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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 02, 1841

Page

6

Harrow School insolvency case adjourned sine die

Rebecca Crane keeper of a Harrow confectionery haberdashery faced final examination for insolvent dealings with the school’s young gentlemen. She allegedly lent unlimited credit, transferred her property to a relative, and destroyed books to hide debts, adjourned for further explanation.

Bane Harrow School Rebecca Crane Harrow New York Joan Caspar Guernsey Colls Thompson Richard Lees Bucklersbury Edward le Batt Mincing Lane Tvzspar Stowell Cooke St. Martin’s Imperial Mint Stock Loan Society Woodroffé Turner Westley Bier

Central Criminal Court Sees Broad Range Of Transportations

The Central Criminal Court sentenced numerous defendants to transportation for varied terms including fifteen, fourteen, ten, and seven years for different offences. Imprisonment with hard labour was ordered for others with sentences up to two years. Dozens faced shorter terms, private whipping, or acquittal, as the court adjourned to next October session.

Charles Jeffs James Smith William Smith James Spurre Alexander Munroe J. Brown Wm. Bottomley J. Smith Jeremiah Rogers J. William Berry Michael Savage Mary Haroy J. Franklin Thomas Martin Edward Jones Cecilia Inman W. Jones Joseph Cook William Jones W. Smith Georges Wood J. Horne W. Wyatt Abraham Titmus W. Chiffney W. Scott J. Hinge J. Howard John Comber Alias Marchant George Jenkins James Williams William Cox Daniel Welland Mary Briant Ellen Campbell Mary 4Inn Pope William Goodwin John Winford William Sanders Edward Sherrett John Green John Howard Ann Simmons Rowland Owen J. Sculthorpe J. Ashman Thomas Hewitt Mary Ann Epps J. Williams Francis Fraser George Haré J. Hensley W. L. Sales Joseph Long W. Ash Houses of Correction Robert Tidman William Sharp William Wells Mary Ryan D. Lloyd Mary Hughes Charles Phillips Richard Parsons W. Gray James Potter J. Horsey J. Wright James Sallow Thomas Smith Ann Smith William Lynn Elizabeth Dixon Mary Ann Swift Elizabeth Dalan Ellen Cullen Ann Campbell Margaret Ford W. Thompson W. Bradbury James Watson John Lowe Charles Hamilton J. Sanders William Hollingdale John Jones W. Lee Henry Hall John Round George Vernon Thomas Sterne David M.cue John Andrews Joseph Brown John Brown Richard Price F. M'Donald J. Chappell N. Bowden Frederick White Thomas Edwards William Johnson John Sabberton W. Ayres Elizabeth Bamford Caroline Lee Mary Ann Hill Mary Ann Oliver Sarah Putterell Sarah Thompson Mary Sullivan Mar Coleman Eliza Jones Elizabeth Wetherall Catherine Reed Elizabeth Paul John Williams Samuel Stone Jos. Cooper John Barfitt John Birkett Thos. Burke Samuel William Bailey Mary O'Connor Joseph Isaacs

Police Reports From Billingsgate and Guildhall

London police briefs detail James Baker a Pearson and Co omnibus conductor charged with assaulting Mrs Moss at Whitechapel and dragged her from a Royal Exchange bound for trial. John Tomlinson youth Drapers Hall and Allan’s St Pauls court house charged with stealing silk handkerchiefs. Sarah Charlton independent of Harrington Street Hampstead Road charged with drunkenness obstruction and assaulting a constable. Louisa Norton described as desperate faces a knife attack on a man in Drury Lane. her date and trial set for Newgate.

Oxnitus Burriansen James Baker Pearson and Co Fulham Omnibuses Moss Royal Exchange John Tomlinson Messrs Hall Elghock Jasagar Bow Street Lapy Sarah Charlton Harrington-street Hampstead Road Bennet Warwick-street Charing-cross Evan Lewis Vauxhall Street Lambeth Mr. Hall Charles-street Drury-lane Laurence Smith’s Court Reynoldson Matilda Griffiths

Trial notes and indecent books case in London shop

Witness testimony covers a young man’s alleged theft from a shop and the search of a residence while a separate case details a small bookseller surrendering over indecent pamphlets. The court debates evidence under the Vagrant Act and commits the defendant to the House of Correction for a month, while another man is bailed after a handkerchief theft.

