Alleged Murder on the High Seas at Central Court
On October 20, 1841, Philip Partridge, master of the Jarrow, faced trial for wilful murder of Jose Maria Balager aboard a ship off England. Testimony detailed severe flogging, starvation, and brutal treatment aboard the Jarrow, with the jury ultimately returning a verdict of not guilty of murder and a six month hard labor sentence for an assault.
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Benin
Prince of Wales Island
Jose
Prince's Island
Joseph Fisher
Santa Cruz
Jarrow
Cape of Good Hope
Cork
Falmouth
Peru
Teneriffe
Henry Allen
Liverpool
Samorella
Semorella
Lamorella
Clarkson
Saworeila
John Fisher
Witness
Adolphus
Peter Jerrold
Waddington
Prince’s Island
Satatella
Mr. Clarkson
Withers
Witess
Maver
Lampresia
Mure
Uretil
Santa Crag
Jon Gorman
Sanorela
Charles Washington Tecacorrie
William Tare
Louxa
Jury finds common assault in multi-case trial
The trial covers counts of intent to stab a police officer and two assault charges. The foreman returns a guilty verdict for common assault. Additional indictments for riot and incitement are tried. Munday is acquitted, Checketts is discharged, and one-month confinement follows for a related assault. A separate murder charge ends with a four-month manslaughter sentence. Further, two men are fined with eighteen months’ hard labor for a malt theft at Lambeth.
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Adolphus
Justice Wightman
Justice Cresswell
Mariano Mandiola
Jos
Alee
John Fisher
Prince of Wales Island
Clarkson
Adelphus
Philip Partridge
William Checketts
Recorder
Bodkin
Paul Jones
Bishop’s Road
Great Western Railway
Bishop's Road
Dunkrey
Thomas Dunkrey
Division of Police
Jones
Mr. Ballantine
Ile
Wm. Checketts
Ballantine
Samuel Munday
Chambers
Checketts
Munday
Prendergast
Sisomnan Chanas Or
Murper
Richard Smith
Central Criminal Court
John Preston
High Seas
Admiralty
Ballantyne
Gibbs
NEW Court
Roneeny
Richard Wilmot
George Stemp
Wilmot
Stemp
Beaufoy
Lambeth
Stomp
Westminster Registration Decisions on Lodging and Police Roles
Revising barrister Arnold ruled on several Westminster cases. Lopinas James Sandfrith Taylor failed to prove a valid workshop tenancy, Hodgson retained as a parish beadle, Allen kept despite tax duties not meeting removal criteria, and two assessed tax collectors were subject to ex punging or retention. A Sunday drinking case at the Old White Bear led to a £5 penalty. A remanded for forgery case involved Henry Hoskins with Bank of England order. two men Bannister and Campbell faced alleged forgery in Grocers Hall Court.
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Westminster
Arnold
Lopinas
James Sandfrith Taylor
Ondlord
Thomas Hodgson
Beadle
St. Anne
Hodgson
Victoria
Allen
Jousx Wartham
St. Anne’s
Sane
Guildhall
Lickxsen Vie Teanpens
Goddard
Ile
Cross
Mr. Childs
Alderman Copeland
al Dennan Copeland
Childs
England
Messrs
Dean and Latton
Newgate Street
Dean and Hatton
Bank of England
Newgate
Old Bailey
Edward Bannister
Joseph Campbell
Roe
Freshfield
Roy
Grocers
Hall Court
Campbell
Bannister
Witness
Worthing
London Trial Reports Muted Bank Note Plot and Seduction Case
In a London case Bannister and Campbell faced charges after police found counterfeit Bank of England notes and a £500 note of dubious origin among Bannister’s possessions. Bannister admitted sending notes to US traders. Campbell claimed mere servant status. A seduction and attempted suicide episode at Blackfriars Bridge followed, with a girl rescued and later remanded. Additional reports cover foreign suspects, robberies, and an arson scare at Fenton’s glass works, including a youth’s confession of setting fires and a coroner’s inquest into a man killed after a night of drinking and fighting, with manslaughter verdicts issued.
