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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 05, 1841

Page

6

Final examination in bankruptcy case before Robertson

John Henry Banton, stockbroker of Change-alley, faced final examination. He reported four year profits averaging £2,000 yearly and blamed losses in United States banks and railway shares, especially railways. Assignees expect debts around £5,000 and assets near £1,200. the examination concluded. In a separate matter, a false frontier case saw a baker wrongly ordered clothes under another name. the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff after humorous testimony.

Bankruftcy Court Tvssmar John Henry Banton Pieces Fane United States New Brunswick Land Company Searned New Brunswick North American Australasia New Zealand Fennell Torsnay Harses Chartes BeEnns Secondary Potter Jones Thomas R. Webber Crooks Suffolk-street Haynes James Stevens Mr. Crook Benjamin Smith Cross-street Walworth Benns Charles Benns

Central Criminal Court Trials and Sentences Report

Monday sessions detail John Miller and others charged with felonious assault and robbery at the Custom House. Fisher, a 15 year old servant, testifies to a blue coat assailant. verdict guilty and twelve months hard labour. Also covered are cases of manslaughter, forgery, thefts, and receiving stolen goods with various penalties including transportation for ten years.

Rosuery CusTom House John Miller John Samuel Fisher Adolphus Ryland Robert Hudswell Treasury Thomas Kelly Board of Customs Custom-House House of Correction Charles Munday Richmond Henry Dacres Edward Lewis Bodkin Doane Messrs Phillips Clarkson Richmond-bridge Currine Marmina Francis Pearse Henry Deale Ballantine Pearse Deale Michael Murphy Thomas Connor Payne Ratcliffcross London Hospital Edward Wainwright Swern Mos Thomas Hughes Charles Brown Charles Jackson Thames Westminster Bridge Hughes Brown Rappeny Py Martha Corbett Thurnell Robert Wilkinson Daniel Stubbs Chambers Church-street Hackney Shoreditch Messrs. Cheeper Woodstreet Cheapside Cheeper Messrs. Pickford and Co Renderpgast Goodman Aldersgate Street mAsiNe John Morgan Lee Willians Espinasse Chancellor Kensington Omnibuses, Evi Police Orrence William John Bankes Bennet Jardine Foot Guards John Harris Constitution-hill Green-park Green Park Tierney Central Criminal Court Dorsett Wax-Chandler King Street Whitehall Thomas Sneesum Liberty Cuitp Sreanine Ann Campbell Henry Sartie Alexander Sartie

English court reports crowding with fraud and theft details

A long court narrative covers a man who used false pretences to borrow £96 15s claiming he would lease a public house. Verdicts include seven years transportation. Other cases cited include theft from an employer and embezzlement from a charitable society. A broad list of sentences follows for many prisoners with various terms ranging from two months to life.

London Kensington Ratcliffe Cross Rogsine John Gay Rockley New Hummums Covent Garden Joseph Walter Clarkson Metropolitan Convalescent Institution John Errington J. Smith W. Berknith W. Taylor J. Bridger J. Brinkworth T. Williams Randall T. Priest Smith T. L. Wills J. Driscoll Charles Hoare J. Savage W. Britton W. Johnson Elizabeth Bryan J. Jones T. Rogers R. Jeffreys J. Ryley J. Hughes T. M.donnell R. Spurrier R. Thomas G. Pearson W. Sharp W. Belcher J. Connell J. B. Sheirs J. Morgan J. Walter J. Holland W. Wellham J. Liegd J. Wolstenhouse R. Robinson M. O’brien W. Sibley W. Hopkins J. Clifford J. Tiernan Mary Parker W. Seal H. Turner Mary Canning Mary Ann Fleming Elizabeth Cooper T. Wright W. Wager W. Green J. Rolfe J. Ward J. Wood C. Horn C. Hoare J. Spring J. Evans J. Bever W. Douglas W. Newbury C. Teen W. Dixon A. Jones J. Pilcher Eliza Barber Eliza Barlow W. Ranger G. Norman H. Smith Margaret Lovegrove P. Cooper J. Halfpenny M.A. Matthewson Mary A. Dixon R. Lewis R. Phillips T. Davis C. Hughes J. Porter J. Brown D. Phillips W. Joyce J.C. Thorn Mary Stock J. Quin P. Green T. Finegan Elizabeth M.grundy J. Walkey T. Lee W. Taversham J. Williams J. Green D. Crane R. Rounding W. Brooks W. Broad Elizabeth Glazier Ann Poole H. Woodman J. Desmond J. Mayne J. Donovan G. Tatham W. Hall M. Keane Ann Gorman D. Davis J. H. Webster D. Ricketts W. Bennett F. Leach J. Wigley G. Watts M. Carter Harriet Foote T. Cooper Rosetta Goody Rosetta Lyons J. Everett C. Moore J. Mercer Tusors Michael Savage Michael Cannon Thomas Edge, Esq Vincent-square John Nelson Piper Gregorie Forbes Joseph Bernaski Joseph Pezitski John Beveraski Cubitt Willow-walk Chelsea England France Arza Snzax Michael Crawley Ebury-street Pimlico Anne Muschett Ebury Street House of Correction Thames RospBery Crim. Coy David Rowland Broderip Raggatt James Raggatt Bristol Wilson Limehouse

Police Reports From the City Court Hearings

Detailed London magistrates court notes describe George Bailey jailed for cloth theft at Cowper warehouse St Pauls Churchyard. Other cases include Benjamin Parker in defrauding wholesale dealers, James Allen fined for furious driving, and multiple suspects charged with impostor scams and public indecency in Bow Street and Marlborough Street.

