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Newspaper

Weekly Chronicle

Location

London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

Date

Sep 25, 1841

Page

2

Trial recounts alleged assault at tap-room riot

Witnesses describe stones and a gun paper pellet used in a crowd incident near Lord Howick’s party. The court found no felony, but deemed the assault most abominable and fined the prisoner £5 with peace bonds totaling £125, plus sureties.

Ms. Liddle Lord Howick Moore Attwood Tee In Ai Sedevit Old Howick George Hudson William Storey Liddle

Final Examinations in Whitmore Wells Bankrupts and Lamont Co

The Bankruptcy Court held final examinations for Whitmore Wells and Whitmore with a crowded room and brisk proof intake. Agreement on a 20s in the pound from Wells senior is noted and assignees approved after sworn balance sheets. Separate Lamontaxp Co case covers assignee choice with partners Lamont Stewart Matravers, debts estimated 50 000 to 60 000, assets minimal, and a adjourned decision. In the Sheriff’s Court, the Old Batu Bank case yields a crown verdict for 325 13s 8d in taxes and safe custody money seized, following a jury finding.

Whitmore, Wells Whitmore, Bankens Fonblanque Wells Wepyespay Lamontaxp Co Brew- Ers Co-panthers, &c Holroyd Chambers Joseph Hill Edward Bevan Milford-wharf Wright Anderdon Messrs. Nicholson Messrs. Lamont and Stewart Skinner-street Bethnal-greenroad Matravers London Middlesex Bethnal-green Tuesdy Failune Batu Bank W. H. Hobbs J. Thomas Robert Thompson City of Bath Somerset Her Henry William Hobhouse Johnson Phillott Charles Lowder Bath Bank J. Meacher Judges Serjeant’s Inn

Central Criminal Court Case Reports on Ponies Fraud and Libel

In a Monday session before the lord mayor and peers, John Coomber aged 45 was tried for fraud after selling two ponies to Eleanor Maddox using a dubious bank check. The jury found him guilty, and he was sentenced to seven years’ transportation. George Bradley faced libel charges related to letters accusing Rochester painter Ford of adultery. the jury returned no verdict in the excerpt.

John Coomber Clarkson Charnock Eleanor Maddox Smith Street Chelsea Hetherington France London and Westminster Bank Westminster Bank Oxford John Hetherington Connaught-place Maddox John Dixon Southwark John Thompson George Bradley Ford Corporation of Rochester King William-street City Rochester Vary Autor Boner Arabia

Trials and sentences in a London court tale of perjury and theft

A London court heard a swath of cases from fraud to murder. Notable verdicts included Not Guilty for Lucien Merchand accused of perjury regarding jewel pledges, Guilty for Rowland Owen embezzling funds, and transportation sentences for ribbon theft and hay theft. A captain on the Leopoldina Rosa faced a capital charge of murder on the night watch, with testimony detailing a brutal killing and crew fear.

Noted maritime trial with multiple embezzlements and thefts

Proceedings recount witnesses on a voyage where Dixon died after threats from the captain and crew signed a French document under fear. Trials follow for embezzlement by William Harnett and Lily Paul, theft by Cecilia Jerman, and other felonies including arson, with juries delivering guilty verdicts and sentences of transportation or hard labor.

Prisoner Held to Hard Labor After Police Boa Theft Trial

In a Clapham case a constable found a woman's boa at Priscilla Barnes’s house. Titmous, 12, reported dark conditions as the key to identifying a suspect. The common sergeant urged a strict example for metropolitan police corruption. The court sentenced one year in the House of Correction with hard labour. Another defendant, John Lewis Sales, cabinet-maker, was found guilty of stealing a miniature frame, nine necklaces, a work-box and more from Robert Linwood and sentenced to seven years transportation. The prisoner laughed as he left the bar.

Arabin Tamepay Allgrd Pensuny Lucien Merchand C. Phillips Clarkson Ballantine C. Jones Messrs Charnock and Horney Madame de Ceon Perraud Young Perrand Marlborough Street Maltby Rawlinson Marylebone Mary Ann Kain Madame de Coon Regent-street Madame Perraud Jones Paul de Coon Lucien Marchand Phillips John Clifford Copenhagen Rossingay Emptoyer John Lowe James Carter Smithfield Adale London Rowland Owen Messrs. Dennis and Co Tooley-street Messrs. Dennis Sergeant Arabin George Wood J. Chittleburn Payne SH orLirTinc Mary Ann Epps W. Kingston York-house Bridge-road Lambeth Surrey Guildford Chambers James Rathbone Wrovesday Munper Hich Sras Richard Edward Langley Court of Admiralty of Great Britain James Dixon Leopoldina Rosa Monte Video Havre de Grace Jean Baptiste Charles Figaldo France Admiralty Leopoldina Sa Nante Video Lord Palmerston Thomas Evans John Harris Dixon South Wales Cheshire Liverpool Evans Riego David Burns John Hunter Halifax Nova Scotia Banxes Vizard Home Office Bankes Bodkin Justice Maule Mr. Bodkin Mr. Bankes John Kemp Fish-street-hill Reading City House of Correction Cecilia Jerman Lucy Eliza Mackey William Grey Bond-street J. L. Ablet and Co Lord Strafford No. 6 Portman-square Anson Baron Rolfe James Spurle Spiller St. Mary, Lambeth Hancock West of England Fire Office Charles Cordwent High-street Somersetshire West of England Fire Insurance Company Taunton William Hillman West of England Fire-Office William Cordwent Exeter John Wensley Christopher Daniel Hayes Doane Hackney Fenchurch Street Palmer Larkin Matiufactory Charlotte Weston Clapham‘common Wighy Clapham Titmous John New T Division Boa Priscilla Barnes Metropolitan Police House of Correction John Lewis Sales Robert Linwood Woods Broad-street Bloomsbury Edward Woods Mr. Hardwick Consupine Womwan Hardwick Duke-street Manchester-square St. James's Parish Harecourt Temple St. James's

