Assize notes on Manchester charter dispute and royal forestry cases
Northern Circuit at Liverpool hears Queen v Rutter over inquest rights of coroners to sit at a death inquest arising from a disputed Manchester charter. Civil side includes Queen v Manchester and Leeds railway. Also a tax on tolls case and a Dijon court scene with Duchess de Berri forestry rights and a heated debate. A London court scene ends with a jury dismissal after a chaotic exchange on impeaching ministers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Tue Queen
Rutter
Manchester
Manchester and Leeds Railway Company
Rochdale
Baron Rolfe
St. Helen's
Cresswell
Wnder
Railway Times
Cour Royale OF
Dijon
DuchEss DE Berri
Kingdom of France
Crown of
France
Gazette Des Tribuneaux
Louis XV
Count de Noziéres
Gencuche
Yevre
Berri
Vassy
la Marne Des Vosges
Des Ardennes
Count d'Artois
Charles X
Count d’Artois
Duke of
Bordeaux
Molle d’Artois
Champagne
le Berri
Marquis de Sassenaye
Bourges
Dijun
Court of Vassy
LAW AND JUSTICE MIXED IN A CURIOUS LONDON COURT
In the Bankruptcy Court at Westminster a wine merchant faces final examination after absconding with about £40,000 in assets and a £1,000 reward is offered for his capture. At King’s Gate Court of Requests two Highlanders commerce clash over identity and language leaving magistrates baffled. In another impeachment scene Stephen Pearson sues Lutan Haymiy for 5s 6d and endures a farcical wig and gown gag over a pretend trial led by a man dressing as a judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioner
Simon
Rooshia
Mr. Simon
London
Lord Normanby
John Russell
Lord Palmerston Bing
Lord Melbourne
Lord John
Stephen Pearson
Mr. Pearson
Simon Hayman
Stephen
Trespar
Commiss Aioner Holroyd
Westminster Court OF Requests
Hugh M‘fecerin
Donald M‘donald
M‘federin
Hersel
Hugh
Hugh M‘federin
Donald
Barrychibeen
England
Court OF Requests
Kingsgate Street
Hen Mavsusty
Lutan Haymiy
Clerkenwell-green
Waddington
Ultra
Legion Club
Dean Swift
China
East
Lord Brougham
Sergeant Talfourd
Wade
Simon Styletes
Talfourd
London Police Court Docket of 1840s Mayoralty Petition Scene
In a detailed police court transcript Mr John Stockdale petitions the lord mayor to present a petition to the court of aldermen challenging Alderman Harmer’s fitness for lord mayor as a provincial uproar surrounds knockers thefts in St Pancras and a parade of urban misdeeds including assaults on cab drivers and a distasteful case of a hairdresser accused of brutal acts toward two youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mansion House
John Joseph Stockdale
London
Amsious
Mr. Stockdale
Stockdale
Ald. Harmer
Alderman Harmer
Harmer
Joan Josery St Tockpale
Worshipful Company of Stationers
Times and
Puddledeck Organ
Harriett Wilson
Cruelty case at Guildhall leads to fines and imprisonment
At Guildhall a father Thomas Murphy and his wife Mary were charged with ill treating a nine year old illegitimate son. The boy showed multiple bruises but described frequent beatings with a belt. Murphy fined five pounds and Mary two. Mary jailed fourteen days and Murphy one month. Additional cases involve a drunken man accused of assault in Wigmore Street and a destitute elderly woman in Queen Square seeking aid to reopen a school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worship Street
Gross Conpaer
Thomas Chubb
Clifton-street
Finsbury
Grove
Harriet Cooper
Reddick
Girling
Brurat
Mr. Broughton
David Diggin
Brown Bear
Eldon-street
Moorfields
Burke
William Kendett
Broughton
Patrick Fell
Thames
Temperance Society
Thomas Merriman
John Quin
Ballantine
Shadwell
James Portch
Mr. Ballantine
Porth
Merriman
Harris
Mr. Merriman
Auid Ireland
Merrman
Méni
Valentine
Quin
Corrine Axp Wompine
Ellen O' Neale
Catherine Dempsey
King-street
Wapping
Dempsey
Crawford
George Betson
M‘allen
George Robinson
Hatfield
Hildreth Kay
Uptonplate
Eleanor Hutton
Churchroad
St. George
George Diamond
Caroline Street
Commercial Road
William Coe
Frederick Bennett
Old Bailey
Young
Horry
Coe
St. John's Lane
Clerkenwell
Paul Pry
Bennett
Morgan
James Craig
Ellis
East
George Wootton
Craig
Wooton
Weeton
Newgate
Marmer
Muggs
L Division
Surrey Theatre
Baker
Waterloo-bridge
Charing-cross Hospital
77Th Regiment
Southampton
Jack Shelfpard
Joseph Murphy
J.J
N. Cash
Shie
Jack Sheppard
Leeds
Wruninetay
Havgate
Stupidshire Braminer
Murver
Pellatt
Cart
Surrey
Transwick Arms
Brunswick-street
Blackfriar's-road
Thomas Vincent
Dennis Shea
Thomas Edward Wil
Las
Shea
Vincent
Sonat
Moruils
Nat
Mary Russell
Frederick Brown
Alderman Wilson
Alderman Hooper
Mr. Machin
Marylebons
Burranisa
George Rutherford
Wigmore Street
Hardwick
Queen Square
Zilvanor Dodd
Charles-street
Westminster
Bodleian Library
Oxford
Cose
Kensington
Hammersmith
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Assize Intelligence
LAW
Mr. Gregorie
Mrs. Dodd
Atton Garden
Janennie Beary Davies
Field
John Smith
Greenwood
St. Pancras
Davies
Ossulston Street
Smith
Skinners
Hadlow-street
Mr. Greenwood
John Boswell
Davis
Dodd
Boswell
Burton Crescent
Marylebone
Benjamin Black
Skinners’ Estate
Philip Crofton
Lancaster-street
Shirley
Frence Police
Council of Discipline of the National Guard of
Paris
Haissier
W. Boule
Boyle
Boule
National Guard
Monsieur Boule
M. Boule
Apa
Council
Bou
Gazette Des Trib
St. Benoit
Faubourg St. Germain
Mado Vita Ty 7
Monnier
Ferba
Adame Dar
Mademoiselle Damme
Capire
Ward
M. Monnier
Iqra Suade Mademoiselle Damme
Mademoiselle Adile Danme
M. le President
Esnault
Madame Dacquin’s
Sale
Monier
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