Burglary Trial at Hampton Court Palace Leads to Sentences
The Central Criminal Court heard a long case involving Martha Grover and Susan Foster with Mary A. Henry Grover and Goatley charged in a palace burglary at Hampton Court. Prosecution showed stolen silver plate worth about £25 and a teapot later pledged at a Old Kent Road pawnshop. Foster was acquitted, while Grover and Goatley received ten years transportation. Maretha Grover expected to face marriage certificate questions.
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Johnson
Alderman Hoopercombe
Oesiah Pilcher
Ji Civie
Rogusty
Hamilton Court Palace
Mary A. —Henry Grover
Hampton Court
Ken Cerier
Benjamin Smith
John Milner
Clapham Park
Surrey
Franks
Tria
Hamrtos Cour Beratars
Ballantine
Palace
Hampton-court
Goalley
Foster
W. Train
Bigh Street
Peckham
Hawvad
Old Kent-road
Price
Hawood
Goatley
Grover
Commonsergeant
Grove
Gountley
Henry Green
Kingston
Vauxhall
Dicky
Red Cow
Mr. Price
Lipsom
Martha Grover
William Smith
Wattilsworth
Thomas
Mr. Clarkson
John Dark Lyons
Wandsworth
Paynter
Clarkson
I Ness
Jowin
Perjury case ends with not guilty verdict at Old Bailey
In a tense trial at the Old Bailey a witness recanted and the recorder urged caution over perjury claims. The jury found no evidence to convict, and the defendant was acquitted on both law and fact after prosecutors failed to prove the crucial public house incident.
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Black Smith
Mr. Clarkson
Mr. Smith
Newgate
J. Head
Wandsworth
Magisttate
Mr Clarkson
Suwith
Thomas
Clarkson
Martin Hussey
Slater
W. George Gibbs
Doane
Hake
C. Jones
Thomas Mountain
Middlesex
Capias
W. Marks
William George Gibbs
Iron-gateway
Paddington
U Slater
Caherton
James Caherton
Thomas Meredith
William Mathews
T. B. Hopkins
Jones
Robert Welby
Gibbs
Mary Smith
House of Correction
Recorders
Craree
Morris Myers
Joseph Myers
George Daniels
Abraham Cohen
Charles Finn
Adams
Myers
Finney
Daniels
Cohen
Lewis Lavarus
Houndsditch
John Billen
Alfred Billen
Mesars
Ballantine
Mr. Doane
Trial of Alfred Billen and a Jew's character defense in London
A lengthy court record recounts Alfred Billen the 16 year old apprentice, cross examined about shipboard thefts and transport to Urias. Witnesses include police, a sister, and a councilman praising a Jew’s honesty amid a dramatic acquittal. Other cases cover embezzlement, robberies and forged bank notes with multiple transports and verdicts.
Prisoner guilty of assault and abduction with life sentence
A young girl testified to repeated assaults at the prisoner's house, including forcible acts after she was lured with drink. The jurors convicted him of the crime and he was sentenced to transportation for life.
Arrears of Business in Equity and Law Courts
Abstract of Michavimas term's business in the Court of Chancery and Common Law Courts. Counts of costs and pleas, numbers of re-hearings and appeals before the lord chancellor and vice-chancellors. Queen's Bench lists three rules for judgment, eight undetermined, and crown paper five cases. New trials and special papers show further rules for decision and argument, with 11 peremptory applications.
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Court of Chancery
Common Law Courts
Common Pleas
Cuaxceny
England
Knight Bruce
Wigram
Police Reports And Court Chatter From Guildhall
A lengthy report covers a British emigration and colonization dispute with Duke of Argyll named as president, lord mayor inquiries, and claims of misrepresented contracts and preparations for Prince Edward Island. Other items include a theft case in Highgate involving a gray mare, a Barnet fair sale, and magistrate scrutiny of embezzlement versus theft.
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Txt Dbauitisa Avenicas Association For Esianation Axe Colonization
Bourdillon
Justice Room
British American Association For Emigration and Colonization
Duke of Argyll
Scotland
Nova Scotia
British North America
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Montreal
Prince Edward's Island
Barbadoes
D. Campbell
Ialdon
Haldon
Mr. Haldon
Association
Eden
Halden
Childs
William Bennet
James Miller
Mr. Miller
Lord Mayor Ends Miller Case Over Domestic Bruising
In a Mansion House proceeding Mr. Miller clashes with the lord mayor over accusations of beating his wife. Mrs Bennet had protected the wife, a broomstick was used, and the lord mayor dismisses the complaint while warning police to arrest if needed.
