Insolvent Debtor Anderson Faces Discharge After Theaters Debt
James Robertson Anderson of Covent Garden was unopposed in insolvency proceedings. He claimed insolvency due to failed receipts from the Hillenham and Gloucester theatres, with debts around £570, and had consigned a portion of his assets, including fine dresses, to assignee Humphrey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Robertson Anderson
Covent-garden
Ernest
Belville Perley
Gloucester
Cooke
Humphrey
Bripcewater
Richard Smith
Borough of
Bridgewater
Woodroffe
John Webb
Commissioner Law
Woodroffee
Webb
Jack- 80H
Thomas Evans
Frederick Duerr
Duérr
Duerr
Bermondsey
William Jackson
Jackson
Birmingham
Manssonw House Forgery Case and London Court Scenes
The Lord Mayor remands Benjamin Parker a wholesale grocer of St Botolphiana for trial on a forged bill of £15733.94 accepted by a non existent F Cooper. Lazar Ovanich a Persian beggar rescued by charity helps, while other cases include a self drowning attempt by Thomas Neale and a cruel eye injury to an ox in Smithfield market. Ackerly clashes with police over Smithfield preaching, and two other men face charges for assault and theft involving a pen die and a vendor in Holborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manssonw House
Benjamin Parker
St. Botolphiana
F. Cooper
Wandsworth
Halbert
Mincing-lane
Chas
Cooper
Coope
William Forsythe
Charles Cooper
Charles Phillips
Persia
Lazar Ovanich
Moorfields
Jusueff Ovanich
London
Royal Exchange
Oates
Blackfriars Bridge
Compter
Alderman Lainson
James Paddon
Smithfield Market
Fulcher
John Murphy
Clay
Holborn-hill
Thomas Ward
Peter-street
Saffron-hill
Murphy
Ward
Mansion House
Smithfield
Alderman Venables
Mr. Ackerly
Davies-Street
Berkeley- Square
Commission of the Peace
Ackerly
Corporation of ‘London
Thomas Wood
Alderman Copeland
Alderman Kelly
Prisoner jailed after brutal hotel room attack
A man struck by a pair of tongs during a dispute in a room injured his skull and bled heavily. He fled but was caught by police. A young woman and another resident corroborated the prosecutor. The magistrate remanded him to Newgate for trial as he planned hospital care that night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twyford
Salisbury
Liverpool
Evans
England
London
Tman
Temple-bar
Julia’ Brannon
Newgate
Brentford
Joseph Young
Armstrong
Morning Hérald
Clark
Jeff Sharp
John ‘o’Groats
Outc
Extraordinary CuArez or FELONY AGAINST A PolicE OFFICER
Long account of a London case in which William Mitchell an officer is charged with feloniously taking three halfpence from Timothy Webb in a cab. The magistrate's actions, witness testimonies, and debates over misconduct and later costs at Brentford petty sessions are described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Whitechapel
Albany-street
Shutt
Hosking
Mr. Shutt
Toekins
Ziot
Whitechall
Combe
John Fletcher
Katherine’s Wharf
Fletcher
Lea
Chaple
Britannia Cotton Factory
Depravity and abuse in Marlborough Street proceedings
Catherine Clark, an elderly Irishwoman, is charged with beating her daughter Ellen Clark amid claims of exploitation for money. In Queen Square a cab driver is punished for drunkenly mistreating a horse, while Richard Clark is jailed for stealing from his brother and faces pressure over a family illness. additional cases involve Brookfields re-examined on suspicion of theft of canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough Street
Mareman
Catherine Clark
Queen Square
Cruretty
John Stevens
Parliament-street
Abbey
Burrell
Park-place
Knightsbridge
Southampton
George Clark
Reading’bank
Bank of England
Wallingford Bridge-gate
Hines Tsroman
Exander Brookfield
New
Navy lieutenant charged with assault at Camberwell
Henry Todd, a navy lieutenant, faced magistrates on charges of assaulting Mrs. Eliza Coates at their Camberwell home. The incident occurred as she cleared his room of belongings while he allegedly tried to kiss her, prompting a struggle and a subsequent police custody. The defence claimed a kiss, not violence, and the court bound over Coates and her brother to prosecute at the sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Todd
Eliza Coates
Camberwell
Jeremy
Vauxhall Gardens
Oxley Farm
Hatshell
Essex
Times
Cocking
Thomas Gooprich
Balloon ascent dispute prompts magistrate remarks on summons
Magistrates consider legal action over a proposed ascent at a garden venue. A letter-writer seeks remedy for oats damaged by a balloon descent and asserts property trespass, while inspectors warn against dangerous exhibitions and delay summonses unless owners persist with the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitton
P Sych
Edwin
Vauxhall Gardens
Jer
Gerous
Emy
Coroners Inquests Report Distract and Tragedy
Inquests held at the City Bridewell and St Bartholomew s Hospital reveal a mix of cases. A juror is fined for improper remarks during a drowning verdict, while Joshua Dederick Lohdur dies by prussic acid amid business decline. An explosion at a London shop leads to accidental death, and a Middlesex bailiff commits temporary derangement after his wife s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridewell
Payne
Thames
Blackfriars Bridge
Charles Wright
Uni
Wrights
Mr. Wright
Beadle
Comet Public House
Christian-street
St. George’s-in-the-East
Baker
Joshua Dederick Lohdur
Allen
St. George’s
Tripe
St. Bartholomew’s Hospital
Mrrs
Ann Dallow
Myddleton-street
St. John-street-road
Samuel Dallow
Thomas Webster
Dallow
Barrow
Hexton
Middlesex
John Brangham
Also Mentioned on This Page
LAW
Policckr
Bow Street
Humphries
Division of Police
Inspeetor
Robinson
Peake
Castle-court
Lawrence-lane
Serjeant-Ellis
Leaton
Soper
No. 15
Cheapside
Wollen
Hunter
Codd
Iomas Chamberlain
Elizabeth Collard
Mr. East
East
John Highsted
Jane Davis
Lambeth Street
Union Hall
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