Accident on London Brighton line kills and injures
A disaster at Copyhold cutting near Hawley involved a down train from London to Brighton. Engine drivers and passengers testified about speed, wheel configuration, and the greasy blue clay causing the four wheel engine to wobble and derail. several workers and two passengers died. Public inquiry urged discontinuance of four wheel engines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yars
London
Ham
Brightond
Hawley
Cockspur-street
Brighton
Hayward’s Heath
Kitches
Goldsmith
Palmer
Robert Field
Jane Watson
Ouse
Copyhold
London and Birmingham
Tondon and Birmingham
Woodcock Hill
George Copley
Copyheeld Hill
John Hardy
M.P
Henry Palmer
Wood
Mr. Hardy
John Wood
Matthew Hull
Jackson
Eastern Counties
John Hinge
Cuckfield
Ouse Viaduct
Brees
Aes
Insolvent Clergyman and Lady Parker in Bankruptcy Court
Proceedings reveal the discharge of Rev. William St Aubyn of Stoke Damerel after a large, complex insolvency case revealing debts of £22,000, secured and unsecured, and a sequestration. Lady Hyde Parker’s petition for discharge is denied under the discretionary clause after a lengthy examination of her finances and a confession of heavy, varied debts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SappHo
John Skinner Vinning
Blockley
Bowen
Crexayman
William John St. Aubyn
Stoke Damerel
Westfield
Oxford
Paris
Cooke
Mr. Cooke
John St. Aubyn
Woodroffe
Burt
Devonport
Pomroad
Gilbard
Holburn
Thompson
Oxford-street
Vinning
St. Aubyn
Ainslie
England
D. Allen
Thomas
Walpole
Treasury
Ogden
Tursday
Hyps Panken
Fanny Parker
Lady Hyde Parker
Court of Common Pleas
Kine
Parker
Cresswell
Park Lane
Essex-street
Mr. Cresswell
Clifford
Mr. Cocke
Morris
Captain Parker
Jane
Police Reports of a London Court Case and Debtors Aid
Reports cover a plea for guardian aid for a ruined tradesman James Thomesey Inving seeking school for a son and clothing for others. Followed by Guildhall notes on petty theft attempts and an impostor selling junk, a savage assault case in Marlborough Street, a wife beating case, and a disputed marriage case involving Andrew Paull and Mrs Paull with destitution and court actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Laurie
Wood-street
Cheapside
Messrs
Samuel and
John Painter
Culeman-street
Messrs. Kilpatrick and Brothers
Hamburgh
Marshal Davoust
Bonaparte
Bethnal-green
St. Alphage
Norwood
James Thomesey
Hall
Gutch
King William Street
London-bridge
Brooks and Wightwick
High-street
Southwark
Drury Lane Incident At Paddington Ends With Fine
A well dressed William Burdon, recently discharged from the Great Western Railway, faced a magistrate for drunkenness and threats at Paddington. He admitted liquor impairment and claimed no harm intended to Mr Andrews, who had him fined 40 shillings and bound over for a year. Also a Mary Ann Lewis, stylishly dressed, was charged with shoplifting slippers at Skinner Street and committed to Newgate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry
Michael Leary
Peggy
Mike
Two Childer
Stich
Missis Leary
Childer
Herrins
Mrs. Leary
Hanner
Andrew Pauil
Green‘street
Grosvenor-square
Hardwick
St. George
Hanover-square
Paull
Bodkin
Steele
Mr. Paull
Mr. Hardwick
St. George's
Druxkenness
William Burdon
Great Western Railway Company
Rawlinson
Henry Smith
Paddington
Mr. Rawlinson
Mr. Andrews
Locomotive Department
Westbourne Bridge
Failure of enforcement in Mrs Paull bigamy case
The court noted the deed of separation could not be enforced and Mrs Paull faced destitution. Overseers debated relief, with Mr Hardwick suggesting the parish urge self support. Dr Bloxam certified her illness from privation and anxiety, while potential bigamy action against Mr Paull remained open.
