Court notes a loan pledge to cover restitution
The excerpt states a person will use his own funds if needed to restore money and will gather other gentlemen to satisfy the injury. He insists this does not absolve him of responsibility in the case.
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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 16, 1836
Page
2
The excerpt states a person will use his own funds if needed to restore money and will gather other gentlemen to satisfy the injury. He insists this does not absolve him of responsibility in the case.
Crime report detailing multiple incidents. Cole and Alexander Stewel charged with theft and disturbance. cab driver altercation in Strand involving Edward Giles. Adams and Hill cases including a theatre disturbance and an assault with a police witness. Includes Mrs Pitt's testimony of indecent liberties and court adjournments with magistrates ruling on bail and fines.
In a London magistrates court Henry Cornell alias the Jew Dando faced charges of deceit at a White Horse Street coffee shop. The complainant alleged Cornell ordered breakfast and coffee for 1s 9d, but produced no funds until a fellow instead offered payment, prompting remarks on reforming coffee shop keepers. The incident included repeated accusations of cheating and a loud exchange about names and identity. The second case involved a schoolmaster Fletcher accused of excessive punishment on a four year old, showing injuries and a dispute over debt. the magistrates heard competing accounts and noted prior references to Cornell.
Mr Milne expressed satisfaction with an apology after a public incident. T Pers y, a well dressed man, was brought to custody charged with embezzling large sums for butter merchant Mr Francis M Gill of Axminster. Gill reported and identified losses from funds collected by the prisoner for Bridport Bank. Gill suspected irregular payments and found most sums exceed £10. Prisoner admitted embezzling £229 said to be lost at a gambling house in St James's Street and was remanded until Tuesday.
The defendant confessed that his anger led to harsh discipline after the child failed to repeat the alphabet. He claimed no intent to injure and presented the cane used, which he said he would not wish to taste. Magistrates judged the punishment too severe but hoped it would deter repetition. the child's mother vowed to pursue further punishment if needed.
A young Frenchman Antoine Tripier wearing a Legion of Honour cross was charged with intoxication. He spoke a rambling jesting defense in broken English and French claiming assault by four men and police neglect. The magistrate fined him 5s though the man protested loudly for justice.
William Evans faced Mr Rawlinson over a violent outburst at St Pancras workhouse. After planning with paupers he hurled a brick at overseer Mr Coulart, then attacked Taylor’s Eve’s Passage residence with stones. Evans claimed starvation drove him. he was fined 50s and sentenced to six weeks in the House of Correction.
A well dressed man named Emanuel Standity was accused of burglary at a shop run by Henry Marshall in King’s Head Court. The case involved entry by window, a candle left burning, and theft of cash near £4 plus other till contents. Marshall claimed about £20 missing overall. Standity denied burglary. magistrates remanded him for further examination. A separate incident saw Lawrence Russell charged with intoxication and a companion with stealing a hat. Russell’s hat value was set at tenpence, he was jailed for nonpayment.
Police report a severed female arm found in a dust bin linked to a Duke Street house near St Bartholomew's Hospital. Inspector Teaple and Sgt. Grove investigate the origin, with landlady confirming occupation by hospital students and a bloody knife fragment discovered. The case involves possible dissection and awaiting magistrate guidance, while other court items are noted.
The report covers a night disturbance on Kingsland road where Sarah Jones, with an infant, faced charges after a party ended in disorder. Her daughter’s wedding festivities earlier, alcohol excess, and police intervention led to bail, with the prisoner discharged. It also notes David Jones seeking lodging after his wife’s revelry and his own disorientation ending in a station-house berth and release.
A man injured his middle finger and part of his forefinger to be discharged from the army. He wandered hungry until he surrendered as a deserter. Police doubt the self harm motive, noting many maim themselves. Magistrate sends him to hospital, then to county gaol for War Department inquiry.
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