Mind of Blakesley in Madness Defense Before Guilty Verdict
The defense argued the prisoner, Blakesley, was driven to madness by provocation and mistreatment, presenting witnesses on his feeble mind and erratic conduct. The jury found him guilty of murder, and Lord Abinger delivered a death sentence, urging remorse and noting the distinction between insanity and passion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pultips
Mr. Burdon
Burdon
Blakesley
Somersetshire
Footscray
Tottenham
Cambridge
Enfield
James Blakesley
Mr. Bodkin
Ory Son
Witness
Blackwell Hall
Lord Abinger
London
Birmingham
Robert Bell Williams
Suffolk Lane
Dorking
Toker
An Payne
Martin
York Minster
James Burdon
Robert Blakesley
Ringmer murder case before the Earl of Chichester
Stephen Steadman John Pockney and Charles Briggs faced magistrates on a wilful murder charge in Ringmer for the June 29 1838 death of Hannah Devonshire alias Smith. Witnesses described the alleged assault theft and body disposal with confessions linking all three and prompting assize trial. A separate note records a Metropolitan Anti Bridge Toll Association meeting with Lord Wharncliffe about toll-free Waterloo Southwark and Vauxhall bridges for the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringmer
Pockney
Briggs
Ann Stanford
John Gaston
J. Lupton
Cosham
James William Tray
Steadman
Watford
Herts
Waterloo
Southwark
Vauxhall
Central Criminal Court Prisoners Charged At Session
The court hears a summary of offences from murder and burglary to larceny and embezzlement. Prisoners from London Middlesex Essex Kent and Surrey totaling 228 face charges. details include the Blakesley murder a denial in some cases and numerous transportations and verdicts.
Prisoner Convicted of Life Transport for Fatal Wound
A prisoner wounded a man believed to have reached the heart, then confined and transported aboard a vessel to England. The ship wrecked on the square rocks near Holyhead. two seamen drowned while the prisoner and witnesses were rescued. Brought before a magistrate on the 26th and committed for trial, the jury found guilt. sentence: life transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Holyhead
Clarkson
Ring Dropping and Nighttime Deceptions Reported in City
A confectioner, Charles Chillingworth, was charged with ring dropping in Whitecross street. Ann Conway reported a brass ring found on the street after a man urged her to read its description, leading to a dispute over ownership. The case was dismissed after evidence questioned the accusation. Harriet Willinghan faced a separate charge for a rambling, unpaid cab tour and disorderly conduct linked to a night of intoxication. She was fined and remanded for time in the House of Correction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Linfield
Stanhope-street
Hampstead Road
Dawkins
Clarence-gardens
Regent’s Park
David Ingles
Rawlinson
Paddington
Harcourt-street
New Road
David Fergusson
Whitecross-street
Alderman Hooper
Lark
Harriet Willinghan
John Vince
Salisbury-court
St. Pancras Church
Brewer-street
Somers-town
Harriet
House of Correction
Tapies Turvey at Black Lion public-house
Peter Brisnah was charged with violently assaulting James Douglas at the Black Lion, Vinegar-yard, Drury Lane. Douglas claimed two teeth were knocked out. Brisnah claimed self defense after being struck and nose pulled. Magistrate dismissed the charge, granting Brisnah a certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tapies Turvey
Peter Brisnah
Jardine
James Douglas
Black Lion
Vinegar-yard
Drurylane
Samuel Evans
Sam
Queen Square Burglary and Assaults Reported
Local records describe multiple arrests and detentions at notable London addresses. Suspects include Jobys the chimney-sweep and young John Ellington, both held on suspicion of felonious intent, with Anne Crickmay and a servant charged for thefts from noble households. A valet, John Robinson, faced trials for attempted stabbing.
