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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 10, 1841
Page
5
Long defense hearing tests court discretion in a string of cases including John Jones and Lady Hyde Parker. Insolvents faced with heavy schedules and questionable finances, the chief commissioner weighs the discretionary clause and the debtor's conduct.
A grand proclamation from Chinese authorities in Canton promises vast rewards for capturing or killing English targets and their allies. It outlines specific sums for seizing Elliot and his subordinates, destroying ships, capturing steam vessels, and even rewards for natives and merchants aiding the effort, with broad punishments for opposing actions.
A Victorian police and court digest recounts Jam es T Howprson Invine seeking aid for a bankrupt tradesman whose wife is in a lunatic asylum. He names four children needing care and pleads guardian and parish relief to send a crippled son to Norwood school and to find work or apprenticeships for the others.
Imperial nephew Yihshan reports May 31 dispatch detailing fortifications around Canton, battery positions, and 1000 Fokeen sailors prepared for fire attacks. He describes a May 21 assault on western fort, heavy barbarian ships, city fires, and seeks a peaceful settlement with payment demands and governance accountability.
The document outlines Britain’s demanded terms for talks with the Chinese government. It calls for a fifteen million dollar indemnity covering opium seizures and war costs, immediate partial payment, instalments over five years at five percent interest, and a British envoy in Pekin. It also demands open ports for trade with factory sites, permanent Hong Kong control, and that only mandarins with full powers negotiate.
The British and foreign Anti-Slavery Society has been tasked with calling a future abolitionist assembly. After several deliberations the committee chose to hold another anti-slavery convention in London in June 1843 unless special reasons warrant an earlier date.
William Burdon, recently discharged by Great Western Railway, stood before Mr. Rawlinson charged with drunkenness and threatening Mr. Andrews the locomotive superintendent. Burdon admitted liquor use, denied intent to injure, and was fined 40 shillings with a twelve month peace bond. A separate case saw Mary Ann Lewis committed to Newgate for shoplifting slippers from Mr Poulton in Somerstown.
Florence Foley, a basket-maker, stood before Mr Hardwick on a charge of assaulting John Hays at Seven Dials. Hays, who had lost sight in his left eye abroad, was struck on the right eye, destroying his remaining vision. Foley blamed bystander accounts. judge ordered compensation not accepted and remanded to Middlesex Hospital, with hard labour for one month. Anin Osborne, a Carlton Colonnade waitress, alleged Henry Ongler deprived him of vision by splashing scalding liquid in his face after coffee service. The witness, severely burned, said he refused to pay for others’ coffees. Ongler was identified as the defendant. The case continued, with further evidence regarding consent and payment.
The report notes it was impossible for Mrs Paull to earn subsistence due to health. Mr Hardwick calls it unfortunate. If she can prove her statements, she could proceed against Mr Paull for bigamy. The matter rests for now.
In Queen Square Pimlico Henry Fitch and John Kent faced the bar with Fitch charged with violently assaulting a police officer and Kent accused of attempting to rescue him. Fitch struck the constable, threw him to the ground, and later assaulted another officer at the station. Kent urged the officers not to take Fitch into custody. Fitch fined £5, Kent 10s. Drivving Omnibus case: driver charged with galloping through Knightsbridge. witnesses testified to speed. The driver denied racing. the master admitted urging the pace. The magistrate suspended the license and removed the badge for two months citing ongoing danger to public safety.
James Johnson a police constable of 96 E division faced charged in Queen-square Bloomsbury with drunkenness and abusing duty. The case recounted a rainy Holborn incident where Johnson ordered a man and witness away, dragged both toward a station, tearing a shirt and hat, with witnesses and officers disputing the conduct. Inspector Dudley ordered all witnesses to appear next morning at ten, and Mr Greenwood convicted Johnson, sentencing ten days hard labor in the House of Correction.
An African slave escapee named Jacobs described his journey from New Orleans to London via Dublin and a hospital stay in Ireland. He spoke of harsh slave life, bloodhounds, and escape attempts, and told how he learned about abolition efforts in England before seeking relief. Separate cases include Benjamin Brill's assault on Geeles, claimed as jovial conduct, and Hannah Gibbons charged after a workhouse riot and crockery siege, with remand for trial.
In Whitechapel William Andrews was brought before Mr Norton on a charge of stealing a shawl from Mrs Collins’s lodging house in George-yard. The shawl vanished from a tumble-down bed in the kitchen after Mrs Collins placed it there. Andrews, found in the kitchen vicinity, initially denied theft but admitted taking the shawl and promised to restore it by locating the missing item, under threat of prosecution.
A man accused of stealing a woman's shawl after a dispute with witnesses was remanded for further inquiry. Norton noted disbelief of the accused, who swore falsely that the witnesses lied. In a related case, a prisoner fled bail after being indicted for taking £13 from Mrs Read. he was captured aboard a ship in St. Katherine's Dock and sent to Newgate.
In London, Elizabeth Taylor faced magistrate Mr Broderip on theft charges. A young man testified the prisoner took his money from his pocket after a visit to Baker Street, while witnesses described their uneasy meeting and the alleged plan to fund a holiday. The court discharged her, noting no felony occurred. A separate case involved Ann Wilson smuggling brandy and tobacco, where she claimed inexperience. she faced a 30 shilling fine with warning of heavier penalties if repeated. A further hearing saw John Allen charged with causing severe wounds to Charles Clark in a dispute linked to a house of ill fame, with a hefty fine and two months' detention imposed. Another man, John Wilkinson, was convicted of stealing a till from a Poplar bakery after a pursuit to the railway, with the rope incident noted during capture.
George Harber, a Wart labourer, faced Adams and Sutherland for trespassing on the Brightout railway. Witnesses testified he lay drunk across the rails at Parley as an up train approached, risking a catastrophic crash. he claimed to have no memory after visiting Croydon fair. Magistrates imposed £5 fine or two months imprisonment to deter similar misconduct.
Bodies of Marshall and Field laid to rest by company funds. Remains of Watson and Palmer sent to London. Patcham tunnel earth fall disrupts rail traffic. trains resume after clearing obstruction. Government sends Prossdale Barlow to investigate the late accident at the York hotel. Four American sailors face examination after an alleged savage attack. witnesses bound over for Old Bailey testimony.
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