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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 13, 1839
Page
6
A tale of domestic strife ends with an alderman advising restraint after a drunken husband admits striking his wife. The man proposes half a crown weekly maintenance while the wife promises quiet. Separations, temperance, and a custody of funds follow as the court refrains from harsher action.
Thomas Eaton a law student charged with causing the death of carpenter William Crow after an altercation in King Street Holborn on the night of May 28. The case hinges on whether a blow or a fall fractured a rib causing lung inflammation leading to death. Bail set at £300 with two sureties of £150 each. depositions to be prepared for sessions.
A London magistrates row column reports cab driver William Hale facing a fine and bail for threatening a key witness Becket after a prior assault case. Other items include William Kinsington accused of attempted murder with a pistol in Piccadilly, Peter Scott's drunken assault on a police constable in Soho, and Joseph Wells charged with stealing a pocket handkerchief amid a chaotic smoking club scene. Also noted are George Cant charged with rape at the Windsor Castle and Edward Moon committed for indecent assault on a boy.
Alfred Champis a police constable 186 a division was charged before Mr Burrell with stopping a respectable master tradesman on Constitution hill and extorting money from him. The prisoner who had been stripped of the police uniform appeared in a dress usually worn by stablemen. Mr W Heedon a plumber and glazier in Mays building Park-lake testified that on Saturday night he passed through St James park to Westminster and returning near midnight he asked a constable on duty near Buckingham Palace whether the gate at Constitution hill was open. The constable replied Yes and Heedon proceeded toward the gate when he saw a policeman leaning against the paling and swinging-
A magistrates court hears a string of incidents. A constable admits to misconduct and is convicted for soliciting a pint from a complainant. A hackney coach driver faces charges of gross imposition over fares with exact change disputed. Several women threaten suicide, with bail granted after police intervention, while a painter confesses to drinking prior to a self harm attempt and is released on bail after promising not to repeat.
Thomas Fowler, a gardener, was charged with breaking into Mr John William Lock's house at No 3 Frederick Place Goswell Road and stealing silver spoons gold rings and other items. Evidence included ladder access to a back window and shoe impressions linking Fowler to the scene. The case also involved a separate report of a woman assaulted by Fowler and remand for further inquiry.
Captain John Cullen of the James Watt, General Steam Navigation, faced a summons over £3 18s 3d wages refused to James Downey. Downey proved his contract, and the wages were attached by a Leith tailor. The magistrate ruled payment valid under the Merchant Seamen's Act, and Cullen paid Downey in full.
In a comic hearing at the Guildhall Court of Requests Mr. P Astly sues Mr. T Baily over a new sporting coat. The panel watches a theater of fashion as coats, sleeves, and pockets are judged in a humorous clash of tailors’ vanity. The court settles by splitting costs, Mr Baily paying £1.
An inquest at the George and Vulture public-house heard James Kitson, 26, a bricklayer and husband and father of four, hanged himself after previous suicide attempts. His father John Kitson testified to a note saying goodbye and urged care for his son, with the verdict that the act was committed while labouring under insanity.
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