Queen Square Assault on Police Leads to Fines and Suspended License
In Pimlico Henry Fitch faced a charge for violently assaulting a police constable while being taken into custody and for further assault at the station. John Kent was accused of attempting to rescue him. Fitch fined £5, Kent 10s. The omnibus driver for service 2461 was summoned for galloping at Knightsbridge, endangering public safety. license suspended for two months as magistrate Gregory imposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Davis
Alderman Humphery
Fetterlane
Charles. Clark
Petticoat-lane
Bridewell
Michael Rowan
Robert Alexander
Golden Lane
Keogh
William Woollen
Alderman Humphbery
Florence Foley
Stacey-street
Hardwick
John Hays
East India Company
Seven-dials
Middlesex Hospital
House of Correction
Nathaniel Bowden
Chaplin
Davies
Berkeley-square
Ann Osbourne
Carlton Colonnade
Norris Street
Henry Foulger
Fitch
Kent
Bennett
Drivie
Taylor
Kinightsbridge
J. Wright
Mr. Leng
Defendant
Gregorie
Police Drunkenness Case in Holborn Courtroom
A police constable of the 96 E division faced a drunkenness charge after arresting a man and dragging him from a doorway in Holborn near Turnstile. Witnesses, including Mr. Harar the chemist, testified to violence toward the complainant and a station-house altercation. Inspector Dudley and Mr. Greenwood debated duties before sentencing the officer to ten days hard labour in the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Johnson
Greenwood
Francis Harar
Devonshire-street
Queen-square
Bloomsbury
Holborn
George-street
St. Giles’s
Daisley
John Grosvenor
Gray
Iim
Jane
Harar
Ir. Greenwood
House of Correction
Dudley
African Slave Turnover Remanic Narration at London Magistrate
An African slave once in New Orleans recounts his escape to London via Dublin. He describes brutal master cruelty, sale and confinement, and his hope to join abolition efforts in England. A second case outlines a furrier Benjamin Brill’s assault on an elderly man in Hackney road, with the magistrate ordering discharge after noting the offender’s punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mondavy
Jacobs
Mr. Bingham
London
Dublin
West Indies
South Carolina
Africa
England
Benjamin Brill
Bingham
Geeks
Thomas-street
Hackney-road
Smith
N 57
Irs
Hannah Gibbons
Mr. Harnett
St. Luke's Workhouse
House of Correction
Shawl theft case at Whitechapel ends with remand
Prosecution cites a shawl stolen from a lodging-house bed by Norton and two witnesses conflict over the evidence. Norton denies guilt then admits taking it on two occasions and returning it, while others accuse him. The jury at Central Criminal Court finds a true bill against a separate bail-skipped defendant in a related case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norton
Whitechapel
Cuss Norton
Orshiv
Central Criminal Court
Read
Butler
Thames Police Court
Soner
St. Kathe
Newgate
Blan Jury Iyi Fuge
Elizabeth Taylor linked to a Lewd Theft Case at Lambeth Street
In a Lambeth Street magistrates court a young man described as a pattern maker faced a charge of stealing from a married woman linked to a longer pattern of visits and a claim of conspiracy to keep a brothel. The case featured testimony about money, a pocket theft, and implications of a broader criminal network. The prisoner is remanded as details unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Taylor
Broierip
Baker-street
Cornwall-street
St Veminis
Atvhet
Treaisev
Brick-lane
Whitechasel
Titishaal
Tel
Bawate
Ham
Neeto
Bris Rip
Ban Tee
Lambeth Street
Thames Police
Countess of
Lonsi
Ge Mnust
Russ Wils
Broderip
John Allen
Charles Clark
2 Soner
Wi Griffiths
Clark
John Wilkinson
Brunswick-street
Poplar
Iel
Bai
Leeks Tee
Atkinson
Old Hole
Poylar
Blackwall Razis
Londo
Leek
Hoyle
Shulden
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LAW
Queen's Bench
John Jones
Lisson-grove
Mansion House
Marlborough Street
Dmarylebowse
Batton Garde
Lambetih Street
Greexwich
Croydon
George Harlot
Adonis
Parley
Fendant
Ponaray-square
George Whitmore
Street
Portman-square
Marylebone-lane
Ata Ee
Cate
Mr. Whtmore
Carmer
Beluga
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