Bankrupt woman faces adjournment in probate and jewellery dispute
In a lengthy bankruptcy hearing, the bankrupt woman defended her balance sheet amid public examinations over jewellery and furniture removal to Bond Street. The case concerns whether property belonged to her or her son-in-law lieutenant Young, with adjournment granted for three months to await an indictment and possible seizure action.
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Court OF Bankruptcy
Tozsnir
Mancaret
No. 4
Bond Street
Dobson
Leadenhall-street
Rochefort
Brewer Street
Bond-street
Liewtenant Young
Sturgeon
E. James
Mr. Steele
Davis
Steele
Central Ciminal Court
Evans
Apt
Prisoner in London Convalescent Fund Swindle Hearing
A crowded Lord Mayor court hears John Stanley Humphery accused of running a fraudulent City of London Convalescent Fund Pension Society and Savings Bank. Tailors testify he ordered clothes with large sums of subscribers but paid nothing. Humphery denies guilt, claims legal immunity, and faces bail disputes as prosecutors pursue recovered funds.
Ostain tine Mowry under fater pretences, Butler charged
George Butler a young registrar office clerk faced Magistrate Twyford alleging a forged £5 cheque to Mason and later separate charges of £2 and £2 10s from Miss Swinburne via false representations. Evidence showed forgery by H Harrison and letters signed J Graham. Butler committed for trial at Newgate.
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Somerset House
Mesers. Child and Co
Fleet-street
Registrar-General
H. Harrison
George Butler
Brighton
J. Graham
Registrar-General’s
Charles Henry Anderson
Harrison
William Pocock
Henrietta-street
Manchester-Square
Mason
Gray’s Inn-passage
Holborn
Newgate
Swinburne
Martha Swinburne
Oxford Terrace
Hyde Park
Neale
Somerset-house
Wilton-street
Registry Office
Lords Commissioners
Her Majesty’s Treasury
Witness
Walter Herbert Hathersich
No. 9
New-street
City-road
Graham
Major Graham
Marlborough Street Beggar Case and Letter Connection
Rick Bzcears Cooper alias Hooper was taken into custody by Horsford of the Mendicity Society on a charge of begging in Great Marlborough Street. A search revealed 7s 10 5d. After a prior conviction, Mr. Hardwick sentenced him to three months hard labour. The case is reported as a common one, but a letter from the head was produced.
Prisoner Hooper Found with 30 Sovereigns in Bed-Sack
Westminster Bridewell reports a beggar story while a prisoner on former sentence is observed. Broker Mr Shaw reveals John Samuel Cooper alias Hooper had 30 sovereigns sewn in bed-sack and a Chelsea bank book of substantial balance, found during furniture sale for rent. Principal Warden Thomas Crevaux notes the incident dated May 11, 1843.
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Surney
Westminster Bridewell
Horsford
Shaw
John Samuel Cooper
Hooper
Cooper
Chelsea Bank
Thomas Crevaux
Queen Square Scammer Lady Fraser Charged At Bar
At Marl borough Street police court a well dressed young woman calling herself Lady Elizabeth Fraser faced charges of fraudulently obtaining dress and jewellery from Mrs. Elizabeth Norton after presenting a false pedigree and connections. The case revealed a troublesome pattern of deception as she claimed a £7000 yearly estate and produced a solicitor’s letter that could not be verified. The prisoner was remanded until Saturday. Also, Edward Griffin, a Chandos street butcher’s apprentice, stood accused by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals official for beating sheep. a witness described cruel blows and dragging the animal’s leg. Griffin denied the charges but was fined 20 shillings plus costs or 14 days imprisonment.