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Queen Square
Jobys
Vaughan
Forte
John Coulton
Rutland-gate
Mulcahy
Vernon Vaiogen-Pisce
Mary Morris
Ronpery
Gint
Anne
Crit
Duke of Richmuni
Henry Nesbitt
Park Place
Chelsea
John Wright
Prisoer
Prosecution of Marlborough Street Saloon Case Continues
Reports from London magistrates detail Beale of Piccadilly facing a charge for knowingly harboring prostitutes at his Marlborough Street saloon. Key testimony covers police observations of women dining and socializing, with legal debates on what constitutes harbouring bad characters and whether disorderly conduct was proven. The Leicester Square saloon case and later incidents in Hatton Garden and Greenwich are noted, including a housebreaking charge and police assaults. A separate British Museum robbery case centers on a student allegedly stealing several books, with Panizzi and Ellis testifying about library procedures and missing volumes.
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Ley
Son
Hardwick
Robinson
London
Marlborough Street
Beale
Piccadilly
Jarvis
Whall
Tewenty
Wontner
St. Paul’s
Silverthorpe
Worship-street
Middlesex
Beresford
Fitzpatrick
Lanoon
Selcester-Square
Castillano
Leicester Square
Ashdown
England
Hatton Garden
Alfred Cowley
Charles Dudley
Dennis Byrne
Twinford
Locke
Hemley Road
Islingu
Dixon
Patrick Cowley
Thomas Glynn
Patrick Burke
Michael Higgins
Michael Burns
Grove
Greenwich
Greenwood
Gundry
White Horse-alley
Red Lionstreet
Clerkenwell
Sharpe
Gumby
Prioner Glynn
Higgins
Burke
Cowley
Oil Bailey
Atea
British Museum
Willcox
Ay Nity-College
Cambridge
Aut Panizzi
Sip
Uio
Henry Eilis
Igness
van ‘i
Henry Ellis
Lionel Lincoln
Ae Museum
John Scott
Volun
Bat
Big West
Sic
Institution
Robert Lister
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Central Criminal Court
Serjeant Arabin
C. Marshall
Essex
Kent
Surrey
William Burdon
Sarah Blakesley
Tar
William Smith Henson
William Street
Horry
Henson
Newgate
Isa Lee Rogpserny
Watcuts
John Jones
Robert Wallis
Robert Price
Phillips
Hoxton
Price
Mansion House
Thomas Collinsedge
George Cross
Aldersgate Street
Sergeant Arabin
Thomas Harnet
Thomas Herbert
Messrs
Phillips and
Ballantine
Bodkin
Roppine
Frederick Holmes
Ann Elizabeth Norton
Nine Elms
Richard Tilbury
Coldstream Guards
Kensington Place
Charles Silverthorne
Henry James Rainsbury
Richard Short
Thomas Leonard
W. Burnett
Deptford
Rainsbury
Leonard
Short
Maidstone
Hicaway RossEry
Joseph Kemp
Philip Sampson
Mary Ann Sullivan
Thomas Harwood
Eleanor Harwood
Kingdon Street
King-street
Drury-lane
Charles Edward Wilson
William Coleman
Thomas Beardsmore
Henry Puttick
Daniel Maydwell
Leatherhead
Coleman
Wilson
Beardsmore
Uford
Puttick
Ilfords
Fanny Jackson
Fanny Kemble
St. Ann’s Terrace
Waterloo Road
Mary Taylor
John Lewis Edwards
Ann Edwards
Joseph Carrington
Plumstead
Tuunsday
Savorine
Richard Forester
John Pinkona
Islington
Baron Gurney
Fatpaw
Ropsertes
Thomas Poor
Dawes
Maddox Street
Regent-street
Hugh Jones
Myers
Conduit-street
King
Bank of England
Thomas Smith
Oxford
Golden-square
E. M'Gowan
Great Windmill Street
Haymarket
James Smedley
Carroll
Commissioners of Police
Edward Hills
Beard
Africa
High Seas
Admiralty of
Caboose
Marylebone
Bow Street