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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 16, 1847

Page

6

Law case on insolvent discharge and County Court protection

In a Suffolk matter at Bury St Edmunds, an insolvent sought discharge but the Commissioner ruled protection against County Court warrants could be granted only as to custody actions under a newer act. The judge refused discharge, noting the earlier court’s authority and inability to determine the cause of confinement. In a separate Lowestoft-like matter, Elizabeth Challis sought £2 6s 8d in wages from Welchman. The defense claimed she forfeited wages due to disobedience after a warned absence during illness. The judge found she was entitled to wages up to the warning time and ordered payment despite the wife’s testimony.

Commissioners of Bankruptcy Devenion Cleseenwhll Sirsznir Cnattia Welonuay T. Starkie Eng Elizabeth Challis Welchman Lamb Honce Mrs. Welchman Seach Sven Valentine Tow Marlborough Stehhet Mary Ann Oddy Hardwick Hyde Park John Chitty Royal Humane Society St. George’s Workhouse Barwise Afr. Hardwick John Perryan Rebecca Court Freseu Perryan House of Correction William Moyers King’s Head Orchard Street Weatminster Bellchambers Mr. Brees Brees Mr. Bellchambers Charing-cross Steddt Edmund Haywood Arnold High Street Whitechapel Louisa Smith Antll Keate Street Spitalfields Baurat Anne Hill Jane Jackson Well Street Arvos Pris Sis Therisoner Dran Enness Aho Tyie Ainant John Brown Brennan Noki Morton Street Blackfriars Road Owell Cottingham Elizabeth Newlyn Winchester Pearce London Custom House Kent Road Waterloo Road Wilson Webber Street Rfr Yardley Newgate Swortrruya Jane Smithers John Berriman Shadwell Abe Berriman Ater Siother Anes M‘allen Polics Secan Mr. Berriman Wardeworth John News Otteley Mr. Oxley St. Ann's Bill Hingston Geo Foxassr Lancexy Robert Tanner Paynter Parisy Benjamin Field Board of Guardians Wandsworth and Clapham Wandsworth and Putsey Cockram Archaos Thomas Newman Cuckram Wandsworth Battersea Putney Menars, Barclay, Bevan, and Co Betts King Stephen Betts Potosy Meneenger Emma Betts W. King Paotney Woolwich Gross William Stevens Church Street Woolmich Commissioners of Police Jeremy H. J. Wadlow Defendant Mr. Stevens Sparkes Liverpool Euston Square Mary Sparken Miss Sparkes Mr. Jeremy Catherine Hayes Edgar Hayes Lauder House Edgar Burlington Straet Stoune Street Miss Hayes Brodie Bow Street North Wales Wales Weiner Les Alderman Boniface England Scotland Ireland Café Anglais Sen Cafe Anglais Inis Road Ster Persen Menenger

Police Reports From Mansion House Smugglers and Swell Mob

A London session reports Charles Wigley pleading guilty to possessing untaxed tobacco after a staged setup by conspirators. Police recount a Thames Street pursuit, bruising, and a failed bribe attempt. Additional cases involve a group linked to a robbery of Miss Delamere, a daring rescue attempt by Mary Ann Ward, and multiple arrests tied to the swell mob. Public safety notes follow in Guildhall listings with further thefts and assaults.

Charles Wigley J. Pirie Beverley Customs Goodman London Bridge Thames Street Basilor Jones Robert Peel Geld Nightingale Lane Foxurpasez Gaxe Tartuze Teres Martin, Palmer Jeffreya Parker Puckeridge Miss Delamere Compter Mary Ann Ward Martin Abe Newgate Street Hayden Bridewell Palmer Haydon Tme

Prosecution and crimes in a crowded London police court

A lengthy report covers multiple trials and incidents: a stabbing case linked to a public house and witness accounts. a thief alias Parker stealing instruments from engineers. a railway danger goods case dismissed. a suicide attempt, violent assaults by constables, juvenile crime involving a 12 year old, forgery and embezzlement by a Poor Law official, a perjury-laden Woolwich liquor case, and numerous clerical and domestic disputes. Details name Helen Kenox, William Meadows, Mr. Parker, Mr. Broughton, and others amid a surge of indictments and remands.

King’s College Hospital Sud Helen Kenox Elec Plumtree Street Fitness Monmonth Street Abe Priser Houss William Meadows Parker Jarding John Pearce Duke Street Adelphi Chiffies Southerton Holborn Donkin Bridge Street Blackfriars Thompson

Indignation Over a Ducal Yachting Paragraph

A letter appearing in the Standard and reprinted in our issue prompts royal peers to protest a published paragraph. The text notes the item referred to a duke not recognised in British peerage, apologizing for the inadvertent publication and clarifying it did not target any noblemen honoured by the writers.

Swaaansa Aristocnact Standard Mancorovas Braurozr Burtarp

From a Turbulent Patch to a Welsh Magistrate Tale

A noisy, fragment laden column mixes chanted war talk, odd poems, eccentric anecdotes, and a Royal Welsh magistrate tale. It recounts a viper in a carriage, an Armenian omnibus service, a droll dinner arrest ploy, a horse flesh dinner, and a Dublin archbishop joke, all framed in a 19th century newspaper voice. It includes local obliquely named figures and a Chinese war trophy note, plus a note on decimal coinage and a rapid Westminster Abbey banner feat.

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