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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 28, 1838

Page

6

Genwal Criminal Court Opens 12th Session with 236 Prisoners

The Genwal Criminal Court opened before the lord mayor and sheriffs. The grand jury faces cases including arson at a workhouse ward and a capital assault on a 13 year old girl. Beardsworth found guilty of fraud and transported seven years. Pomeroy found guilty of stealing jewelry and Bartlett of receiving. sentences vary.

Aldérsgate Eagt. London Union Grand Jury Amelia Levy Wiliam’ Beardsworth Bamford Woods Howland Street Fitzroy-square Ballantine Payne Dennis Woods William Beardsworth Liverpool Milbank Charlotte Pomeroy Avin Bartlett Ather É Cook Clarkson Bart Jett Robert Brodie L Division Surre Theatre Bartlett Pomeroy Providence-place New-street William West Mount-street Lambeth Savage Paradise-street Barrett Stephen Davies Thomas Butler Butler St. Paul’s Church-Yard Barclay Farringdon-street Bank of England Wales London India America New York Mr. Butler Bank of

Humane Taunton method aims to reduce pig suffering

A Taunton gentleman proposes a humane pig-killing method using a seven pound iron hammer struck to stun the animal before throat-slitting. The plan claims to erase cries and dying struggles and lessen animal suffering.

Taunton

London Court Case Sets Parcel Delivery Responsibility

At Bow Street the Lord Mayor ruled on a dispute between the London and Birmingham Railway Company and contractors Chaplin and Horne over parcel deliveries to Euston square. Chaplin and Horne were fined ten shillings and costs after evidence showed their delivery staff were responsible for the parcel in question.

Pee Postre London Birmingham Rilway Company Messrs Chapman Horne Metropolis Euston-square Henry Bowring Reoms Mincing-lane Fenchurch-strest Chaplin Railway Company Chaplin and Horné Gummons Baggater London and Birmingham Railway Company Bagster Chaplin and Horne Orne

Humorous Dayxxarn in Saint Pancras Road Ends with Fines

A London case excerpt details James Willmott charged for drunkenly attempting to stand on his head in Saint Pancras Road and amusing passengers. Other defendants include Thomas Jones fined for a similar act, George Worrell who shot at fish in Paddington, and Isabella Read jailed for repeated deception using injuries to extort money. Millicant Ablethorp faced embezzlement charges tied to Mrs. Susannah Hutchinson, with forged receipts and a plan to repay.

James ‘Willmott Thimble and Shears Saint Pancras Road Mr. Rawlinson Mr. Rawlison Snip Dronkarp Thomas Jones Great Bang-Street Serjeant Jones S Division Jones Fisn-Shootine Paddington George Worrell Piscator Isabella Read Hoskins William Walton Fitzroy-street Mitchell Blue Boar Inn Holborn Newgate

Desertion charge over mother in case of eight month old infant

Jane Challoner, brought before Mr. Chambers at St George Hanover Square, faced desertion allegations after an infant was found abandoned at a Gillingham Street house. The case revealed a complex tale of alleged incest and shared parentage with Courtney and Challoner, and the court discharged the desertion charge while parish officials prepared to pursue conspiracy claims.

Bow Street Thomas Perkins Carter Waterloo-bridge George Dawton Roe Chatham F. Roe St. Giles Queen Square William Birt Maniac Buckingham Palace Gratwick St. James’s Park Palace New Kent Road Bethlem Mr. Burrell St. George’s William Henry Wright Cook Charles Street St. James’s Square Richard Dullagan Charles Frederick Sasge No. 5 Salisbury-court Salisbury-square Witness Dorset Street Sasge Dullagan Suffolk-street Haymarket Mr. Cook Wright Thomas Clark White Lambeth Street Mary Ann Papsworth Moses James Berwick Denmark-street Anthony Page Atin Bourke Jacobs Clar Queeh-aquare Fisher St. Ann-street Westminster Bayswater Oxford-aquar Hyde Park Griffiths St. George’s Hospital Abraham Ponson Middlesex Hospital St.George’s Hospital Ponsford South Wharf Paddington Wellington Barracks Messrs Lauchlan Blackfriars England Farringdon Street Watling-street Holborn Currier’s Row Playhouse Yard Cartier’s Row Times Braidwood Bristowchlan Sun Bristow-street Smith Currier S-Row Noa Jowerparss Austen Charing Samuel Davies Welshpool Dawson London and Birmingham Kilburn Leigh 1St Dragoon Guards Coventry Barracks Cotton Viscount Combermere Lee South Shields Tyne Shields Cullercoats Shepherd’s Quay Martin Peter Lawson Nevins Courtney Mr. Courtney Joseph Craven Challoner

Four men rescued after river barge sinks near Chelsea

In rough seas a Corporation barge laden with iron ore sank after taking on water near Paradise row Chelsea. Four men clung to planks, were rescued by lightermen Henry Gaylard and Thomas Cole, two of whom were near death, and later recovered at the wharf. A body-like figure was observed embedded in mud near Millbank at dawn.

Paradise Row Chelsea Henry Gaylard Thomas Cole Corporation Joseph Anthony Millbank

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