Exam on company outlay and loan amid bankruptcy scrutiny
The hearing reviewed the firm's capital expenditure on plant of £258,000 against a stretched capital of £135,000 and a large loan from Acraman. Mr Morgan indicated about £200,000 of outlay occurred by early 1841, with total loans exceeding £110,000 plus bankers' advances. The chief commissioner noted the outlay explained the stoppage and commended Mr Acraman’s 1820–onward account as accurate and matched by later records. The assignees praised the accountant’s careful, creditor-friendly work and the court adjourned.
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W. D. Bushell
Clerkenwell Sessions Hear Case of Clergyman Bondage Aimed at Bride
At Hicks's hall Clerkenwell-green a 52 case calendar opens with 26 felonies. The Rev Thomas Boddington and Matilda Tippetts face assault charges over the marriage to a nursery governess. Prosecution details a complex sequence of deception, jealousy and violence ending with the accused clergyman alleged to strike the plaintiff and his wife. The defense argues the prosecutor distorted facts and pressed bias due to clergy blame. The jury later mulls evidence amid cross-examinations and testimonies from Dawes, Adlington, Rivers, and others. The Surrey sessions follow with a separate watch theft trial ending in acquittal after the principal witness’s credibility is challenged.
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Coventgarden Theatre
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Kennington Common
Christian Instruction Society
Verdict Given Not Guilty After Jury Deliberation
The jury retired for over three hours and returned a verdict of Not Guilty, with counsel remarking that mercy would have guided a verdict in favor if an acquittal were not possible.
Assaults at Long-acre bar lead to fines in police court
A group including Augustus MCarthy Sarah MCarthy and their baby faced assault charges over a nocturnal disturbance at a Long-acre lodging. Complaints alleged tenant eviction and rent seizure sparked the violence. Several witnesses questioned the accused while a verdict and brief punishment followed with a special exemption for the infant.
Witness Reunites With Missing Or Suspect After Delayed Meeting
A witness recounts waiting with a friend while a landlady checked for business, the subject leaving, and the witness not seeing her again until custody. The prisoner offered no statement and was remanded.
Assault and theft cases in Marylebone district
In Marylebone, John Armsted was charged with assaulting police constable Kendal after a disturbance in Hampstead Road. He was fined 40 shillings and jailed for a month in default. A juvenile thief, Robert Williams, about 14, was committed for six weeks to the House of Correction for robbing Mrs. Worts at High Street shop by taking from the till.
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Kendal
Marystreet
Hampstead Road
House of Correction
Robert Williams
Hannant
Mr. Long
Complaint Against the Countess of Blessington
A man named White cites wages due from the Countess of Blessington at Gorehouse Kensington. He claims she refused £6, alleging he broke a sugar-bowl and demanded £4 compensation. Magistrate Gregory advised White to accept £2 and seek the remainder in Court of Requests.
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ASSAULT AND OTHER CHARGES AT WORSHIP STREET
In a Manchester or London court scene Matthew Dempsey is charged with assaulting his wife Mary Dempsey after a quarrel over their uneasy marriage. He claims provocation and lodging disputes but is ordered to bail to keep the peace. Separate cases include a man posing as a constable, a 12 year old ring theft, a drunken disturbance, a London twofold fraudster Morgan, and a ship mutiny manslaughter incident.
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British Museum
James Turnbull
Compton-Street
Gordon Square
Thomas Norris
Frances Franco
Weymouth Street
Marylebone
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Heylega
Tottenham-court-road
Highgate
Holloway Road
Winess
Preston robbery trial over Stowell faces remand
In a Preston related case in London, Stowell testifies against Bailey and Elizabeth Bailey amid hearsay and contradictory evidence. The magistrates remand Bailey and require bail for the other prisoner as more witnesses are sought and the case continues. A second matter covers Sarah Richards attempting to drown herself and William King alias Heath, a transported felon, with bail and transport-era history noted. Greenwich distress story closes with a Camberwell parish rebuff and a plea for aid for a dying child.
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Woodside
Liverpool
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Robinson
William King
Heath
Horsell
New South Wales
Louise de Fevre
Camberwell
Mr. Grove
Robbery Case At Preston Union Hall Involving Bailey
Elizabeth Bailey faced Mr Traill at Preston Union Hall on a suspected robbery of John Marquis at Accrington. The pocket book reportedly held Bank of England notes totaling £1990. Benjamin Jowell was charged as an accessory after the fact in the same case.
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Traill
John Marquis
Accrington
Bank of England
Preston
Lancashire
Benjamin Jowell
Barrister Appointed Revising Barrister for City Voters
Thomas Y. McChristie, Esq., of Old-square Lincoln's Inn, has been appointed revising barrister of the lists of voters in the City of London by Lord Chief Justice Denman.
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Lincoln’s Inn
Denman
London
Excellent Man and Matrimonial Ads at Banbury
A reflective piece condemns the notion of an “excellent man” in society and highlights how virtue resists elevation by corruption. An item notes a matrimonial advertisement in Banbury, showing a Daguerreotype notice seeking a female companion. A Bristol apothecary tale recalls a servant sticking a candle into gunpowder, yet escaping harm.
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Oxfordshire
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Farris
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Christmas Street
Bristol
Sherborne
Coffee House Dialogue In A Times Of Yesterday
A dialogue vignette set in a cafe contrasts readers of the Times and Herald editors with guests debating the paper’s relevance. Tom Duncombe mocks the Times while Lord Paterston dismisses it as unsuitable, and a cockney quips the Times is out of joint after steamer news.
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the Times
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The
Violent Winds Measured By Balloon Speeds And Pressure
A historical note explains wind as air in motion and quantifies force by velocity. It mentions Lunardi and Gamnerin rising in balloons at about seventy miles per hour without a storm. The document includes a table linking wind speed to perpendicular force per square foot in pounds.
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Gamnerin
No such line in Shakspeare sparks club joke
A Reform Club gathering sparked a witty claim that a single Shakespeare line is worth two shillings, but editors and readers debunk the quibble, noting the famous line is split across two phrases. Other notes recount ice preservation tricks and a parish church epitaph from Ipswich.
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The Hoosiers at the lakeside encampment
A first person sketch describes a Hoosier encampment by a lake shore with wagons in a hollow square. Hoosiers sell wheat to Chicago factors for six York shillings a bushel, rest and sleep on sacks, while horses stand tethered and snort at their master. The scene recalls a West life vignette with vivid dialogue and rustic humor.
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Morpheus
Responsibility of Authors in Russia
A plate shows two kettles in foreground: one with a robber, one with a bad writer. The devil tends the writer’s kettle while the robber’s kettle sits with logs. The writer complains of torment, but the devil says the writer’s sins endure for ages, unlike the robber’s.
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Hell
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Theussians
All Almanacs Grow Old in a World That Changes
A fable from the French by Vionnet contrasts two almanacs, one worn by use and valued by a master, the other fresh yet overlooked. The newer page notes that time and date determine worth, and that aging, change, and obsolescence affect all, from servants to lovers, as the world moves on.
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