London Bridge Murder Trial and Manslaughter Verdicts
The report covers a London Bridge case where a prisoner was found guilty of murder and sentenced to three months hard labor after a Mercy recommendation. It also details a separate manslaughter trial over a fatal cart collision on London Bridge, where the defendant was acquitted after evidence showed accident occurred while handling a spirited horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Healey
Erstine
Justice Erskine
George Crisp
Constantine Briggs
Samuel Wilson
London-bridge
Henry King
Hill
Henry Solway
George Thompson
Bayfield
St Thomas's Street
Borough
Clarkson
London Bridge
Adolphus
Justice Cresswell
Bodkin
Baron Rolfe
Oyer and Terminer
Police reports on Boulogne ship robbery and Mathews theft case
In a crowded Bow Street session Captain Tone faces a robbery charge aboard the Boulogne steam packet. A passenger might have hidden the stolen property. Bail set at £2000. In Marylebone two men, George and John Swaine, are charged with stealing items from Mr Mathews the comedian. Evidence ties George to a coffee mill, feather fan, candles, and other goods. John is cleared. The case against another suspect is dropped.
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Roub Sery
Tone
Boulogne
Clarkson
Bush
Childs
Waller
Rossery
Ma. Cuoantes MatHews
George Swaine
John Swaine
Mathews
Hughes
Harrow-road
Desborough Cottage
John Hinton
C. Mathews
Westbourne-green
Paddington
Ebury Street
Pimlico
C. George Swaine
Geo. Swaine
Ebury-street
Magistrate admonishes woman and hears warrant request
Amid ongoing case details a distressed woman pleads for leniency and is directed to theatrics of propriety as Mr Twyford grants a small subsidy. A student-lawyer seeks a search warrant for Miss Wynne and Mrs Westbroom property tied to Miss Johnstone and Caroline Wynne amid abduct Ion chatter.
Tailors' dispute over price for gentlemen's trousers
In Gracechurch street, the foreman for Mr. Hyams faced Alderman Hunter over a price dispute for making two pairs of trousers. The complainant claimed he was offered slop rates despite producing fine buckskin garments, with a dispute over whether the work was stop-work or a standard rate. An arbitrator was suggested and privately settled. Also in the city, Silas Willard Tobey, an American merchant, was charged after sending menacing letters to Hodgkinson and Co. A judge deemed the first letter a joke but the second a serious threat, and Tobey was bailed to keep the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alderman Hunter
Challence
Silas Willard Tobey
America
Kent Road
Talbot Court
Burnside
Hodgkinson and Co
Skinner-Street
Hobler
S. W
London
S. W. Toszy
P. Laurie
Woman Appears Before Magistrate For Forcing Entry To St James Park
Ann Maynard, poorly dressed with a fine child, faced Mr. Twyford at Bow Street charged with attempting to force entry into the enclosed section of St James's Park despite keeper efforts. Keepers testified her dress was in disrepair, she resisted, and a crowd gathered. She said she merely wished to enter the park and that others in similar dress were allowed in. She spoke of living in Westminster workhouse and losing her place as a servant after the birth of her child, asking why the father does not pay for support. The magistrate questioned her living conditions and marital status amid sympathy for her circumstances.
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Tag “Cruz
Boventy
Twyford
Westminster
Mr. Twyford
Charles Scott
Benjamin Biton
Wellington-place
Stepney
Bitun
Biton
Young
Broderip
J. Talbot
London Society For the Protection of
George
Sutton Street
St. George's East
Captain George
Mrs. George
Fade Court
Dublin
James Malone
Malone
Richmond Penitentiary
Mr. Malone
Fade
Kitty Driscol
Morley charged as receiver in Soho cloth theft case
Henry Morley a 36 year old tailor of Dean Street Soho faced a preliminary charge of receiving stolen goods. George Pillet and Benjamin Wilday also stood accused on suspicion of holding stolen cloth. Police traced plushes and velvets to Morley’s house after weeks of surveillance and linked them to a August New Bond Street robbery at Hudson and Falconer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Morley
Dean Street
Soho
Mr. Maltby
George Pillet
Benjamin Wilday
Morley
Dean-street
Haynes
Shaw
Messrs
Whicher
Pillet
New Compton Street
Wilday
Smith
Pearce
Cranbourncourt
Murley’s
Prisoners Remanded After Compton Street Case
Wilday denied presence at Compton-street defense. Constable Whicher stood by his identification after years of acquaintance. Morley’s solicitor urged bail due to his client’s respectable trade as a master tailor. Mr Maltby opposed bail. Prisoners to be brought up again on Saturday.
