Dramatic London Court Records Unfold Scrapes and Scuffles
Police remand a young man John Williams and two girls for following gentlemen in the streets to crib wallets and educate a boy in theft. The session at Bow Street also sees paupers jailed for intoxication and a shopkeeper fined over oyster theft amid a string of domestic disputes and petty crimes in Marylebone and Marlborough Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L Gurver
John Wilee
Joseph Williams
Mary Harrison
Emilia, Cripps
Jord
John Williams
Irls
Jack
Johnny Raw
Guildhall
James Reardon
Ireland
Sir Peter Laurie
St. Repalchire’s
England
Peter Laurie
London
Miler
Union
Bow Street
Arate Ees
Jane Dibbins
Frederick Roe
Claré-market
Rae
Jane
Pill
Bristol
Clare-market
F. Roe
Clare -Market
Strand Drien
Roe
Ballard
George Evans
Haybittle
Strand Union
Glascott
Wiliam Harris Carrey
Kirby
Sir F. Roe
John Smih
Goodman Levy
Bow-street
Hatton Garden Brutal Assault and Robbery Attempt
William Benton alias Black Bill appeared in custody, charged with a murderous assault on police at Smithfield and an attempted robbery on builder Mr. Souter in Clerkenwell. Parker and White corroborated severe head wounds from a heavy instrument, with Benton escaping to West Street before arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West-street
Smithfield
Field Lane
Holborn
Parker
Witham
West Street
White
London Magistrates Hear Series of Assaults and Thefts
A crowded London magistrates court heard multiple cases including a man beaten with a crow bar, a teenage girl charged with a robbery, and a 17 year old clerk accused of stealing 30 pounds. Witnesses described brutal assaults, suspected theft by a female servant, and a brothel nuisance case involving juvenile prostitution. The proceedings led to committals and cautions as the court pressed for accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker
Daniel Sullivan
Witham
Bridget Gannetly
Eliza Morgan
St. John-street
Clerkenwell
Loree
Mr. Witham
House of Correction
Charles Lawrence
Abbott
Bells-yard
Chancery-lane
Francis Crocker
Mosers
Upi
Dewing
G Division
Star
London-road
Bank of England
Thomas’ Phillips
Accomptant
Bank “of England
William Hurd
Sarah Gibson
Mary Ann ‘Mathews
Landells in Chelsea Disturbance Case Over Language
George Landells, formerly a lieutenant in the 22d foot, faced a warrant charging violent language and conduct to incite Captain Campbell to breach the peace. Campbell testified he was pursued in Chelsea with threats and a drawn stick, while Landells admitted using certain language and claimed extenuating circumstances tied to his Jamaica discharge and past disputes. Bail was set to keep the peace. Landells had been dismissed from service in 1834.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
22D Foot
Montpelier-square
Brompton
Chelsea
King’s Road
Mr. Burrell
Capt. Campbell
Jamaica
Greenwich
Landells
Mr. Landells
Captain Campbell
Landella
Wesleyan Preacher Held on Shoreditch Obstruction Charge
Mr Thomas Williams a Wesleyan student from Hoxton appeared before the magistrate on a charge of obstructing the public way by assembling a crowd to hear him preach near Shoreditch church. The case featured pro and anti church attendance witnesses, with Williams defended by Mr Prendergast. The magistrate dismissed the case after noting no persistent complaint and citing local acts on obstruction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Williams
Wesleyan Academy
Hoxton
Shoreditch
Boatswain Smith
Shoreditch Church
Prendergast
John Smith
Wesleyan Institution
Church of England
Uxbridge Petty Sessions Swindling Suspect Remanded
Henry Thompson, linked to a swindling outfit with members including Timmings and others, faced final examination at Uxbridge. He is connected to thefts in Woolwich Uxbridge Reading and Great St. Helens and the St Katharine's Docks jewellery robbery. He was committed for trial and bail set at £200 with two £100 sureties on security.
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Vebridge
Henry Thompson
John Timmings
London Street
Uxbridge
Clerkenwell
Dagnal
Timmings
Davis
Thompson
Robertson
Cook
Murphy, &c
Woolwich
Reading
Great St. Helens
St. Katharine’s
Henson
Fair Yankee girl suffers cheek wound in wagon accident
A fair Yankee girl born on green mountains was thrown from a wagon and carried to a nearby farmhouse with a deep gash on her cheek. The village surgeons sutured the wound and the patient recovered speech, asking to be stitched neatly. A labourer hit on the forehead by a winch handle sang everything he said afterward and was taken to the infirmary.
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Green
Liverpool Mail
London Sagas of Streets Crime and Accidents
A series of late night and day events report thefts assaults and accidents across London. A horse thief seizes a saddle after a parate court road pickup. Mary Riston is fined and imprisoned for a dispute with a youth. a Thames omnibus crushes a man near Westminster road. injuries from an omnibus wheel and aneurysm-like accidents at Brick Lane and St Giles are described. a decomposition case and a suspected suicide are noted in Greenwich workhouse. river steamers collide and rescue four men. a London inn guest escapes after a bag check revealing theft. a forged cheque swindle ends with capture. a carving knife accident hospitalizes a young servant. and Lancashire rail labor tensions prompt riots between English and Irish workers.
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Barton
Mary Riston
Simmons
House of Correction
John ‘Appleyard
Chase
Lambeth-walk
Westminster-road
Marsh
Greenwich
Mark Langdale
St.Thomas's
Powers Street
Wag
Johnson
Queenstreet
Walworth-road
Elephant and Castle Inn
Hig
St.Thomas’s Hospital
Talon
Brick-lane
Spitalfields
London
Highstreet
St. Giles’s
Robert Hancock
Paddington
Oxford-street
Middlesex Hospital
Oakum
Thomas Robinson
Carret Bac
Bull's ‘Head
Vere-street
Clare-market
Bowers
Clarkeson
Strand
Clarkson
Bank of England
F. Kenny
Surrey-street
Kenny
EB Kenny
Martha Punsey
Felix
Willow-terrace
Lower-road
Islington
Lancaster
Lancaster and
Preston
Hampton-green
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Marylbone
Thomas Biggs
Hoskins
Charles Louis Stanislaus Baron Heurteloup
Queen Ann-street
Cavendish Square
Charles Phillips
Parliament Street
Westminster
Therisoner
Dr. White
Messrs. Drummond
France
Thomas Andrew Rush
Messrs
Phillips
Lord Montford
Jane Phillips
Paradise-street
Bryanstone-square
William Brett
Edgeware-road
Siat
Henry Upton
Werner-street
Portland
Marlborough Street
Ann.Groves
Congar
Elizabeth Groves
Tozather
Conant
Mr. Groves
Mr. Conant
Mr. Grove
Groves
Ir. Jolley
Ryder’s Court
Chambers and
Ryder’s-court
Chambers
Jolley
William Smith
Boatswain “Smith
Rédding-Desk
Greenyard
Hannah’ ‘Kelly
Combe
Patrick ‘O'Connor
Oly
Mary’ Manning
Norah Sullivan
Hayward
Pat
Patrick
Pottern
Zambeth Street
Jonas John Valentine
Jen Bryan
Ann Bennett
H-102
Wentworth-street
Whitechapel
Jackson
Wontner
Vicentine
Union Hall
Thomas Phelps
South Lambeth
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