Humphreys Nathan Fox No. 10 London House-Yard Flower Alderman Humphery St. Paul's Churchyard Alderman Lucas James M‘danell Charter-house-street Long-lane Clarkson Society For the Suppression of Vice Her Majesty Wontmer Alfred Charles Smith Roseman Street Kershaw Society Wontner Charterhouse School Continent House of Correction William Johnson Richard Wilson Fleet Street Wilson

MARYLEBONE THEFT AND AVERTED OFFENCES IN LONDON AREA

Henry Harris was charged with stealing a silver watch from Thomas Draper of Drummond-crescent Huston-square after lodging with him. Harris confessed to a bar, was committed for trial. James Molley, a tailor, faced a charge of violently assaulting Cecilia Tragan at a wake. he was committed on the capital charge. John Smith and two accomplices were implicated in stealing furniture and deeds from a loft in Crown-street Soho. all three were committed. A boy named William Mattel, found begging in the Broadway, appeared before a magistrate and was remanded.

Marylebone Henry Harris Thomas Draper Drummond-crescent Huston-square Marlborough Street Barxz James Molley Hardwick Cecilia Tragan William Webb John Vine John Smith Ploughtyard Crown-street Soho Smith Queen Disrapssen William Mattel Geo. Holding Trail Mills Trimuer Ipswich Holding London Islington Gamner Cheam Surrey Jones, Page Milbank Messrs. Pontifex Shoelane Jones Payne Taz Lamneth Gaye Thievees Brown and Lewis Lambeth Paradise-street

Poor family aided after distressing London journey

The report recounts a blind father and his family of six traveling from Glasgow to London seeking medical aid, with the eldest child, 13, in charge. After generous donations, magistrates arranged free steerage to Leith and £12 10s remained for the family’s subsistence, while other cases include a pawnbroker conviction and assaults in Hatton Garden.

London Guthrie Alexander Laurence Scotland Gregorie Algernon Smith Smith Brockelbank General Steam Navigation Company Milan Leith George Ravener Queen’s Row Brompton Humphreys Charles Wyatt Wyatt

Man Charged With Dog Fare Fraud At Lea-bridge

James Dowd a young clerk from Wellclose square faced charges for refusing to pay a shilling fare for his dog on the Northern and Eastern Counties Railway. Conductor Claudius Bennett testified Dowd paid ninepence for himself but not the dog and later refused to settle at Shoreditch. Dowd claimed the dog belonged to a London dock director and was small enough to pocket, but was fined one shilling plus fare.

Ricar Chancine Dogs Ox Railways James Dowd Wellclose Square East India Docks Northern and Eastern Counties Railway Company Lea-bridge London Claudius Bennett Ihim Shoreditch Walthamstow Jondon Docks Barker Bingham Mary Ann Gibbons Mary Ann Smith Mary White Emma Fletcher Elizabeth Ferguson Sarah Ballard Elizabeth Robinson St. Luke's Gibbons Inito Siony Esture House of Correction Thomas Smith bin ‘Ham Wamed Wiliam Delia Dobell

Assaults in Holywell Lane Lead to Prison Sentences

A man named Smith attacked a woman and her husband in Holywell lane Shoreditch, leaving the husband severely cut and bruised. Henry Newman tried to rescue Smith and incited a crowd. both were arrested. Smith jailed four months with bail on peace, Newman fined £3 and six weeks in jail.