Queen Square Charge Against Police By A Lady
A well dressed woman Maria Agnes Franklin attended the court to accuse policemen Bartram Harriott and Brown of misconduct while enforcing duty. She described hardships of herself and an adopted African orphan, alleged abuse at Sir George Jackson's hands, and related a disturbance outside a Brompton house. The magistrate dismissed the charge against the officers, noting the woman's excited state and difficulties for the police. The case also touched on statements by Sir George Jackson and counterclaims about press reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Square
Joseph Bartram
Jonathan Harriott
John Brown
Maria Agnes Franklin
Brazils
George Jackson
Earl of Aberdeen
Souter
Sir George Jackson
Charles Street
Brompton
Brown
Sir George
Burrell
Johnstone
Wynne
Caroline Wynne
New Road
Sand
Woking
Surrey
Harefield
Weybridge
Delham Cottage
Hammersmith
Nicholson
Miss Wynne
Redding
Greenwich
Applicant's
Alpha Road
Regent's Park
Henry Redding
Reddings
Mrs. Wynne
Miss Johnstone
Paynter
Thomas Adolphus Talbot
Barmie-cottage
Old Brompton
Thomas Talbot
Earl of Shrewsbury
Edmead
Barrie Cottage
Owen Henry Passau
Gloucester-grove West
Passau
T. Talbot
Elizabeth Talbot
Barrie
Haymarket
Woolwich
Taz Capris AcAln
Alexander Blakesley
William Hart
Royal Military Academy
Christie
Charles Ingleby
Frederick Cust
James Atkinson
J. Webb
Bart
Fead
R.N
Burnaby
R.A
Royal Academy
Colquhounn
Ordnance
Finch
Grove
Mallalieu
Commissioners of Police
Central Criminal Court
Colquhoun
Infants and miscreants in old London court scenes
A nine year old girl, Mary M Donnell, stands before magistrate Mr Broughton after being accused by her father of theft, including breaking a locked money box and stealing household goods. The judge orders her held at the New Prison pending transfer to a workhouse, while neighbors describe the family hardships and the father’s stern efforts to reform her.
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Worship Street
Mary M‘donnell
Kinp
Tead-Court
Shoreditch
Lambert
Broughton
Coste
Gates of Somnauth and Rosa Dore Doomed by Door
In India, Sir W. Nott, famed for capturing the Gates of Mahmoud’s Tomb, is to wed Miss Rosa Dore. Witty talk hints the hero should win the Door, but fate jokes that Rosa loses it instead as Nott’s triumph becomes a double paradox.
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Somnauth
Agra
W. Nott
Rosa Dore
Rosa
Mahmoud
Resa
India
Aida
Hiz Rosa
French ideas of English government predicted in a Remedical spoof
A French correspondent in the south of France describes a scene in Britain where the Queen and ministry supposedly fled to France, the premier defending his life by shooting, and Sir Cobden ruling England as de facto leader with Irish and Welsh figures as rulers. The piece notes the portrayal may be caricature yet reflects views on Britain’s decline and fall.
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France
Great Britain
Cobden
England
O'Connell
Tara
Ireland
Doctor Chalmers
Scotland
Times
Supreme Prince
Wales
Padre Mathew
British Empire
Mansion House Jester Delivers Bell-To-The-Point Wit
The city fool at the Mansion House delivers quips on royal and nautical topics. He skews polite reception of the ex-regent of Spain and a teetotal missionary party with puns about sovereignty, drink, and island gifts. The anecdote, tied to Sir John Pirie’s mayoralty, is cited from a Westminster Review pamphlet on City Good Things.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
John Pirie
Westminster Review
National Hotel in a bustling railway town
In Martin Chuzzlewit an American hotel looms near the rail yard, an immense whitewashed edifice with a vast bar and public rooms. Guests cluster on a verandah, boots and cigars in view, while the interior shows staircases, whitewashed bedrooms, and a central brick courtyard where clothes dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Hotel
Martin Chuzzlewit
Anecdote of Napoleon and the first communion
A brief Napoleonic anecdote recalls his happiest day as the day of his first communion as he spoke while surrounded by staff. General Drouault relates the tale with a grave lone reaction, and the Times commentary quips about Irish rents and Peel versus Melbourne policies, noting Punch as a point of satire.
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Napoleon
Austerlitz
Pyramids
Drouault
Shower of Puppies Falls From Sky in 1843 Parish
In CamBremge Saint Gilles de Livet a morning shower of nine puppies dropped from a balloon bearing the inscription To him who will feed the nine orphans The astonished labourer cried for help as locals debated the meteorologic tale with the balloon explanation and a nearby fallen object confirmed the scene
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CamBremge
Catrapos
Saint Gilles de Livet
Au Secours
Retort at the stonemason's work humor
A physician passing a stonemason's shop jokes about gravestones while the mason jokes he will keep carving unless a patient is sick, in a brief street exchange highlighting blunt wit between professions.
Suspicious Cane Carrying Drunkard Spotted on Street
An American paper reports a man dubbed King Alcohol seen walking with a cane that concealed a bottle of liquor. The reed cane, three feet long with perforated joints, likely served as a hidden liquor container while the bystander notes he aimed for liquor. Public opinion punishes drinkers, turning canes into a possible fashion among drinkers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greggery
Compassion to Others Quote from Lord Bacon
A reflection on compassion showing a noble heart that gives balm to others even when wounded, likening it to a noble tree. The emphasis is on benevolence and empathy in hardship.
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Lord Bacon
The Soldier’s Bride Tears For Infant Son’s Fate
The dead soldier rides at dawn as his white plume crowns him. His bannered line shines on a gaillant host. The raven steed bears him while he hears a speaker ask why the bride weeps. She bids him remember their infant boy and choose to fight or stay.
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Lel
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Strand
Westbroom
Jane Johnstone
Sargood
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Marlborough Street
the Weheely Chronicle
Shakspeare’s Walk
Shadwell
Harrington
Mary Meyrick
Nesbitt
Mr. Bingham
Daniel
Mary Ann Meyrick
Jane Harrington
Green Dragon
Mile-end-road
Police Gazette
Pheasant Court
Gray’s Inn
Jane
Thames Office
Mister Malone
Robinson Crusoe
Drury-lane
Whittington
Fitzball
Mouse
Alfred Bunn
John
Cooper
Cher Souris
Malibran
Alfrxp Bunn
P.S
Covent Garden
Singing Mouse
Paris
Lord Burligh
Punch
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