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Berty
Edward Burgers
Jamaica
Ireland
France
Italy
Bristol
Great Western Railway
Metropolis
Dublin
London
G. H. Witxis
William Wilkins
Inne of Court
Bridlington
Bath
Jean
Perkins
Unicorn Inn
Compter
Rosarty
Tune
City of
Clarkson
New Commercial Steam-packet Company
Bush
Bankers
Captain Tune
Tyne
Tapy
Ellen Costello
Bingham
Henry Costello
Messrs. Hanbury
Old Bailey
Whitechapel-road
Hare-street
Bethnal-green
Burgess
Burgesa
Savage
Newgate
Queen Square
Exvzanerh Fraser
Elizabeth Fraser
Marlborough Street
Elizabeth Norton
Grosvenor-place
Duchess of Sutherland
Birmingham
Fraser
Belton-street
Long-acre
Bond
Edward Griffin
Cowley
Chandos Street
Burrell
Thomas
Royal Society For the Prevention
Thomas Knott
Society
Vincent Square
Westminster
Chandos-street
Samuel Coe
Hackney
St. Paul’s Churchyard
T. Paynter
Osborne
Mount
Esther Wellmore
Hammersmith
No. 3
Middle-street
Brompton
Toto
Paynter
Hanson
Kensington
Madden
Kensington Union
Board of Guardians
Embling
Brompton-row
William Russell
Sunstreet
East Lane
Walworth
John Miller
Wandsworth
G. Pauls Fitt
Charnock
Miller
Graham
Russell
Camberwell
Mitcham
Clive
Wraxe
T. A. Sargood
G. Clive
Messrs
Gell and Higgs
Printers’ Arms
New Church Court
Strand
Sarah Andras Ridley
Benjamin Brookes
Bedford-street
Brookes
Todd
King’s College
Dunn
Times
Walker
Duna
Gell
John Tucker Ross
Baker
Brick-lane
St. Luke's
Francie Chalkley
Brick Jane
James Mack
Nelson-street
City-road
G. D
C. J. Roberts
Bridge-street
Blackfriars
White
Cross-Street
George Dickenson
Garner
Wadd
Whitecross-street
College of Surgeons
Apothecaries’ Company
Egham
Judge Bailey
Baron Parke
Baron Garrow
John Long
Whitecross Street
Dickenson
Black Horse
Poplar
Jesse Druise
Lascar
Edinburgh
East India Docks
Joseph Walklin
Brunswick Pier
West India Docks
Upnor
Rochester
John Hinde
Joseph Chamberlain
17Th Regiment of Foot
Chatham Barracks
Four-elms-hill
Pritchard
Affghanistan
Ghuznee
Khelat
Infant found dead in privy near Whitechapel
At Lambeth Street magistrates, a newborn male infant's body was found in a privy at 20 Colchester Street Whitechapel with head injuries and possible infanticide. The alleged mother Elizabeth Cook, daughter of a cabman Nicholls, is under scrutiny though not yet charged. A man named Nicholls eluded arrest. Inquest pending. Also a separate drunken assault case against James Nairn of St Katharine Docks. Prisoner fined 20s or 14 days.
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Cutty Murper
Pierse
Division of Police
Colchester-street
Whitechapel
Elizabeth Cook
Nicholls
Cook
Henry
James Nairn
St. Katharine Docks
Donnegan
Mr. Donnegan
Pearse
Colonel Rowan
Commercial Road
St. Katharine Docke
Robbers use bakery wagon stratagems to plunder 20 shops
In a district crime spree, two men used a clever ruse to seize a baker’s barrow while a journeyman left it unattended. They loaded loaves and flour into a basket and fled, robbing about twenty bakers. One barrow and 17 loaves from Davidson's Belvedere road were taken. the pair offered no defense and were committed. Separately, Rev Isaac Bridgeman and his son faced warrants for grave theft. Bail was arranged for the son with two £500 sureties after questioning by magistrates.
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Davidson
Belvedere Road
Isaac Bridgeman
St. John’s Chapel
West-street
Walworth
John
Childs
John Bridgeman
Cottingham
J. Bridgeman
British court records reveal assault and child abuse cases in Lambeth and Greenwich
Esther Wellmore testified she suffered repeated abuse from Samuel Coe, who was fined or jailed, while an ensuing inquiry uncovered a 13 year old girl’s neglect and a surgeon's controversial examination. At Greenwich, Alfred Bunn faced a disputed dog toll and a misnamed charge, with case adjourned. Westmin ster witnesses recounted Rebecca Jones's rent dispute. Inquests returned natural deaths with medical misadventure, including mercury overdose from an unqualified prescriber.
