Chartist Riot Trials At Stockport Workhouse
Reports from Stockport detail riots at the union workhouse on August 10. Several prisoners including Horsefield, Thomas Smith, Rhodes, Harrop, and Webb faced charges of riot and felony, with commitments to Chester assizes. Further arrests include Turner, Kay, Robinson, and others tied to conspiracy, intimidation, and sedition at Marple and Manchester meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mate
Stockport
de Reigeboubreodd
Tai
Chester
John Rhodes
James Harrop
Harrop
Rhodes
Special Commission
Fturrop
John Webb
Union
Ile
James Hatton
Joseph
Amos Smith
Nicholls
Cheshire Constabulary
Hyde
Manpce
Wm. Turer
Samuel Kay
Robert Robinson
Rough Robin
Marple
James A. Newton
James Crompton
King
Robinson
Turner
Isherwood
Marple-hall
Peter Waine
Kay
Dakin
Joseph Zayson
Compstall Bridge
James Compton
Hawks’green
Manchester
Chester Assizes
AnrEst
J. Arthur
Kent
Carlisle
Arthur
Chartists
Carlisle Journal
Counterfeits and Demolition Cases Dominated Westminster Sessions
A street vendor named John Williams was fined five pounds and jailed for a month for obstructing a pavement and selling counterfeit sovereigns. In a separate case Thomas Storr faced felony charges for pulling down part of a house and selling bricks, tiles, and lead. Additional reports covered robberies at the Adelaide Gallery, a brutal child abuse examination, indecent assaults, and other minor crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Williams
Hanover
Williams
Bridewell
Alderman Wilson
Thomas Storr
Humphreys
W. Wood
Messrs. Law and Sweeting
Southampton Buildings
Chancery-lane
Mary Levy
Alexander Levy
Newton
Booker
Booker’s Gardens
Rt. Hart
Bevis-marks
Court of Chancery
Hart
Vr Wood
Chancery Lane
Wood
Felgate
Thomas Jennings
Booker's Gardens
Joseph Whitey
Prisoner Committed After Bricks and Bricks Sale Probe
The court heard testimony that the prisoner ordered removal of a condemned house and, under orders from Mr Wood, assisted by Mr Hart, pulled down two stories and sold bricks and tiles. Witnesses described bricks, sashes, and tiles being moved from Booker's gardens and from the house at No 3, with implications of felonious intent. The case was committed for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Wood
Booker's Gardens
Felgate
Page
Mr. Humphreys
Alderman Wilson
Mr. Hart
Assault on Police Constable at Cadogan Square
Christopher Rourke a 25 year old vagrant was charged with assaulting James Aght a police constable in the B division after begging in Cadogan Place and Lowndes Square. He seized the constable by the throat and dragged him into a mews then fled towards a stable with a pitchfork. The other case involved Frederick Hawkes Nottage charged with feloniously disposing of books and seeking to publish Addresses to Youth while denying fraudulent intent. He was remanded for trial with depositions to be provided later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Square
Christopher Rourke
James Aght
Cadogan Place
Lowndes-square
Frederick Hawkes Nottage
Newgate
Hancock
Haynes
Broughton
Cross
Phillips and Clark
Prince Albert
Royal
Anson
New Forest
Hampshire
Lee
Bolton's Beach
Lyndhurst
Lees
Stanleys
Jacob Lee
Tom
Tsay
Peel
Duke of Wellington
James Graham
Lord Stanley
Jack
Lord Melbourne
Paley
Russia
Omnes
Dick Bradshaw
Local Court Hears Brutal Stableyard Assault Case
A man pinned near the witness, two grooms restrained him, and after aid was sought he was taken to the station. The defendant had 74d on him and various larder contents, claiming he seized a pitchfork to deter the constable. Mr Burrell called it one of the worst cases in memory and ordered three months hard labour in the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Wilson
Timothy Connors
Calmell Buildings
Oxford-street
Rawlinson
Coventy
Barnard Gawin
Eliza Gawin
Potter
Board of Guardians
Messer
Marylebone
Mr. Rawlinson
Gawin
Aid
Liza Gawin
Ireland
London
Mr. Fell
Gavin
Webb
Prac
Martin Gallaghan
Devonshire
Lisson
Rev. _linson
Anne Lowe
Devonshire-street
Marquis of Anglesey
Rebecca Sonster
Exeter-street
Hall
House of Correction
Burrell
Fraud charges against Waddilove and Davis at Union Hall
Edward Waddilove and Thomas Davis faced felon’s dock on fraud charges that spanned multiple tradesmen. A lengthy testimony record details carpet and rug orders sent to 23 Kirby Street Hatton Garden and 45 Bedford Place Bayswater, with payments not made. Witnesses trace Waddilove’s movements through several addresses while Davis appears linked to similar orders, with goods sold for cash and a pawned glass later found. The court remanded both prisoners for a further week while additional victims, including hatters, stationers and greengrocers, come forward with claims ranging from ten shillings to fifty pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VictorMisine
