Boy Whipped and Imprisoned After Coral Necklace Theft
Middlesex Sessions records show 55 prisoners. 16 year old William Skelly found guilty of stealing a coral necklace from Hannah Eyres. Jury recommends mercy due to youth. Father, a policeman, pleads for relief from public expense. Sentence: well whipped and one month in House of Correction with one week solitary confinement.
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Middlesex
Witham
William Skelly
Wm. Eyres
Hannah ‘Aria Eyres
Cumberland Market
The
Marine Society
House of Correction
Imprisoned convalescent fund officer exposed as fraud
John Humphreys alias John Humphreys, secretary to the City of London Convalescent Fund Pension Society and Savings Bank, faced Alderman Johnson on charges of false pretences. Witnesses testified to forged subscriptions, misrepresented offices, and a claim for clothing bills, with Humphreys ordered to three months in Bridewell as a rogue and vagabond.
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Jonny Staxtry Humphery
John Stanley Humphery
John Henry Humphreys
City of London Convalescent Fund Pension Society and Savings’ Bank
John Johnson
Alderman Johnson
Combe
Cocklane
Cocks Lane
Queen Street
Cheapside
Convalescent Fund Pension Society
Duke of Sussex
Humphreys
Society
Benjamin Jones
Newgate-street
Birmingham
Jones
B. Jones
Thse
Graham
Red Lion Passage
Doudney
Fleet-street
Queen-street
Chespside
Giltspur-street Compter
Bridewell
Convalescent Pension Fund Society
Lord Stanley
Marylebone Drunken Irishwoman Commits After Fall
Marylebone court hears Irishwoman Mary Cronin aged about 60, repeatedly in court, found drunk in Great Titchfield Street. She fell, kicked a witness, cried out that she had been taken for nothing before, and was carried to the station on a stretcher. She defaulted on 20 shillings and was committed for a month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Cronin
Rawlinson
Smithers
Great Titchfield Street
Distress case ends with order to restore goods at no charge
In a London magistrates court a broker was ordered to return a poor woman's goods without deduction after an illegal distraint. The auctioneer admitted advancing funds to a broker and faced a possible other action, while the magistrate warned of enforcement if the practice continued. A separate case saw Samuel Oliver jailed for 10 months with hard labour after assaulting a police sergeant in Haymarket.
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Hardwick
Bingham
Arnold
Fitzpatrick
Samuel Oliver
Brixton
Haymarket
MARLBOROUGH STREET COURT CRACKS DOWN ON WILD TEASING
In Marlborough Street a dispute between Mary Wyman and Ann Jones over jealous chats led to an assault summons. Wyman testified of Pattens flourished and a rude nickname reported by Jones, while Jones claimed a domestic feud with accusations of discipline and quarrels at the washhouse. The magistrate dismissed the case, cautioning both women to keep peace.
Combat Cookery on Park Dale Dispute at Gravesend
Captain Samuel Snell of the Park Dale faced a claim by Jonathan Lovelock who signed as cook at £3 per month with a balance of £19 10s due. Lovelock proved incompetent and caused expenses and inconvenience after Gravesend, with ten passengers on board and a disturbance at sea.
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Samuel i Snell
Park Dale
Jamaica
Broderip
Jonathan Lovelock
Cook
Gravesend
Snell
Voyage shipboard cookery woes spark court case
A ship crew faced constant food spoilage from an incompetent cook aboard. Salt water coffee, raw meat, and glass in soup sparked multiple complaints. The chief mate testified the cookery was abysmal. the summons was dismissed. In a separate matter, Mary Olley assaulted and damaged property during riots, then attacked a police officer. she faced fines and potential imprisonment.
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Madeira
Jamaica
Lovelock
Broderip
Barry Mornz
Mary Olley
Johanna Driscoll
Gould
Russell’s Court
Ratcliffe Highway
Cornelius Driscoll
Driscoll
Union Hall and Bridgeman Case At Kennington Court
In Union Hall court Mr. Humphries pressed for immediate probe into an alleged sexual assault by chemist Morse on Emma Munton, with debate over workhouse care and evidence readiness. The trial for Rev Isaac Bridgeman and his son continued with committal for misdemeanour, possible felony charges, and witnesses bound over.
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Humphries
Traill
Munton
Morse
Bridgeman
Bony-Szparinec
Isaac Bridgeman
Weekly Chronicle
Clarkson
Bodkin
Tawney
Cottingham
Old Bailey
Hammersmith Highway Robbery Case Before Magistrate
William Hermitage appeared before Mr. T. Paynter on a charge of highway robbery after an incident at Hand and Flower and Hind's Head in Kensington gore. Thomas Burton testified that after treating the youths, Hermitage tripped him and then demanded money as he knelt on his chest, causing the loss of £1 19s 2d while one sovereign remained in his clothing. Police constable Puddefoot said further evidence could be produced if remanded.
