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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 08, 1839

Page

5

Sunday Angling Controversy At Lord Mayor Court

A Thames fishing dispute before the lord mayor centers on Sunday angling by gentlemen in boats. Fishermen accuse elite anglers of hogging fish while nets were banned, with penalties discussed and fines imposed unless offenders’ names are produced. The case highlights clashes between lawful fishery rules and leisure Sunday pastime.

Saxpay Sroptine Thames William Kemp Teddington-lock John Dear Brentford Goldham Billingegate Market Thomas Dear James Kemp Amos Kemp George Howard Royal Exchange Whithair T Holomew Farr Mr. Oagood Robert Taylor Blackfriars Road

Theatre racketeers exposed in minor court case

A magistrate dealt leniently with a group charged in a theater pit operation. Ann Thistleton and Ann Hayden were found with a basket of copper money and checks for admissions to the pit and gallery. Johnson and other performers gave brief statements. The orchestra faced similar penalties, while the audience of boys received fines or short detention.

Commissioners of Police Charles-street Newton-street Holborn Sandreck Mullins Bow-street George Johnson Henry Duran John Booth George Scrivens Elizabeth Scrivens Martha Knight Crummles Nicholas Nickleby Mary Bath John Fraser Elizabeth Pine John Jackson Mary Shearer Wm. Knuckles Twyford Burnaby Ann Thinleton Ann Heyden Ann Thistleton Manders Johnson Duran Jackson House of Correction

Brural Assault and Related Court Proceedings

Frenchman Jean Covin faced final examination for a brutal assault on translator M Gougenheim in Leicester Square, when he stabbed Gougenheim’s eye with a cane after a dispute over six pence. Witnesses testified to the attack, with Gougenheim denying prior insults. Covin was committed for felonious wounding.

Jean Jacques Covin Dyer Gougenheim Bear-street Leicester-square Oxenden Street Richardson M. Gungenheim M. Gougenheim Imade M. Gougenreim Betsey Ware Mary Lucas Mr. Chambers

Landlord Henry Marks Faces Charge Over Harassment Case

Henry Marks, son of a builder, landlord of the Rodney's Head in Limehouse, stands before Messrs Hardwick and Combe on a charge of violating a young girl named Ann Davis. The complainant, a nearly 12 year old, says she and two companions entered via a back door to the skittle-ground when the prisoner invited them inside.

Cuttix Prosecutrix Pelham John Stephens Limehouse Richard Groom Regent’s Canal Regent's Canal Stephens Hardwick House of Correction Burn Millyard Goodman’s Fields James Bunn Baynham Whitechapel Road Henry Marks Rodney’s Head Messrs. Hardwick and Combe Ann Davis

Coroners Inquests On Leary Death And Other Murders

A London coroner's inquest investigated John Leary's death after a fatal pugilistic assault by John Hayes and John Hart. The jury linked death to lung inflammation likely worsened by brutal treatment. Hayes and Hart face assault charges. Other inquests covered Jane Killick's death after suspected abortion poison, a newborn infant found dead in a Pudding Lane parcel, and deaths from mushroom poisoning at Threeways.

Sustrctep Murper Payne Ro Ohy’s Horllydence John Leary John Hayes John Art Frederic Leopold Pullen Weaverlane Clarke Jun Smith Winecourt Horslydown John Heyes Hayes John Hart Hart Town Hall Peter Laurie Waller Hall Beacles St. John’s Leary Catherine Welch Sesssons Porson C. J. Carttar Greenwich Workhouse Jane Killick John Sutton Greenwich St. Paul's Deptford Thomas Oak Mitchell Elizabeth Dyas Witness Hodges Conk Elizabeth Slade No. 3 Somers Terrace Tanner Robert White Newcastle St. Mary-at-Hill Pudding-lane Thames-street Cornelius Smith Gracechurch- Street Screon Ely Martha Day Messrs Muriel Cambridge Chronicle St. Breock John Julian Dark Montpellier Villa Cheltenham Chronick

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