolitan Wood Paving patent. The vice chancellor kept the injunction, noting the blocks were largely similar and could form a compound pavement, allowing a later law action if desired.
Crowds gathered as Lord Huntingtower, in custody, sought discharge under bankruptcy protection. Mr Bompas argued to release him from Middlesex Sheriff’s custody, noting the debt predated the September bankruptcy. The court questioned pre bankruptcy incurrence of the debt while defense prepared a reply.
In Catherwood v Caslon the court deferred judgment on whether a Beyrout marriage, solemnised by a missionary, was valid under English law or lex loci. Counsel debated whether British subjects abroad required English rites to make a marriage civilly valid, with Lord Abinger reserving final ruling.
In a court of requests a red-faced Mrs. Dawkins, grocer, sues Mrs. Bowler over sixpence per hour for van use, offering ninepence off. Bowler denies hiring a van and claims she lent a donkey instead. The commissioner orders three shillings a month, Bowler resists payment. A comic scene ends with the officer restraining Bowler as she exclaims by jingo.
A magistrate curbed Mrs Normington for failing to teach dressmaking to an indentured girl kept as a household drudge. The court ordered £4 refunded, cancelled the indenture, and warned Parish authorities to exercise caution in binding apprentices. Mr Normington denied wrongdoing while defense counsel accused him of fraud.
An old soldier nicknamed Long Bill was brought before the lord mayor on a charge of cheating two publicans. He visited the Elephant on Church Street for a drink then moved to the Grapes nearby where he continued to drink, paying with no money. He claimed he came to town to collect a pension and recounted a series of alleged robberies in lodging houses, admitting to deceiving publicans to obtain drinks and board.
In a London magistrates court Mary Banks admitted only taking pork to charm her husband back, describing a pigeon's heart charm and pinbed pork ritual. She explained purchasing other items found in her basket amid the tale, while denying the pork theft. she was remanded for trial.
Four gentlemen including surgeons Guthrie Brock and M Dermott faced magistrate G Clive on Wormholt Scrubs for an alleged duel. Pistol cases and medical gear were seized, with bail set at £500 each and two sureties. In a separate matter James Matthews is remanded until December 1 for a brutal assault on his wife at Chiswick, after she suffered a scalp wound and heavy bleeding.
The Paisley Advertiser reports a rising unemployment figure with last week showing 7,02 and this week 7,372 an increase of 350, indicating persistent jobless growth despite efforts.
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