George Bailey Thomas Wood Messrs Cowper St. Paul's Churchyard Henry Davis Gutterlane Alderman Thomas Wood Benjamin Parker Lower Thames Street John Parker and Co Hobler Alderman T. Wood James Allen Cheapside Ludgate Hill

Woman Seized Over Missing Child Clothes Case

Witnesses described a girl taking a boy from Monmouth and St Andrews streets, claiming the child was her nephew. The child was found without clothes, crying, while the prisoner denied taking the clothing, stating she picked up dropped garments and pursued an unknown woman. Committed to Newgate for trial.

William Marchant Monmouth Street John Green St. Andrew's Street Charles Conner St. Andrew’s Street Robert Evans Newgate Worship Street Burrran William Greig Eliza Hill Clapton Old Bailey Broughton House of Correction

Omnibus Driver Fined for Furious Driving in Marylebone

William Staples proprietor and driver of omnibus No 666 from Paddington to the Bank was cited by police for furious driving. Sergeant Grimwood reported he whipped horses racing toward Vere Street with omnibus No 593 nearby. Both crews were fined 20 shillings each.

Marylebone Omsipus Racine William Staples Paddington Bank Grimwood Marylebone Lane Verestreet Oxford-street Vere-street Mr. Long Samuel Pearce

Queen Square Disorder and Domestic Assault Report

Severe misconduct at Grosvenor Place and later cases in Thames and Windsor police courts feature Charlotte England's assault on Colonel Charles Wyndham and her disturbance at No 4 Grosvenor Place. Additional reports cover William Greig's alleged assault on Eliza Hill and a violent sister assault in a Dublin style street scene, with magistrates remanding suspects and warning bail. The piece also notes Royalty fantasies in Wandsworth and a colorful Kilrush petty sessions satire about Nancy O Kelly’s Kerry stall clashes.

Queen Square Charlotte England Charles Wyndham Grosvenor Place Wyndham Grosvenor-place England Col. Wyndham Gregorie Wandsworth Alfred Henry Cotman Germany Payne Angelica Kauffman Queen Victoria Hunter-street Brunswick-square Clive Cotman Kauffman Tam Hamburg King’s College Norwich Kilrush Petty Sessions Prack Surts Nancy O'Kelly Mickey Hartigan Nancy O’kelly Kerry Owen Al‘Grath Owen Alliseu Jack Wilson Deladet Owen M‘grath Davy Mac Murdo Nance

Union Hall Prison Break and Police Assaults

Union Hall reports describe George Clarke escaping Guilford House of Correction with two other prisoners using ladders to scale the wall. Police later attempted capture, Cooper and Chandler rescued Clarke, leaving Garnett battered. The item also covers flogging of a boy, tax-collector robbery at Bermondsey, cautions about matches, and a brave rescue of a woman from mud near low tide.

George Clarke Guilford House of Correction Cottingham Samuel Cooper Charles Chandler Clarke House of Correction Guilford Garnett Cooper Chandler Convoral Punisum Menus Ar Police Orricus Peter Moore Union Hall Commissioners of Police Scotland Yard St. Olave Southwark-bridge-road Jackson Three Jolly Hatters Bermondsey-street London and Greenwich Brighton Upper Thames-street BrackeRians Bripez John Bull George Elstead Glazier's Arms Water-lane

Stabbings and accidents dominate sharp London report

A crowded London column details a stabbing case against William Franklin amid a court appearance for Rob Farroce, plus multiple accidents and deaths. The report covers a market gardener knockoff, a boy nearly crushed by a wagon wheel, a fire at Mrs Shaughnessy’s shop, and various inquests including accidental deaths and a suspected infanticide. Authorities, police, and hospital details appear for each event.

Farroce Tver Bucks Aylesbury William Frankdiy J. Holton, Boet and Shoemaker West Colnbrook Franklin James Gue Hertford Ovey London Hospital Hertford_ road Mekeridge Joseph Young Limehouse Rere Indy Radford Grinham Wes Ford Tolomen Reais Paynt Geon Stae Pusee Lambeth-street George Weigtt Earl-street Borough-road Rene St. Thomas's Hospital Considerabe Printing-house-square Ted Lipsy Shaugnessy Panuianest Gerrge Butler Parisment Westminster Hospital Sudpen Sini Sega Wevale Baker Berkeler Castle Rahere-street Goswell-street-road Mary Cox Elizabeth Jones Rahere-stins Stebbings Burnixe William the Fourth Wil Street Bethnal-green-road Peter Sealion William.street Rose Higes Sigh Bridge Charles Griffiths Royalist Society Jin Cele Charles-street Knightsbridge Firth Carter Lewis Whitfield Smith City Atkin Basinghall-street Witter Tivtr Tooley-street Tokenhouse Ellis Thames Causeway Stangate Andrews Wapping Land's Coal Wharf Execution Dock Angerev Svuppen Dssarn Mn. Ricuarps Privirs Maklin J . Wakleys Charles Richards St. Martin’s-lane Brompton-square Brompton Wen Mgr. Poli Wilke +r

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