Flour Robbery Case Among Baker's Helpers
In Halfmoon Street a carman confessing to theft of flour sacks implicated two bakers and two young men. The court remanded the prisoners as more evidence was sought. Separately a shoemaker, William Warren, confessed to ten pairs of stolen shoes from Mr. Hoppe prompting questions about his motives and remand for further proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spey
Halfmoon-street
Bishopsgate
Kent
Archer
Patch
Clark
Horselydown
John Key
William Warren
Alderman Pirie
Bates
Aldersgate Ward
Hoppe
John Mason Charged With Escape From Woolwich Hulk
John Mason, a returned transportation convict, was charged by Keys and Ledbitter with escaping from the Justitia hulk at Woolwich. He denied identity when approached in Holborn but was recognized. Mason had previously been convicted at Oxford Assizes for house breaking and escaped Woolwich on September 29 with a companion who was later retaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Mason
Keys
Ledbitter
Justitia
Woolwich
Holborn
Holloa
Jack
Harris
Mason
Oxford
Rate dispute and indecent assault at King Street sessions
In Marlborough Street Mr E Knightley for Parrott and Paine objected to Crown rate levels as excessive. judge refused delay and advised appeals after payment. Separately, John Smith alias at Salopian Coffee-house faced indecent assault charges from Caroline Prescott and Hannah Parkinson, with William Parr identified as the alleged attacker. The magistrates discharged the case from sessions and imposed summary punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Knightley
Dyer
Parrott
Paine
Regent’s Park District
Toogood
Commissioners of the Woods and Forests
H. Beckett
Select Committee
St. Pancras
St. James’s
St. Martin’s
Marylebone
Mr. Toogood
John Smith
Salopian
Messrs
Pimlico
King-street
Amile
Hannah Parkinson
Plume
Smith
Marylebone Abuse Case Brings Court Attention
A distressing Marylebone case features Marta Marten alleging severe abuse by her father George Marien, who drove omnibuses, resulting in a warrant and magistrate hearing. Details describe repeated flogging, nakedness, and threats, with the girl seeking protection and parish relief granted at 4s weekly. The report also covers Charles Loy Cox facing desertion and assault charges from wife Harriet Cox, including brutal treatment and loss of valuables, with settlement arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marta Marten
Thompson
Earl Street
Paddington
George Marien
Lissongrove
Richmond
Warburton
Marylebone
Messrs
Col. Nugent
Lord Mountford
Park‘place
Regent’s Park
Cox
Lambeth-walk
St. Marylebone
Harriet Cox
Outrage at public house as police beaten during disturbance
A crowd attacked police at Crown-street nightfall injuring Constable Dearman, with Page, Quin, Gurling, and Mary Warner charged for violence. Landlord Williams assaulted. all prisoners fined £5 or two months. Separate trial saw Dennis Bryant fined or seven days for striking Mary Sullivan and damaging property during a quarrel over wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fendants
Parr
Taisa
Ruffi Ams
Page
Quin
Gurling
Mary Warner
Dyer
Hall
Dearman
Crown-street
Williams
Sutton-street
Witness
Sho-square
Domestic strife and unrest at Whitechapel site
In Whitechapel High Street Mr James, a tradesman, faced magistrates for assaulting his wife Mrs James after a dispute over time with his brother. The case reveals domestic tensions and calls for separation if needed. Other proceedings describe a clocking riot by butchers, a British Legion applicant’s hunger case, a jealous husband away from home, and a pig nuisance penalty near Pimlico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamesi
James
Whitechapel
Mr. Hardwick
Mr. James
Mrs. James
William Kitchener
James Pember
Thomas Cumming
Whitechapel Hgh-street
Cumming
Kitchener
Pember
British Legion
John Hardwick
College of Surgeons
Dublin
Spain
7Th
St. Sebastian
France
Dover
Ireland
Hardwick
George Engleheart
London
Shiells
Mr. Engleheart
Commercial Road
Scotland
Woman Charged For Attempted Self Drowning In St James Park
Sarah Evans faced magistrates with Burrell and White after an incident in St James's Park canal. William Baker of the Coldstream Guards testified he pursued the prisoner when she ran frantically, leaped the railings, and was rescued from the water with difficulty. She claimed seduction by a drummer in the Fusilier Guards and named her father as a Westminster tradesman. the magistrates ordered the father sent for and to undertake further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watling
