Sessions at Central Criminal Court open with 245 prisoners for murder
The Monday sittings before the recorder and sheriffs opened with a calendar showing 245 prisoners, many charged with murder and related offences. The judge warned against stabbing and wounding cases, noted new acts increasing penalties, and directed the grand jury to examine charges including two high seas murders, rape cases, and assaults. The day also covered petty jury swearing, a notable acquittal for two men accused of stealing oats, and remarks on police conduct and public order.
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Wheelton
Alan Jorgce
Victoria
Justice Boranquet
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Baron Maule
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Hollyhrad
Archer
Bodkin
Ballantine
Sergeant Arabin
Mr. Ballantine
Arabin
Mr. Bodkin
Izzy Abrahams Aided by Police Over Spirits in Petticoat Lane
A young man named Israel Abrahams was brought before the lord mayor after police observed him near Petticoat-square with two bottles of spirits. He claimed the party planned a river outing and denied intending to sell alcohol, while officers noted frequent Sunday morning drunken gatherings and a curious sale of spirits near the square.
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Petticoat-lane
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Fruixe Poursie Houses
Israel Abrahams
Hall
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Izzy
Foreigners in Marlborough Street Disturbance Case
A Prussian and a Swede were charged with placing the complainant in bodily fear as witnesses and principals spoke a mix of English and German. The Swede confessed limited English while a Swiss witness described insults, leading Mr Long to dismiss the warrant amid an exchange of xenophobic remarks.
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A. Pozzuinc Arram
Dirk Singer
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Long
Mr. Long
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Prosecution Fight Over Summons Form At Hatton Garden
In Islington area a dispute arose as attorney Mr Williams and magistrate Mr Greenwood argued over proper summons wording for prosecutions of Sunday trading by tradesmen. The bench demanded explicit description of the offence, while Williams urged flexibility, pledging to return with formal information and another summons to test the point in court. He departed afterward.
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Sansath Saints
Williams
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Combe and Greenwood
Islington
Greenwood
Tubbs
Beadle
London
Court of Queen’s Bench
Wandering Minstrel and Fiddler in Chelsea Farce
A fiddler testifies against a woman he lived with as his wife alleging she stole his shirt after a quarrel over another lover. The court questions imprudence of the relationship. the prisoner is discharged. The pair resume their liaison outside, heading to a pub.
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Orpheus
Mr. Gregorie
Chelsea
Gordy
Fidder
Worship Street Riot: Bullock Rampage Ends at Slaughter House
John Gee faced charges after a riotous scene at worship street as a driven bullock charged through Shoreditch up to White Lion Street. Police and crowd clashed, one officer injured while others fled. The bullock was secured and taken to its owner’s slaughterhouse after a two hour wedging incident. The prisoner, heavily intoxicated, resisted police and assaulted an officer.
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John Gee
Shoreditch
William Smith
White Lion-street
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Prinate
Sarael
Aldgate
Hippil
Therisoner
Counterfeit Coin Case Sent to Old Bailey
James Spicer stood before Mr Grove accused of uttering counterfeit half crowns to a young Castle Street green grocer couple, Merley. The fraud spanned multiple purchases from low value to larger sums, with Mrs Merley identifying the fakes and the husband detaining the prisoner until police. The Mint solicitor Powell called the case flagrant and Spicer was committed for trial at the Old Bailey.
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Dreadful assault in Gravel Lane ends with police inaction
A brutal attack in Shadwell’s Gravel Lane leaves a wife severely injured with broken teeth and a swollen head. Her husband John Sullivan and a witness describe a mob of three women and a man who struck them after a parcel dispute. The police officer on scene refused to detain suspects, prompting magistrate Broderip to demand a full inquiry and a new warrant against one assailant. The case underscores police accountability amid a troubling district.
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Sullivan
New Gravel Lane
Shadwell
Wapping
Fox
Hammersly
Wappinwall
Swilivan
Mr. Broderip
Taylor
Valentine
Broderip
End
John Lock
Volant
Ballantine
Morrice Hyland
Thames
Pisantry
Mr. Ballantine
Hyland
Infant Amélia Venati Death Attributed To Accidental Suffocation
An inquest before Mr Wakley MP found five month old Amélia Emma Venati suffocated accidentally after a charity helper, 23 year old Mary Brinkworth, turned up a Waterloo bed while cleaning the room. The coroner noted Brinkworth’s likely intellectual impairment and negligence led to the tragedy.
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M.P
Amélia Emma Venati
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Somerstown
Waterloo
Mary Brinkworth
Brinkworth
Coroners Inquests Report on Self Destruction and Murky Deaths
A Surrey coroner investigates William Williams's suicide at Waterloo tavern with witnesses detailing his last hours and a lingering decline. Other inquests cover accidental suffocation of a nurse infant, Miss Elizabeth Hazard and her infant in Clerkenwell, and a Woolwich confinement suicide. Additional notes describe seduction leading to a fatal birth, attempted drowning at Westminster Bridge, and mysterious toxins in Edwynstone cases.
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Broadhurst
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Edwards
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Mitford
Wakley
Merlin’s Cave
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Clerkenwell
Elizabeth Hazard
Bristol
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Fead
R.N
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Watts
Catharine White
Mc Donald
Westminster Bridge
Thames
Johnson
Wandsworth
M‘cann
Royal Humane Society
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Mertane
Edwynatone
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Newark
Henry Cutts
Duke of Portland
Mary Ann Seel
Littlewood
Worsop
London
Elwynstone
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