Holywell Lane Shoreditch Henry Newman Smith Newman Holland Bingham

Smuggling cases before Mr Broderip in Thames office

John Aylmore from the East Indiaman lowther charged with smuggling 16 pounds of cigars and fined £100 with imprisonment. Wm Jarrett from Jupiter charged with 12 pounds tobacco on a similar information. tobacco found concealed on board and in bundle. Defendant pleaded not guilty and claimed innocence. officers testified about the discovery and handling of the contraband. Broderip noted no power to reduce the fine but hinted at merciful consideration if first offence or initiation circumstances. Also a summons against shipowner Thomas Ward for £38 total to seamen for shares of a voyage aboard Zephyr in 1837-8.

Wm. Jarrett Jupiter St. Petersburg Robert Grey Scotia Henry Morgan Custom-House Tin Cannister Grey Broderip Sea of Customs Thomas Ward Ratcliff Joseph Henry Thos. Boyd Hedgeon Ward

Brentford Petty Sessions: Tailor stabbed horse near Hanwell

William Fuller a 50 year old tailor of Hanwell was charged before magistrates with stealing and stabbing a horse owned by Daniel Rackliff of Ealing. Witnesses testified Fuller led the injured pony toward town and attempted to sell it to a slaughterer for 30 shillings, claiming the wound was non fatal. He was committed to Newgate for trial at the Central Criminal Court.

Brentford William Fuller Hanwell G. Baillie Daniel Rackliff Ealing Drayton Green-lane James Lamb Kilburn Lamb Paddington Roxeth Common Mortimer Newman Moritimer Mr. Mortimer Guildhall Rackliff Lawrance T Division Newgate Central Criminal Court

Distressing death by her own action at Jermyn Street

An inquest at Black Horse, Jermyn Street, on Miss Mary Harrison of No 4 Jermyn Street, dress maker and milliner, found dead by hanging in her bedroom. The coroner reported temporary mental derangement as the cause after a period of despondency following her sister’s marriage. Two additional legal items followed regarding four suspects in a sheep stealing case, with most tied to Wilson.

Black Horse Tavern Jermyn-street St. James's Higgs Westminster Mary Harrison Ilford House of Correction William Pierce Charles Edward Wilson Whitecross-street Henry Putteck Smithfield Coleman Beardsmore Daniel Maidwell Leatherhead Smithfield-market Boers Kingston Wilson Rogers Tsoners Barking-side Essex Stringer Romford Aspector Richardson Barkingside Brentwood SmithGeld, Market Jones Brennan Division of Police Colonel Cater

Dreadful incidents at Blackfriars Bridge and surrounding deaths

The report covers multiple self harm attempts at Blackfriars Bridge with rescues by locals and the river patrol, naming Sahy Ware and John Ware among those aiding. It details two suicide attempts, one by a young woman on the Surrey side and another by Elizabeth Ballard, plus an inquest into a thirteen year old boy’s death by hanging, a miraculous fall from a height, a cab collision near Bridge Street, and several other accidental deaths and inquests from the same period.

Sutcips Blackfriars-Bridgp Sahy Ware Surrey John Ware Christchurch Humane Society Elizabeth Ballard Saffron-hill William West Black Horse.com Compter Baker William Clark Boyd Upper Homerton Hackney Church Wm. Boyd William Boyd Harvey Bridge-Street Blackfriars Taglioni King’s-cross Avi He Elephant and Castle Te Friars Bridge St. Bartholomew's Hospital At Us Higgs Red Lion Princes Street Westminster John Fox Canning J. H. Eent Berkeley-street Bryanstone Square Stohen Road Case Adams Ayons Pe Danesitine Suicipe Grosvenor Arms Richard Mallen Encourince Steven Singuran Deata Greenwich Wakleyynesday M.P Jerys Duchess of York Royal Elcapitagnihs Thomas Freeman Lhem Battersea-fields Crownscourt Royal Hospital-row Ee Bieki Br. Williams Payne Kennington- Bradshaw Regent Mason Geo Bee Walkley Cortspont Montpelier Arms Montpelier Square Bromp William George Hackett la Carpenter Montpelier Place Anderson Verdic

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