Court of Common Pleas case over loss of brig Perseverance
Merchants and shipowners sue Hutchinson and others for damages after the brig Perseverance sank off Fribourg roads. The vessel, homeward from Shields to Hamburgh with coal, was damaged by a Hull steam-boat while awaiting a pilot. Eight crew members, including the pilot, perished. the ship valued at £2,600 with £1,000 insured. Verdict for the plaintiffs, damages to be assessed by mutual agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamburgh
Elbe
Lec
Hull
Fribourg
Swindling Extraordinary at the Lord Mayor's Court
George Roberts faced a second examination amid public scrutiny for swindling tradespeople. Witnesses described him ordering linen and goods, offering false references, and leaving unpaid bills. He was remanded as victims seek stronger evidence for a jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Roberts
Blackman-street
Roberts
Lad- Jane
Lablanche
Ferchant
St. Mary-at-hill
Roverts
Leedenhell-street
Roberta
Lad-lane
Bishegecate
Ladlaxe
Ramegate
Lok
Patrick Connor
Daniel Murphy
Sarah Connor
Murphy
Coventry
Peter Goulding
Sarah Conner
Lord Meyer
Lord Mayer
Newgate
Girl named Mrs Sturtwell in London jewelry theft case
A young woman, Mrs Amfaury Sturtwell, appeared before Sir Peter Lawrie on a felony charge after a vendor at Morrisson and Denning jewellers reported a ring stolen from a display. The case involved careful observation, a glove concealment, and a ring later recovered from the prisoner. She was committed to Newgate for trial at the next Criminal Court Sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amfaury Sturtwell
Peter Liuriv
Hobler
John Key
Thomas Pratt
Masors
Morrissn and Denning
Ludgate-hill
Wright
Leadenhall-street
Prieper
Denning
Peter Lawrie
Rewbery
Keely Kurtsying Irishwoman Faces Charge In Pimlico
An Irishwoman named Keeley, noted for a remarkable curtsey, was charged after being found crunk near a linen shop in Crawford Street. She sat on linen and handkerchiefs, offered them for a quartern of gin, claiming they were O Connell manufacture, and was taken to the station after assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marylabchse
Politeneas
Keely
Peter Glynn
D Division
Crawford-street
Crunk
Fuop-Lirtiing
Mary
Dinah Wilkins
Mullinerz
Adamestreet
Manchester-square
Rawlinson
Robinson
Hatton-garden
Henry
Brutal assault and robberies headline in London court notes
The report covers multiple cases from a London magistrates' court and the Central Criminal Court. Stephen Dempsey faces assault charges after a brutal public-house attack that disfigured the complainant. Robbery at the Swan public-house leads to the arrest of Elliott and Sculthorpe. A dissipated woman is discharged for drunken disorder. illicit glass manufacture is dismissed. A money extortion case involving Redshaw and Page unfolds with varying testimonies. Juvenile offenders, a shipboard watch theft, and a Harrow pub dispute conclude the lengthy docket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hatton Gard
Stephen Dempsey
Ellen Daley
Bank
Buckridge-Street
St. Giles’s
Laing
Robert Sculthorpe
Richard Eiliott
Curtis
Southampton Street
Islington
Miss Curtis
Elliott
Sculthorpe
Bowen
Gylder Lion
Coppicerow
Metropolis
Mr. Laing
Mr. Lai
Queen Square Assault Trial Details Aided by Stones
Robert Dessy faced a charge in Pimlico after allegedly striking a man with a stone during a late Sunday night assault near Westminster Bridge. The case described a female instigator and a group of four young men, with additional claims of threats against a witness and a suspect denying the act. Dessy received one month imprisonment or a 40 shilling fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Square
Robert Dessy
John Conolly
Gregory-strest
Pimlico
Heving
Eleer
Westminster-bridge
Mr. Gregorie
Nr. Gregorie
M‘intosh
Mr.Gregorie
Joseph Sullivan
Bocky
Gregorio
Sullivan
Ann Webb
Gregorie
Inquests on a Drowning Woman and a Stabbed Hampstead Case
The Warwick Arms in Kensington hosted an inquest into the death of Thomas Simonds aged twenty found drowned after a dispute with a young woman. Separate inquiries traced a bayonet wound causing death at Hampstead Three Horse Shoes after a disturbance with soldiers from the Coldstream Guards. Witnesses, including the tavern staff and Isleworth ferryman, testified about fights, suspicions, and a suspect bayonet transfer by a guard. The juries returned verdicts of death by drowning with no clear cause and a fatal stabbing linked to a public house brawl, with ongoing police proceedings.
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Livz
Warwick Arms
Kensington
M . Stirling
Roner
Thomas Simonds
Steel
Vale
Leme
Yefussa
Kensington Canal
Budk
Ieeee
Derauzee
Mumiper
Kew
Morzic
James Thomas
Isleworth Church Ferry
Marin
Surrey
Richsmond
Richmond
Islenard
Witnes
Whic
Peter Williams
Frederick Gordon
Isleworth
University College Hospital
Goger-stret
Banford-square
Stirling
High-strest
Hampstead
Gaerge Smith
Smith
Clat
Robert Weare
Three Horse Shoes
John Walker
No. 2
Church Street
Hazpstead
George Smith
Croft
Law’s
Ioha Croft Gardener
Church-laws
Bowers
George Smit
Joseph Bowers
Caurch-lige
Synom
Ging
Charles Hayes
Tagain
Key
Flashmews
John
Church Lane
Law
Agis
7 Division
Culdstream Guards
Hamystal
Rickert
Eroth.r
George
Rickard
2Nd Battalion
Coldstream Guards
Marylebone
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Polices Intelligence
Mansion House
Brooks
Strand
Dover
Morning Post
Bodkin
Bowstreet
London
Dover Castle
Mesars
Drummond and Co
Charing-cross
Thistleton
Messrs. Plummond
Goddard
Sveinst
Tothillfields Prison
Miarleorovuse Straet
Humble
Ann
Smart
St. Ann’s
Soho
Illucas
Mra. Smart
Enroa
Hees
WekSaIr Strut
Jones
Mates
Wilke Street
Hackney
James M.williams
Excise
M‘williams
Mir. Grove
SM Enea Enamels
William Redshaw
Walters
James Page
Wedgwood
Trail
Frederick Hazell
Hampton
Westminster Road
Redshaw
Blackfriar’s Road
Redahan
Tere
Vgs
Princes-square
Hint
Lasketh Church
Princes Square
Page
Denton
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Xs Denton
Timl
Walter
Z2halaias Polich
John Clark
Daniel Collins
William Groom
Broderis
Collins
Echaea
Phipps
Bailey
Lambeth Street
Broderip
Eleanor Sullivan
James Martin
Rebecca
Newcastle
Martin
Highstreet
Shadwell
Kennedy
Carr
Holland
Braderip
John Rutter
Jon
Harrow
High-street
Poplar
Ballantine
James Peddle
Pelham
Old Bailey
Hodgeon
Hodgson
Newcate
Michael Sullivan
Obbe
Lieut
Tracey
Bridewell
Prendergast
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