Legal Battle Over Reinstatement of Barrister’s Roll
lengthy court record details an 1840s petition by H A Pyke to restore Mr Hesxay H Prxs to Gray's Inn roll, with affidavits recounting disbarment for etiquette breaches and alleged conspiracies. Lord Denman refuses, citing final authority and public interest. other cases follow on attorney discipline and custody of a wine merchant bankruptcy, with rulings denying reinstatement, and demanding accountability for protracted misconduct and misrepresentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society of Gray's Inn
Benchera of
Gray's Inn
Lord Chief Justice of Common Pleas
Gray’s Inn
Affdevil
Society of Gray’s Inn
Robinson
Lord Denman
Justice Wightman
Seré Denmen
Hing
Birch
Easther
Court of Exchequer Chamber
Lord Denmen
King
Wee
Jesus v. Pakker
James
Baying
Bar Court
Justice Patteson
Jones
November sessions open at Old Bailey with City pomp
The Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey opened its November sessions with the Lord Mayor arriving in state from the Mansion House, supported by civic officials. The Recorder noted 163 prisoners on the calendar, while cases included Mary Ellet charged with harboring insane persons and William Dugdale facing judgment after aiding the suppression of obscene prints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Criminal Court
Old Bailey
Alderman Farebrother
Alderman Kelly
Alderman | Wilson
Hughes Hughes
Alderman
Sidney
Sheriff Chaplin
Sheriff Laurie
Commissioner Bullock
Grand Jury
Mary Ellet
Victoria
William Dugdale
Clarkson
Society For the Suppression of Vice
James Husband
Great Western Railway Company
Ballantine
Marylebone Police Court
Moree
Morse
Hhis
Collard
Bath
Williams
Morae
Great Western Company
Bullie
Commissioners of Police
Home Office
Grand jury urged deeper probe over witnesses in fraud case
In a London courtroom, the Recorder urged the grand jury to examine witnesses beyond the alleging party, warning that relying only on the prosecutor risks missing the full facts. The jury withdrew and later reviewed many bills, with guidance to pursue a fuller inquiry into the case and prior statements.
Police Reports From A12 19th Century London Court
A dense police dispatch describes a year after a major bank robbery details of efforts to curb stolen notes, international cooperation, and public vigilance. It covers forgeries cases in Norway, a bar assault with a broken arm, highway robbery suspects linked to a criminal network, a public house confrontation with plain clothes police, and a Lambeth tax collector fee dispute over legal levies.
Veiled Frauds and Distress At Northfleet Inn
A woman, Frances Finley, charged with obtaining spirits by false pretenses at the Half Moon Inn Northfleet, was accused of a broad scheme involving carpenters and a hoax on suppliers. She fled justice but was captured and committed for trial. In Covent Garden Theatre a riot led to fines and brief imprisonment for five men, while one woman argued hardship and received a temporary reprieve from an abusive husband.
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Madab Leettey
Grand Jurien
Pend Jary
Denman
Catherine Jeffreya
Scriven
Clarke
Red Lion
Eéresenaergs
Lord Denman
House of Correction
John Gord
Charingeroga
Somerset, Wiltebira
Weymouth
Abbot
Bin
Beenese Prosoper
Golden Cross Hotel
Wilken
Abbott
Charing Cross
Artismxoor SurisGs
Joan Key
Bart, &c
John Brown
Mary Ann
James Samson
Lambeth
Newgate
Thames
Our Lady the Queen
Holloway
Porter-street
Pentonville
Jer
Elizabeth Beswick
George Beswick
Clarken
Orparseis Mong
Cottecrixa Assessep
Robert Bright
Cox
Surrey
Henry
Manley
Barton
Solomons
Mr. Manley
Purssey
Bia Ooan
Suleman
leveri_ facia
Heary
Porseey
Siuilphall
Frances Paine
Half Moon Inn
Messrs. Harmer and Pearson
Messrs
Truman, Hanbury and Co
Porter, &v
Northfoot
Harmer and Pearson
Northflest
Frances Finley
Greenwich
Wilson
Alderman Wilson
Filling
Desola
Belias
Richard Jones
Archibald Hamilton
Hall
Covent Garden Theatre
Jullien
Martin
Combe
John's Row
St. Luke's
Shoreditch
Pariah
Tasale Thera
Mr. Combe
Afr. Cumbe
Alr
Beawick
Cruelty on the High Seas Trial of ship Master and Mate
William Scott, a sixteen year old apprentice aboard the Brazilian vessel Marthis, testified in London Admiralty Court that master Alexander Ger don and chief mate John Cummings brutalized him for not rising early enough. Scott said he was beaten and jumped overboard to escape further abuse, then rubbed with vitriol. The defendants faced assault charges and were ordered to find £400 bail each for the Centre Criminal Court session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worship Strudt
Wo. Beale
Jane Enatman
Broughton
Leeson
St. Thomas’s Hospital
George Wood
Price
Commissioners of Police
Scotland Yard
White Swan
Keate Street
Spitalfields
Ferra
Broughwn
Vice
Thamus Offich
Dreaprcey Caverty
Alexander Ger ‘Don
John Cummings
Rhe Lehip Marhesis
Brazil
London
Broderip
William Scott
High Seas
Admiralty of
Fugland
Pelham
Centre Criminal Court
Fatal conflict on Bankford estate ends in death
Desyer the head keeper fights with poachers during a Sunday confrontation on the Bankford estate near Pegworth owned by Mr Hasler. One assailant Rempant lies dead following the clash, while authorities investigate the violent incident and its repercussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poacusas
Bankford
Pegworth
Hasler
Desyer
Rempant
Waasnike Paeranarions
Admiralty
West India Royal Aa Company
Peninsular
O Kental Company
Great Britain
Great Western
Ameria
London
West Erdle Company
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Sarcepay
QuEtEx
Shanpz
Baines
Wakefield
Sdes
King v. St Margaret's Church
Westminster
Ath, Maule and
Selwyn
MameLayp
Paahley
Middlesex
Kalk Farm
Orangeres
Euston Square
Warda
Inquisition
Queen Vy
Dopsox
Oraxns
Greenwich Pier
M. Chambers
Keene
Piggot
Hill
Serjeant Jones
Baddeley
Jane
Banco
Baron Platt
Nisi Prius
W. H. Watson
M. de Porquet
Tavistock-street
Coventgarden
Brill
Buckinghamshire
Post Office
Edgeware Road
Mr. Watson
Henoa
Mr. Baron Platt
Court OF Bankruptcy
Sarvanar
Weprespa
Goulburn
Mark Lane
Bovill
Rosy Sen
Wilkins
Lloyd
Reay
Jon
Wright
Strand
Oshna
Afiddiewex
Blumenthal
Baron de Bodo
Jarvis
Mesera
Allontt
Arbonin
Aoman
Fortune
Wanstead
Coade
Tepportand
Mansion House
Banxeine
Hobler
Frm
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Measie
Boll and Schmidt
Alderman Gibbs
Towney
Bull
Kersey
John
Daniel Forrester
Norway
Joseph Ball
Sere
High Holborn
Ball
Brockman Fange
Bank of
Christana
Government Bank
Troudbien
Derman Gibbs
Pricouera
Maelborough Street
Roosenywy Lonpoy Tuseres
Edward Wilson
Charles Goslin
John Franklin
Thomas Hammond
Queen's Highway
High Street
St. Giles’s
No. 7
New Quebec Street
Bryanton Square
Gaslin
Jenny
Goslin
Stanley
High
Franklin
Sabo
Coivision
Tothill Street
Defendan
Dean Street
Westminster Hospital
Abe
Burrell
Borrell
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