Police Reports from Mansion House and Guildhall

Crowded notices describe fraud against emigrants by a false agent Mullender, with Carter and Bonus urged to refund funds. Bank robberies in Lombard and King William streets lead to a month’s committal for Medhurst and Smith. A misappropriation case ends with executor Thomas freed civilly, and a boy charged for stealing brass fittings, receiving two months hard labor. A seduction case ends with a mother and child aided into the workhouse.

Carter Carter and Bonus Leadenhall-street Pirie Australia John Mallender Messrs Bonus Mullender Messrs. Carter Mallender Medhurst Smith Alderman Hooper Bank of England Lombard-street King William-street Merrilies London Joint Stock Bank Henry Bagster Strand Union Bagster Metropolitan Police Gooch Compter Hooper Wilson Bradfield House of Commons Sion-house North

Marylebourne Magistrate Court Case and London Seizure Report

Marylebourne cases report a threatening quotation and cross-examination over Mrs. Stamp. The hearing ends with dismissal after witnesses challenge Stamp’s character. A London scene follows with a boy charged for stealing brass work in Gerrard Street Soho. A drowning attempt by Margaret Hogan prompts charity and magistrate intervention. Elizabeth May pleads distress and potential pregnancy while seeking parish workhouse aid. Thames seizure details cover the Quick, a fishing-smack, found with 2442 lb of foreign tobacco and 11 lb of manufactured tobacco in a Customs case.

Customs’ Solicitor’s Crown James Renton Gravesend Resch Essex Rye Bay Bil Ilingsgate Webb Taylor Reading Berkshire He Morgan Queen's Warehouse

Queen Square Revenge

Ellen Sexton a well-dressed woman was charged with violently assaulting and threatening to murder Ellen Hardscombe in St James's Park on Saturday night. Hardscombe, with a bandaged arm, described being struck and kicked, then attacked with a poker at the head of the stairs. She was rescued, hospitalised, and Sexton jailed for two months after failing to pay a £5 fine.

Queen Square Ellen Sexton Ellen Hardscombe St. James's Park

Smuggling Trial and Murder Charge in London Dock News

Report describes tobacco and spirits seizures, fines of £100, and vessel forfeiture after a smuggling case linked to a waterman named Jones. It also covers the murder charge against Chas Sutlig of the American ship Charles for the death of a boy named Wilson, with jurisdiction issues noted as the ship sails under United States colors.

Broderick Hong Holmes Rye Jones Thomas Hart Chas Sutlig Ageg Charles Orleans London Ballantine Wilson High Seas Admiralty of England Evans Thames Police Gulf of Mexico United States Mr. Evans An Evans Bellantina New Orleans

Violent assaults and neglect cases heard in Brixton court

Monday James Glennee faced stabbing charges after attempting to stab clerk John Lewis Kitcher with a penknife near the Running Horses. Elizabeth Silcox threw vitriol at Charles Cooper, injuring his face but missing the eyes. James Riley was alleged to have harshly abused an orphan girl in Brixton, leading magistrates to remove her to Leamington.

James Glennee John Lewis Kitcher Mercantile House Blackfriars Road Page Central Criminal Court Elizabeth Silcox Cottingham Charles Cooper James Riley Brixton Trail Rebecca Bishop Prodgers Mr. Prodgers Leamington Warwickshire Facher

Unruly Irish suspect jailed after rift with magistrate

Michael Murphy, a young Irishman, faced Mr Grove on charges of drunkenness, disturbance, and attempted stabbing of a police sergeant after a riot at a Barnesalley house. The case featured heated exchanges with surgeon Mr Drury asserting impartial justice, ending with Murphy committed for one month as knife use grows common in the area.

Michael Murphy Grove R Division Barnesalley Deptfird Douglas Drury Mr. Grove Mr. Drury

Supper Death in the Streets of Edinburgh Strands

Inquest held at the Edinburgh Castle Strand on Morrice Hart four months old, child of John Hart, a Strand clothes dealer. Mary Smith, who took the child home through Catherine Street, found it convulsing, placed in a warm bath, surgeon Mr Dunn declared it dead. Verdict: natural convulsions, no suffocation by shawl. newspapers misrepresented the case.

Membey Higgs Edinburgh Strand Morrice Hart John Hart Mary Smith Catherines'teels Bones

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