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Mr. Miller
Lord Mayor
Miller
Mr. Bennet
Marylebone Court Sees Woman Held for Theft Rings
In a Middlesex case Luisa Hay cocks a housemaid at the Marquis of Northampton was committed for trial after police found items in her lodging linked to a scheme of depredations. The evidence included books bearing the Marquis’s name and cut articles of apparel. Also noted was a separate Clerkenwell scene involving a Munster girl accusing a man of assault and a Westminster court’s light treatment of a begging case and a sentimental dispute over a pub bill with a singer.
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Louisa Haycocks
Rawlinson
Davy Davis
Butler
Marquis of Northampton
Court Eases Farce as Masked Bride Faces Magistrate
A comical court scene ends with Miss Biddy Ryan clearing her face of a theatrical mask after an accused lover’s tale and a prankster usher reveal her fresh unmasked beauty. The magistrate jokes about genealogies and dismisses the case with laughter.
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Ty Ock
Sisther
Nesbitt
Miss Biddy
Jo Biddy
Biddy
Biddy Ryan
Policeman Convicted for Assault on Young Woman near Plaistow
Police constable Joseph Pitman faced a magistrate after Julia Briggs, daughter of a dyer, testified he assaulted her near East India Road and Green Gate Plaistow while she walked to Barking. The court found the act grievous, imposing one month in the House of Correction with hard labor.
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Lambeth Street
Joseph Pitman
Henry
Julia Briggs
East India Road
Poplar
Barking
Plaistow
Briggs
Henry Russell
Russell
Samuel Peter Briggs
Dragoon
House of Correction
Funeral of the Late Dr Kenny at Old St Pancras
The late Dr Kenny who ended his life by cutting his throat was interred in Old St Pancras churchyard on Monday afternoon. A large procession accompanied the body from his residence at 8 Charles-street Clarendon-square and was met at the gates by Rev Mr Fallowfield who conducted the burial. The deceased was described as witty, true friend, benevolent and kind-hearted by those who knew him.
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Dr. Kenny
Kenny
Old St Pancras
Charles-street
Clarendon-square
Fallowfield
Old St. Pancras Church
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Central Criminal Court
the Wheekly Chronicle
Jed
Pentonville
J. Gore
Horman
Alexander Robinson
Urias
Court of Justice
Peter Dowling
Weekly
Chronicle
Tothill-fields
Alice Lowe
G. Long
Lord Frankfort
Thomas Holloway
Justice Maule
Louisa Grange
Rossinet Lennon
John Metcalf
Countess de Noailles
Albion-street
Hyde Park
Count de Nonailles
Richard Nash Welchman
Espinasse
Louisarrange
Rossinet Lernon
Edward Bannister
James Campbell
John Roe
Bannister
Grocer
Hardwick
J. Collins
Joshua Timm
Bank of England
George Collins
Campbell
Bank of Engraving
Hall-Court
New Zealand
Bush
Freshhield
Wicuway Ramsay
Tur Srriicer Axp Firteenstn Gaxe
Robert Fletcher
James Stedman
Charnock
Green-park
Constitution-hill
Stringer
Butcher
Fitzgerald
Erskine and
Rolfe
Robert Pring Snell
Ellen Matilda Singleton
Payne
Charles Street
Hackney Road
Mrs. Cocker
Wisoner
Haywood
Sarah Anne Cocker
Osborne Haywood
John Storey
Crrancs
William Henry Hoskins
Clark
London
Mansion House
Frederick Lisyd
Highgate
P. Laurie
George Collis
Romford
Barnet Fair
White Hart
Witness
Chelmsford
Barnet
Lloyd
Cambridge
St. Albans
Cheapside
Toyd
P, Laurie
Swain, Stevens, and Co
Frederick
Collis
Marylebone
Clerkenwell
Patrick M‘carthy
Erin
Sister Isle
Oxford-street
Croydon Polices
Jane Brown
Reid, Adams
Westminster
Court OF Requests
Henry Barton
Henry Joshua Alton
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