Police Court Records Reveal Violent Conflicts and Robberies
A sprawling London police court report details: constables Buckmaster and Kennedy charged with unnecessary violence against Jobo Perryen and his wife during detention after a disturbance at Rebecca Court. The Perryans report injuries including a broken watch chain and bruised teeth. The Lord Mayor presides over cases of smuggling, burglary, attempted rescues, and a Serpentine suicide attempt, with multiple defendants remanded or fined.
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Barwiss
Hardwick
St. George's Parish
Buckmaster
Kennedy
Jobo Perryen
Rebecca Court
Plainant
Bia
Perryan
Perryans
House of Correction
Assaults and juvenile case at Whitechapel in October 1849
Reports from the Whitechapel area describe a sentencing of a juvenile in a case tied to a school of vice and a separate assault by a woman named Ann Hill on Mrs Lane Jackson in Well Street. The magistrate ordered the boy to return to court for further property tracing and discharged the other defendant.
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Bow
Connine Terey
William Meadows
Parker
Jardine
John Pearce
Duke Street
Adelphi
Chiffies
Southampton
Holborn
Donkin
Bridge Street
Blackfriars
Thompson
Womax
Ann Hill
Lane Jackson
Well Street
Whitechapel
Commercial Street
Spitalfields
House of Correction
Robbery Accusation Tied to Prisoner in Court
The report notes the robbery was sworn to, and the property was found upon the prisoner. It states it was his duty to commit her to Nowgete for trial, highlighting the legal action taken and the connection to the accused.
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Nowgete
Distress in Ireland urged for another relief appeal
A letter to the Times from Co E Torverras of Salthill near Dublin argues for a renewed church collection on October 17 to aid western Ireland. It details three points: the New Poor Law will be enforced, potato dependence as the preexisting social system, and a shift to corn cultivation requiring Yeomanry and capital. The author cites Sir John Burgoyne and asks publication under Burgoyne’s name for credibility.
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the Times
Ireland
John Burgoyne
J. Burgoyne
Relief Commission
Co. E. Torverras
Salthill Hotel
Dublin
The
Times
J. F. Buncorne
British Artists In Ferrara Revelry And Oddities
A Britain legal and social column from Rome reports bright reactions to the Ferrara event. British artists and patrons held an impromptu banquet in Via Cundotti with Higayah the chair and Radars Macpherson delivering extempers. The piece also notes a shift in Ferrara’s mood as German presence fades and Tasso’s town loses its “eagle” symbol. Additionally, oblique items include late Rev. Joseph Higgins’s estate details and several light anecdotes about mean men and a viper incident in London.
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Nees Jurisfice
Rome
Tin Annus Evecuatiop
Ferrara
Via Cundotti
Higayah
Radars Macpherson
Ireland's Famine Plight Demands Wider Aid and Reform
J F Buncorne warns that famine in Ireland persists after the potato blight, urging extended relief beyond self-help, with four fifths of the country able to bear sacrifices yet the west remains dire. He describes tenant classes, rent structures, and rural decline, calling for humane action and policy change to avert widespread starvation.
A Welsh magistrate and a traveller’s supper dispute
A traveller in North Wales boasts of his supper, quarreling with a landlord over excuses and exceptions. In open court the traveller is fined for petty treason after boasting of perfection and demanding five shillings. He travels Scotland and Ireland, claiming no one equals him except the thistle. The mayor presides as the tale shifts to a separate note on omnibuses in Turkey. An Armenian company runs regular six-horse omnibuses between Constantinople and Adrianople, carrying twelve passengers plus three. journeys take two hours, fare 130 piastres.
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Monorsous
Axp Hiouway Ropszxy
Bellchambers
Wilton Street
Vincent Store
Taylor
Esher Street
Millbank
Orchard Street
Burrell
Geo. M'Kay
Thos
Doyle
Henry Frederick Holt
Abingdon Street
Westminster
Mr. Holt
Mr. Beilchambers
William Meyers
King's Head
Brees
Bree
M'Kay
M‘kay
Mr. Bellchambers
Charing-cross
Berriman
Ainess M‘allen
Orleans
Srieb
Ardley
Joba News
Otteley
Mr. Oxley
St Ann's Hill
Paynter
Patney
Benjamin Field
Board of Guardians
Wandsworth and
Clapham Anion
Putney
Cockram
Thomas Newman Cochram
Wandsworth
Batteries
Meears
Barclay, Bevan, and Co
Betts
Mr. King
Mr. Betts
King
Jane
Stephen Betts
Purney
Eama Betts
Abe
Wan
M. W. King
Daley
North
Wales
Addius
Boniface
Scotland
Ireland
Esvergy
Turkey
Constantinople
Adranople
Dinner extraordinary ends with arrest escape tale
An inebriated gentleman at Café Anglais seeks arrest after dining for seven francs and a note that he cannot pay. He claims to want three months’ imprisonment, revealing he is in the 70th Regiment on leave, and leaves the establishment after a polite exchange with the guard. The tale notes a missing diner's plate and the eventual arrest of the companion who left unpaid.
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Café Anglais Ser
Searneg
Hiya
Edinburgh University appoints dissenter to Hebrew chair
In Edinburgh the Hebrew heir at Edinburgh University was conferred on a Dissenter. Mr. Macdowell, a classical teacher from Edinburgh, won by a majority of 10 over Mr. Liston, brother of a renowned surgeon, in an election by the town council held today. Liston is Established Church. Macdowell is Free Church. Since 1732 clerical Establishment holders occupied the chair, with few exceptions in the past century. The reaction of established church organs remains to be seen.
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Hackney Union
Hackney Brook
Clarke
Nursery Lane
Hackney
Silkmill Row
B. Clarke
London Hospital
Pereira
Evans
Board of Guardians
Anrony Carasmorse
Lissanoure Castle
Geo. Macartney
Filgate Lodge
Balbriggan
Macartney
Newry Telegraph
Coleraine Chronicle
Indy
Bia Mach
Epimnoron University
Epirsuneu
Edinburgh University
Macdowell
Edinburgh
Liston
Free Church
Organa
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Jeffreys
Baring
Packeridge
Miss Delamere
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Haydon
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Martin
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Newbury
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Barwine
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Edmund Haywood
Arnold
High Street
Louisa Smith
Keate Street
Spitalfielda
Pestana
Ehell
Porsuit
Sdsworth
Eleanor
Maria Hughes
Waterloo Road
Elizabeth Newlyn
Winchester
Pearce
Custom House
Kent Road
Wilson
Webber Street
Cottingham
Kept Road
Thames Offich
Crriyz
Grrusalemme Libera
Ian Querie
Rae Ferrari
Comacchio
Cicerowhacki
Radetski
Ferrari
Tasso
Lanmbanl
Joseph Higgins
Eestnor
Pixley
Unicorn Inn
Ledbury
Berrow
Worcestershire
Fraser's Magazine
Catherine
Edgar Hayes
Lander House
Berr
Edgar
Burlington Street
Hases
Venus
Brodie
Feanxvort
Peter Me
Adler
Frankfort
E. W.C
ARCAH
Werney
Tert
Melas Apy
United Kingdom
I . Pyeribert
Chusan
Great Scotland Yard
Mr. Wyon
Mumeroni
Iis Raber
Beng
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Stane
Faroor
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