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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 23, 1841
Page
6
Fragmentary report from Bow Street describes a man assaulting his wife and daughter, breaking belongings, with bystanders intervening as others face drunkenness charges. A separate Strand case involves a 16 year old girl found destitute, seeking return to Birmingham, with guardians to cover expenses. A further hearing recounts a copper dispute and washing-house brawl at a Bloomsbury home ending in rent settlement.
The Weekly Chronicle reports a sequence of offenses at Lambeth and Queen Square courts. Cases include domestic violence leading to peaceful settlement, a chimney sweep found near a house with intent to rob, a brutal assault on a woman, a bold purse theft in Sloane Street, a 13-year-old and 7-year-old charged with shoplifting, public morality matters at Tredegar Square, a beef theft in Whitechapel, and dockyard thefts at St Katharine Docks with a clerk and a laborer facing trial after complicity in sample theft and an assault on a dock gatekeeper.
In Marylebone a drunken constable, William Clarke, is charged with brutal assault on Serjeant Jones while on duty. The case includes conflicting statements, a £10 fine, a month in the House of Correction, and remarks on publicizing names of dismissed officers. Also noted are minor incidents and other court items from the same session, including dustman behavior, a domestic disturbance, and bail decisions.
Hamlin the relieving officer of St Luke's and a Coller with his wife appeared before Mr Bingham seeking magistrate guidance. Coller says his wife is violent and he can no longer live with her though he earns good wages and is employed. He cannot describe the violence. The case is peculiar and not for parish interference.
A magistrate reports on multiple cases including a woman accused of stealing from a lodging house after posing as a companion to a householder and leaving with clothes and valuables. A silk shawl found in a suspect's pocket is cited amid denials and police inquiries. Another defendant, Robert Spragg, a tall man from the Isle of Ely, is fined 40 shillings after being found intoxicated and accused of insulting several women in Kennington Road.
In a magistrates court clash, Mrs. Morland claimed belongings seized from Mr. Hutchinson’s lodgings belonged to her, saying some items were returned by the landlord and others donated by residents. The complainant contended Morland moved items out during his prison term due to her extravagance and that he and Morland were living as husband and wife. After heated exchanges, the magistrate secured the return of the property if an office copy of Hutchinson’s schedule named the items. Morland owed costs, while Hutchinson rejected a loan claim. The case concluded with the parties leaving court.
Greenwich police hear Michael Murphy accuse Sergeant Lovell of assault and attempted stabbing after a lodger was brought home. Murphy’s claim of prior threats and Drury’s charges spur calls for independent inquiry and investigation by police commissioners. Croydon case features John Beadle charged with aggravated assault on Elizabeth Tyrrell during a rail journey, found guilty and fined 40 shillings or one month.
An inquest at the Overthrown Cart Marshside Lower Edmonton heard Patrick Oak an 84 year old laborer found drowned after a boy reported a man in a ditch near the Overthrown Cart. Ann Rawlinson and others testified to the scene and the body was removed with no marks of violence found. The verdict was drowned.
A fragmentary verse piece lampoons Lord Vesey and peers as times shift from easy days to reform era. It recalls Peel and Wellesley, mocks Tory disarray, and notes Fitzgerald amid club society, planning banquets to drown care while political storms swirl.
A visitor notes the two mile site near St ApLetly where Lord Bacon kept his study. Only crumbling walls remain amid decay. The old mansion at Gorhamonry lies ruinous with a collapsed roof and corroded beams. A flock of dun and starling birds inhabit the derelict towers, once halls of devotion and greatness.
A fragmentary poem describes orators and books of magic spells as voices that awaken ancient tongues. A tiny voice from a faded branch speaks of mutability, nature fading, and the leaves dying. Yet it proclaims that hope endures, clinging to Heaven as home and remaining calm and cheerful.
The writer recalls Mustapha offering to lend money against only a word and shows a mined hoard of gold pieces to prove his wealth. He notes forbidden portraits by Mahomedan law and that the sultan will sit for an English artist named Atkins. Civility of Turks contrasts with earlier street danger, as past intolerance fades.
Ancient medals minted under Emperor Adrian depict Egypt and other realms with symbols and inscriptions. The piece notes a 374-year of the circus act, a large royal fire of promises, and a 22 million gold remission. A new Tory song rails at the party in power and the working poor.
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