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Bank of England
Bannister
Campbell
Mr. Bannister
Iou
United States
Elizabeth Heath
Putt
Blackfriars'bridge
Alderman Kelly
Zimes
Black Eloise Court
Bow Street
Bonnier Kaim
Johnson
Palace-place
Scotland-yard
Louis Donnereau
Oxford-street
Eugene Cadent
Marylebone
Burrasy
Oliver
Evans
Burke
Cgrovin
John Mullins
Red Lion
Edgeware Road
William Mullins
Thompson
Smithfield
Messrs. Fenton
Hosierlane
Salumon
Nis
Fenton
Mr! Fentor
Moozeley
Red Lion Inn
Belper
Martha Stone
J. Green
John Walker
Matthew Hunt
John Spencer
George Mis
Eccased
James Troth
Maltsters Arms
Gutter
Eboat
Whitemoor Hall
James ‘Tooth
Marte Stone
Derby-road
Litchfield
Co.ld
James Froth
Edward Troth
Jeriry Jewett
Samuel Parkin
John Robinson
Edward Ford
Samuel Lander
George Mills
D.rby Corman Jat
Nollingham Review
Paris to Cadiz and Africa dominate foreign dispatches
From Paris Cadiz and Africa dominate the latest briefs with the Duke of Orleans death condolence, a fatal Cadiz duel, Abd el Kader resistance, and strategic shifts in Cape Colony. Reports note Prussia’s letter of condolence, Naples book duties cut, and British plans for Port Natal amid rising regional tensions.
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France
Paris
Baron du Humbert
Prussia
Orleans
Moniteur
the Two Sicilies
Kingdom of
Naples
Spain
Madrid
Cadiz
Senor Reisch
Gobo
Senor Llorente
Chiclana
Hio
Globe
Algéns
Abd-El-Kader
Freip
Africa
Bugia
Zid Zerdoud
Philippeville
Milianab
Constantina
Abd el Kader
Morocco
Cape of Good Hope
Port Natal
Cloce
Pretorius
Prinslow
Berger
Bredas
America
Cambridge
New York
The Curiosities of Literature at New Fance Haymarket
A lively Saturday night farce in London titled The Curiosities of Literature drew hearty laughs and mild success. The plot centers on Sir Terence Velvet and Finess, a misdirected exchange of letters, a staged political marriage, and a pensioned settlement amid comical meddling and mistaken identities. The Windsor Scottish dancers plan a display for Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle, with sixteen dancers invited to Taymouth Castle for preparation.
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Haymarket
Terence Velvet
Finess
William Shakspere Dibbs
Webster
Dibbs
Old Harry
Sir Terence
Penson Hunter
Power
Scottisi Dascers
Windsor
Taymouth Castle
Windsor Castle
Broadgate
Lincoln
William Bugden
No.5
Upper
Bolland Street
Brompton
Hardwick
Marlborough Street
Henry Passenger
Alfred Lewin
Hyde-park
Hyde-park-corner
Stone Bridge
Levis
Mage
Beckerson
Lewis
Horgnie
Richard Burke
Buckeridge-street
St. Giles’s
Greenwood
Clerkenwell
North London
Corns and Biniiions. Auls Every Man's Friend advert
Auls Every Man's Friend promises a painless cure for corns avoiding cutting, claiming no pain or inconvenience and that cutting corns is dangerous. Sold by Joi Fox boxed at 1s14d or three boxes for 2s6d, with directions, via C King 232 Blackfriars Road London and chemists nationwide.
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Joi Fox
C. King
Blackfriars Road
Christchurch
London
United Kingdom
Paul
Y R Hamiltons Vital Pills Exalt Hope For Invalids
A paragraph from the Morning Chronicle praises a remedy as a new medical era claiming cures for incurables. The note urges medical men to adopt the discovery and notes strong reader testimonials. Sold by Simpson and Co at Mile End Road and other agents in various box sizes and prices.
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R. Hamilton
Morning Chronicle
Annals of Medicine
Earth
Tilly
Simpson and
Old Parrs Will and the Miracle Life Pills
A dated relic narrates Old Parr age claims and a pamphlet on his longevity. It touts Parrs Life Pills with rapid cures, citing 25 000 boxes weekly and hundreds of testimonial letters. It warns buyers to see the engraved government stamp on boxes and lists agents and prices.
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Old Parr
Old Marr
Wy Ape
Thomas Varn
Winnington
Salop
Messrs. T. Roberts and Co
Crane-court
Firet-street
London
Fung
Parr
Purr
Tanton
Edwards
St. Louis
Bar
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Sina
Nie St
USA
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Ohio
Arkansas
Indiana
Villaignes
Tuk
Ixcen
Manland
Leva
Christiansand
Dahl
Ferguson, Davidson, and Co
Leith
Ingermanland
Growingen
Nave
Pao
Tres
Mandahl
Fahrsayd
Tagermanland
Theanas William Coke
Earl of
Leicester
Lord Wodehouse
Vistr
Kenmore
Toymouth Castle
Robert Peel
Drawmond Castle
Dalkeith
Loch ‘Tay
Robert
Roma
Killin
Inverness Courier
Loch Ashburton
Washington
Boston
Negee Later
Walleye
Rowland Hill
Hill
Treasury
Baring
London Gazette
William the Fourth
Wales
Privy Council
Palatine of Lancaster
County Palatine of Lancaster
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