Pimlico
Grosvenor
Southerwood
Maule
White
Sarah Evans
Burrell
St. James’s Park
William Baker
Coldstream Guards
Fusileer Guards
Princes-street
Westminster
Brutal assault case before magistrate over incident with pregnant wife
James Harrison a brass worker appeared before Mr. Grove on a charge of attempting to stab James Crouch after he and the landlord Durnford say Harrison turned out a pregnant wife and infant. The infant died suspected from neglect. Police inspector Harris noted the facts and an inquest is to be held. bail requires 48 hours' notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Harrison
Grove
James Crouch
Durnford
Crouch
Harris
Theatrical Liabilities At Victoria Theatre
A gentleman seeks redress after leaving bonnets with a cloakroom attendant at the Victoria Theatre, where only a 30s show item was not returned. The Magistrate advised filing against the theatre proprietors, who would likely be required to compensate the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria Theatre
Assault on shipyard worker ends in brutal injury case
John Morgan faced Sir Peter Laurie on a warrant to Kinsey and Johnson for brutal outrage after injuring a horse handler at Haye's wharf Tooley Street. The weapon a large iron hook tore flesh and part of the neck. Morgan absented himself, later captured amid a mob. Bail set with 48 hours’ notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Morgan
Peter Laurie
Kinsey and
Johnson
John Lake
Dale
Haye’s
Tooley Street
Leedham
Kinsey
Escape of a French artilleryman from Abdel-Kader captivity
The report details a French artilleryman who escaped after 18 months as a prisoner of Abdel-Kader. He crossed Oran and Algiers provinces in 17 days, traveling by night and feeding on roots. It notes the Emir’s humane treatment of two officers, Messrs. Meurice and Defrance, who praised his conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aueters
Abdel-Kader
Oran
Algiers
Messrs
Meurice
Defrance
Murper
Souicrpe
M. Guerry
Poitiers
Madame Guerry
T. Prior
James Green
W. Davis
Robert White
Robert Isaacs
John Povey
John M.cluster
W. Cumming
Abraham Johnson
David Wilson
J. Cannon
Thomas Jones
J. Romsey
James Rayson
Joseph Tame
George Rogers
George Hayman
W. Billings
James Elsgood
W. Pearce
W. Hayes
J. Johnson
Edward Jones
Edward Wild
James Brown
Edward Con
John Davis
James Smith
Richard Hardy
James Daly
J. Smith
J. Davis
James King
John Drew
Mary Ann Weedon
Thomas Richards
John Brown
John Campbell
Geo. Rogers
John Watkins
Harriet Beck
W. Clark
Beriah Frost
Henry Robinson
Thomas Blakeley
Samuel Poole
Isaac Norton
W. Blackburn
Exeter Town Council
Corporation Charities
Snell
Blue Coat School
Herald
Murder Trial of Elizabeth Rockliffe in Hornchurch
An inquest at Hornchurch on Mary Ann Rockliffe, eight months old, reports blunt instrument injuries causing death. The mother Elizabeth Rockliffe is charged with wilful murder. witnesses describe the scene and the mother’s statements. she is committed to Chelmsford Gaol awaiting March assizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rament
Hornchurch
W. Sterry
Mary Ann Rockliffe
Rockliffe
Romford
Elizabeth Ramient
Charles
Elizabeth
Upminster
Felton
Mrs. Rockliffe
Margaret Pelton
Elizabeth Rockliffe
Chelmsf Ord
Riarch
The Colonial Bank Opens in British West Indies
A London report describes the Colonial Bank planning to commence operations with Jamaica as head office and branches in Demerara Barbadoes Tobago Trinidad Grenada St Vincent and other colonies. Capital is £20 000 000 in 2000 shares of £160 with 25 percent paid up and twenty-year charter shielding shareholders from loss beyond their shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Bank
West India Islands
Jamaica
Demerara
Barbadoes
Tobago
Trinidad
Grenada
St. Vincent
Great Britain
British West India Islands
Paddington
Bethnal-green
Hope Tavern
Savage
Owen
Dusuixn Rural Society
Royal Dublin Society
Murray
Glasgow University
Lord Lyndhurst
Jeffrey
Mackintosh
Brougham
Campbell
Lansdowne
Cockburn
Lord Stanley
Thomas Campbell
Lyndhurst
University of Glasgow
Shakspeare
Consistorial Court
Worcester
Anne Hathaway
Stratford
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Bow Street
Marlborough Street
Queen Square
Union Hall
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