Edward Waddilove
Thos. Davis
Humphreys
Pell
Union Hall
Middlesex
Tie
Richard Durant Cumming
Hatton Garden
Waddilove
Kirby-street
Hatton-garden
Davia
Sattongarden
Davis
Bedford-place
Bayswater
Wilderneys-lane
Dorset Street
Fleet-street
Liddell's-court
Fetter-lane
Stamford-villas
Fulham-road
Chapel- Place
Borough
Rogers
W. Dear
George's Place
Hyde- Park-Corner
Ford
John Searman
Bedford Place
Williams
Waddileye
Mr. Humphreys
Bristol
Cook
Mr. Combe
Mr. Davis
Robert William Triphook
George Rogers
Rogers and Dear
Chapel-place
Suffolk-street
No. 1
Witness Holt
Edi
Witness
Combe
Messrs
Marryatt and Butt
Hatters
St. Andrew-street
New Kent Roads
West
High Street
Kensington
Newell
Collision Damages Pearl Gravesend Steam Boat
Tuesday morning the Pearl Gravesend steam-boat, en route to London Bridge wharf, was struck by a brig near the custom house. The impact carried away the starboard paddle-box framework and cooking apparatus, causing great alarm among passengers. Pearl later docked for repairs after clearing the vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl
The Revenue Frauds Exposed in Early Smuggling Case
An 18th century revenue fraud case reveals lax control by customs and an attempted £300 to £600 defraud tied to a W. M. shipment from Boulogne to Malliet. A carman, a labourer named May, and several officials are named in a surveillance led seizure at Bishopsgate, with further disclosures of accomplices among Hastings Burnley and others. The report links these frauds to silk lace gloves and wine drawbacks, noting a broader inquiry into waterside officers and court proceedings that exposed missing French goods valued at about £615 and a pattern of concealment and evasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Customs Department
W. M
Boulogne
Malliet
Sylvester
Lower Thames-streat
Robinson
May
Wilson
Mesars
JD. Cordingley
Bishopsgate
Excise Office
Excise
Grocer
Hall-Court
Poultry
Nicholson
Hastings
Burnley
Hamersham
Laing
Foote
Board of Commissioners
Bankriptcy
Williams and Mottram
Evans
Mottram
London
Wright
Supposed Murder of Ten Persons by Poison in Bolton
A Bolton area inquest reveals arsenic in the bowels of William Eccles and other Haslam children. Betty Eccles, the stepmother, is suspected of poisoning ten relatives, with three deaths confirmed by post mortem and an adjourned inquiry into more bodies. A verdict of Wilful murder was returned for Eccles on three counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Folds
Little
Bolton
Crown Inn
William Eccles
Henry Eccles
Betty Haslam
Carter
Betty
Manchester
Anyuther
Taylor
Alice
Messrs
Denham
Howard
Hannah Haslam
Ann Haslam
Richard Haslam
Betty Eccles
Ann
James Haywood
Bradshaw
Haywood
Moscrop
Folds Read
Inspector Harris
H. Watson
Boston Chronicle
Isl
Witness
Salford
James Freywood
William
Heywood
John Denham
Alice Haslam
Nancy Haslam
Boy Heywood
Watson
Henry Hough Watson
Wm. Eccles
Hannah
James Harris
Cunrovus Contract and Benevolent Society Notes
The letter on postage stamp fundraising reports £2000 for a West of England church and £4000 for a noble cause via stamp collections led by ladies of rank. It also covers the Poorrelief Officers Benevolence Society forming in London to aid decayed workers, with officers chosen and laws drafted. The Essex clergy game list shows a sharp drop in field sports certificates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Missionary House
London
England
Bury Post
Inctropolis
Crency
Essex
The Gipsies and a Royal Wagered World of 1842
A long, disjointed OCR fragment covers royal privy purse spendings and a gipsy expulsion in the New Forest, plus mortality tables for London districts and a long, noisy Magpie and Stump dialogue about politics and philosophy. It mixes royal wagers with court-like rhetoric and social scenes, ending mid-discussion on logic and society.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mansion House
Bow
Mary Ann Clifford
Twyford
Adelaide Gallery of Practical Science
Lowther-arcade
Jane Batt
Thomas Batt
Albany-street
Regent's-park
Adelaide Gallery
Cox
Edward-street
Regent's Park
Cluereenwehll
Bolton Chronicle
Samuel Barrett
King’s Road
Brighton
Gavin Elliott Pocoels
Rugg
Snock
Stroles
Wrindsbury
Rochester
Matt
Tne
Higgs
General
Milbank
Johan Webster
Knutsford
Dennysaint
Bow-street
Metropolitan Police
Goddard
Stanley
County of Derby
Ingrave
Benjamin Bevrdman
Senos Dean
Wakley
Praed Street
Paddington
John Dowden
Moore
Bob
Mary
Margaret Douglas
Ty Hia de Maurrer
York
Bia Wei
Dice Bravsuaw
Neo Trosarsi
Tom Tuorxtos
Winn Jixkinas
Jack Adams
Dicx
Nev
Osnes
Josephus
Cordelia
Shakspeare Society
Neb
Belleisley
Will
William Jenkins
Sam
Mr. Bradshaw
Jenkins
Bransitaw
Jexxins
Tiorntin
Daller
Tobaccs
Winn
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