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Newspaper
Weekly Chronicle
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 18, 1836
Page
6
In insolvency actions the commissioner adjourned hearings after reviewing petitions and schedules. Applications for filing schedules missing petition numbers were refused. Thomas Towes seeks relief after a twelve month detention. he lacks support or means, and the commissioner denies the request citing prior facts.
Kendrick, a Kendal police officer famed for catching thieves, chased a robber who yielded a basket of picklock keys at an inn. The escapee, alias William Goodwin, robbed Kendrick of two pistols, a great coat, keys, and cash after a fierce struggle but was later captured near Appleby with his gear and horse abandoned en route.
Robert Nightingale was indicted for a violent blow on Edward Lawrence at Cranbourne Street Leicester Square on July 20. The prosecutor, a general dealer from Drury Lane, testified about the gambling dispute and the unprovoked attack. The jury found him guilty. a one shilling fine was imposed.
In Surrey a jury found John Woodger and Matthew Moram guilty of stealing and receiving straw from William Garton. Each received twelve months hard labor at Brixton. A nurse Elizabeth Maud was found guilty of stealing a silver milk-pot and other items at St Thomas's Hospital and sentenced to three months with solitary confinement. Additional trials included sheep stealing and a police court summary of other cases.
In Chiswick a disturbance between Thomas and William Welsh led police to find three to four women crying Murder and eight children atop a bed. Thomas was fined ten shillings after admitting a row born of drunken bravado, with William paying his brother's fine.
The former Spanish prime minister M Isturiz, a Liberal leader, reached London via Lisbon after evading Madrid's foes. He was robbed near the Portuguese frontier, lost his luggage, and then traveled on with help from allies including M Villiers and Lord William Harvey. His colleague Galiano remains in Madrid.
A mud stained £20 Bank of England note was found in High-street St. Giles by a boy who stuck the paper on a bootmaker shop door. Mr. Daly notified the owner Mr. Pressy of Millbank Street Westminster and was rewarded five shillings. Separately tolls on major roads were auctioned with a winning bid of £26,450 for toll rights at a Surrey road gate.
A Hull Shipping Gazette report discusses the Hannah of South Shields lost in July while sailing from North America to London with timber. It notes crew suffering, ballast mismanagement, and deck-load practice as the likely cause, urging underwriters to disallow such loading to prevent future losses.
A sprawling report recalls B Rathbun once ruling Buffalo with vast enterprises from stores to mills and stages. His forgeries and collapse land him in prison while relatives face legal peril and the city mourns his fallen empire.
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