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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Membey
Higgs
Edinburgh
Strand
Morrice Hart
John Hart
Mary Smith
Catherines'teels
Bones
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LAW
Mansion House
Christopher Thomas
Alderman Humphery
William Abrahams
Poole Terrace
City Road
Thomas
Messrs. Hoare’s
Hoare’s
Marylesone
John Alexander Willmott
Mary Ann Stamp
Fitzroy Square
Wilton
Mr. Long
Tor
William Kelly
Gerrard-street
Soho
William Hennesy
Biggs
Hatton Garden
Stouchon
Margaret Hogan
S Division
New River
Bishopsgate
Greenwood
Ireland
England
Elizabeth May
Hornsey-wood
Cambridgeshire
Union Hall
Greenwich Folice