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William Ridding
St. Marylebone
Rawlinson
J. Thorne
Thorne
Lady Palmer
Hanover Terrace
Regent’s Park
G. I. Mills
Mr. Rawlinson
Mr. Thorne
Twyford
Charles Greene
Mr. Mills
Racine
Thomas Allum
Portland-road
Jeremiah Caylor
G. Knapp
High-street
Islington
Kreps
Henry Harvey
Royal Free Hospital
Gray’s Inn-Lane
Harvey
Mr. Greenwood
Mr. Knapp
Caylor
Winder
Montague-place
New River
Anny
Havey
Pascoe
Wanda
Ailey
William Hermitage
T. Paynter
Thomas Burton
Hand and Flower
Grove-lane
Kensingtongore
Hind’s Head
Goree-lane
Brompton Road
Puddefoot
Greenwich Union Glass Broken by Seven Men
In Greenwich a group of seven half-clad men were charged with breaking several panes at the Greenwich union gatehouse. Witnesses including Fisher the gate-keeper and a man named Wood testified. One prisoner Loder swore to smash windows before pump work, while a destitute boy Thomas Jackson admitted breaking glass to be sent to prison. He linked hardship to parish issues and alleged abuse by a local relieving officer. The magistrate urged accountability of public officers and noted Jackson's various job-seeking claims and dire circumstances.
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Monet Union
Greenwich Union
Fisher
Wood
Loder
Thomas Jackson
No. 6
Churchrow
St. Pancras
St. Alban’s
Jackson
Warner
Tottenham Court-Road
Jeremy
Uxbridge
Poor-law commissioners urged as remedy for relief refusals
A debate on relief refusals and parish aid condemns wandering and vagrancy as resulting from harsh relief decisions. Speakers urge official inquiry by the poor-law commissioners, noting cases from Greenwich Limehouse and Exeter. Jeremy advocates enforcement and temporary imprisonment while cases are examined.
A Street Speculator Faces Court of Requests
In Leicester Square and Blackfriars Road a bustling outdoor trader, Frederick Henry Stubbs, faced Mr. Isaac Simms in the Court of Requests over £1 14s in rent for attic and work-room. Stubbs touted a tin candlestick socket wedge, offered at a halfpenny each, and claimed limited earnings due to weather driving him to taprooms where he spent and drank. he promised to pay 28 shillings a month or seek lodgings if needed, and agreed to reform after court scrutiny.
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Court OF Requests
Whitminster
Leicester-square
Blackfriars-road
Frederick Henry Stubbs
Isaac Simms
Leicester Square
The Farmer of Kent and the Rent Trap
A column-style fable about a Kent farmer distressed by rent who seeks relief from a landlord. The tale indicts monopolist landlords and Peel’s corn laws as tools to keep rent high, exposing protectionist schemes and economic manipulation that harm workers.
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Kent
Peel
Grand Rump Steak Banquet at Nelson Monument
Punch reports a whimsical banquet held by the Man to the Boy atop Nelson and National Industry's monument. The trio celebrates with two pounds of Hereford steaks, Yorkshires, and a toast from a delf dish while the ascent and descent unfold amid jest and mock solemnity.
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Nelson Monument
Nelson
Rose and Thunderbolt
Thomas
Europe
Byron
Balloon ascent in Le Mans ends with surprise passenger
A Tuesday balloon ascent at Le Mans described by Le Broniieur Parisien began with M. Kirsch about to board when a spectator stepped into the basket and ascended instead. The man proved to be Verdun, the cuirassiers commander, who later recounted his voyage and landed safely in a vineyard near Yvre l'Eveque. A crowd at Café de l Europe cheered Vive le Commandant des Cuirassiers.
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Broniieur Parisien
le Mans
M. Kirsch
M. Verdun
Yvre l'Eveque
Café de l'Europe
Eccentric coffin scene in old French tale and toast to death
An 85 year old man of large bulk in Taugon la Ronde near La Rochelle orders a coffin and tests fitment, nearly dying in the effort until a passerby frees him. Another tale from Luneville notes a man who kept his ordered coffin at his bed, repainting it, and printed his own funeral invitations years ahead of time.
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Echo Rochelais
Taugon-la-Ronde
la Rochelle
Andes
The New Regulation Cap and Its Hidden Meaning
A Morning Post critique of a new infantry cap, detailing its outward form a truncated felt cone with brass cross and Maltese cross, and decoding allegorical significance in its design. The piece argues the cap symbolizes royal invention, national imagery, and military virtue while linking its tufts to a political committee, ending with defense of its deeper meaning beyond fashion.
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England
Ireland
Britannia
Albertus Magnus
Touts
Board of General Officers
Lord Burleigh
Marlborough
Punch Census Preview Parodies Official Demographic Goals
The satire outlines forthcoming Punch articles on British census topics. It mockingly promises figures on origin of hundreds, area of Great Britain, emigration, ages by gender and locality, gender excesses, city density, offenders by county including authors and actors, and Oxford Street pedestrian flow with minute-by-minute timing.
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PUNCH
Great Britain
Great
Little Britain
Hounslow
Middlesex
Oxford-street
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Mansion House
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Gaston
Gervis
Jarvis
Alderman Hunter
Alderman Challis
Chall
Mendicity Societ
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Mendicity Society
Sir George Carroll
George Carroll
Chelmsford
Bury
Union Hall
Hunter
Marylebone
Marlborough Street
Mary Wyman
Swan‘court
Ann Jones
Mr. Long
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Mr. Jones
Hydepark
Times
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Heavystern
Mountstreet
Sidney Pottinger Boanerges Harris
Commissioners’ Office
Ryder's Court
Mary Price
St. Andrew-street
Maltby
Mary Morris
Clerkenwell
Thames Office
Hammersmith
Greenwich
Royal Nava
Royal Naval Asylum
R. Dobson
William Neild
Christleton-bridge
Letitia Widders
High Legh
County of Chester
High Legh Association
Carney
Cunningham
Commercial Road East
London Hospital
Prestwich
Manchester
Wellisburne
Albion-house
Old Kent-road
Barnard
Southwark
Clayton Tunnel
Brighton
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Gold
Whitechapel
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