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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Oct 31, 1841

Page

6

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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
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