Smashed cupboard tale ends in payment dispute
A court hearing features a comically chaotic scene as a commissioner demands payment while a defendant resists, the case involving a cat among crockery and a box of belongings. Rebecca and her daughters exit in anger, slamming the iron gate as reporters ponder the scene.
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Tpu
Rebecca
White Quakers Auction Leaves House Crowded and Turbulent
A Dublin sale of Joshua Jacob’s furniture at the White Quakers’ house in William Street drew a large crowd amid seizing and legal action for 6000 pounds. The event featured improvised sermons on conscience, frantic speeches, and disruptive blasphemies by attendees including a deranged man and John Child. Police kept order as buyers crowded the rooms and the auctioneer halted proceedings after several lots.
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Littledale
Joshua Jacob
Taeoth
Wik Street
Joshiug Facob
William-street
Bennett
Hous
Bedlam
William Honnor
Queen's County
John Child
Jacob
Joshua
Facob
Child
Theg
Bannett
Homer
Dublin
Rebecca and Her Daughters at Royal Amphitheatre
Globe reports a new play Rebecca and her Daughters or Partly the Policeman opening Wednesday September 13 1848 at the Royal Amphitheatre Liverpool. Cast includes Sir Watkin Wiseacre T Williams Captain Squib Abbot and many others with a £100 reward for Rebecca and £10 for each daughter. features vigilance of authorities police in disguise and a dramatic denouement at Liandilo glen.
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Royal Amphitheatre
Liverpool
Rebecca
Watkin Wiseacre
T. Williams
Squib
Ponty
Glen of
Liandilo
Justice of Peace
Globe
Dress of O Connell at Mullaghmast Dinner
The Times reporter sketches Mr. O Connell at the Mullaghmast gathering describing him as resembling a great mogul with a purple and blue velvet national cap and gold embroidery, a gray coat, an aldermanic gold chain, and a purple velvet gown with fur trimmings.
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Times
O'Connell
Mullaghmast
A Search For Riches Ends With Barricaded Farm
In Saleen parish near Middleton and Cloyne a man dreamed of buried gold at Fitzgerald’s farm. He and friends armed, entered the yard, dug up the ground, found no treasure, and the crowd later besieged the house, threatening to burn it. Fitzgerald sought police protection as his home became a civil guard barrack.
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Fitzgerald
Saleen
Middleton
Cloyne
Viet Armis
Cork Examiner
Punch bids for London seat in mock parliamentary gambit
A satirical letter from Punch to electors of the City of London parodies a candidate’s bid for parliament. It boasts past misdeeds, loyalty to the city, and a program to increase aldermen, double dignities, raise fees, fund city improvements, and grant arts copyright, ending with a quip about voting for the writer regardless of dead selectors.
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Newgate
Old Bailey
Lord Brougham
London
Saint Paul's
Temple Bar
Gog
Magog
Peter Laurie
Sheriff Moon
Whittington
Templebar
Naples
Rome
Peckham
Chatterton
Old Bailey Court
Moon
Puncu
P.S
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Hovssy
Prxsion Society
John Stanley Plumphery
City of London Convalescent Pension Society and Savings’ Bank
Queen Street
Cheapside
Femphery
Richard Sexton
Earp
Espartero
Regent’s-park
Mr. Doudney
Stanley Humphery
Lord Stanley
Stanley
James Pike
Red Lion
Red Lion Square
City of London Convalescent Fund Pension Society and Savings’ Bank
Humphery
Piper
Duke of
Bourne
Duke of Sussex
Lordayor
United Kingdom
Baron Rothschild
Francis Burdett
Augustus d’Este
Joseph Hume
Hume
Bow Street
TEE Wheeely Chronicle
Lambeth Street
Union Hall
William Stewart
Alexander Reid
Bammbersmith
Greenwich
Taylor
Jeremy
Alfred Bunn
Bunn
Edward Porritt
Alfred Berton
St. James’s Place
Lord Seymour
Railway Company
Westminster Court OF Requests
Rebecca Jones
Letitia Edmonds
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