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POLICE INTELLIGENCE

... MANSION HOUSE. A Heartless Irishmnm. An ugly, flat-nosed, ill-looking Irishman, who said that his name was Thompson, was brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having obtained money under false pretences. Mary, the wife of Paddy Byrne, a labouring rnan, stated that the prisoner called upon her and told her he was her first cousin, and that he had brought over about 500 lbs. weight of ...

MURDEROUS ASSAULT AT MANCHESTER

... MANCHESTER, MOwDAY EVBcNING. Last night, the neighbourhood of Club-row, Oldham- road, in this town, was thrown into - the greatest ezeite- ment and consternation, ,by the report tlthatca man had murdered his wife. Though not literally true, we feat that ere long the unfortunate victim of jealousy will be numbered with the dead. From what we can learn amidst many conflicting statements, and the ...

SPRING ASSIZES

... HOME CIRCUIT.-31AIDSTONE, SATURDAY. (Before Mr. Justice LITTLEDALL.) The XIUtary Riot at Chathal. John Connell, 21, Maurice Lyons, 22, and John Cal- laghan, 20, soldiers, were indicted for the wilful murder of Robert Ross, marine, at Chathan, on the 27th of Oc. tober last. Another count in the indictment charged them with feloniously killing and slaying the deceased. -Timothy Lawyer; ...

Published: Sunday 24 March 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2612 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

SPRING ASSIZES

... SPRING IASSMZES. HOME CIRCUIT.--KINOSTON, MARc0 26. Effects of -the 1 Game Laws. Gauzes Summerfield, aged 38, was indicted for fe. loniously firing off a gun loaded with powder and shot at Henry Barnard, on the 29th of December last, with-intent to maim and disable him; and another count stated the intent to be do some grievously bodily harm. The pri. soner, as well as a dreadful impediment in ...

Published: Sunday 31 March 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2575 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

CRIMINAL TRIALS IN IRELAND

... NENAGH. The commission at this place was opened for the first time on the 21st inst. by J.idge'Crampton, andon 'the following morning the trials commenced:- . Case of Abduction. The first trial was that of Jon, Hsgosau,,wbo, on the informations lodged by the prosecutrix, 'was accused of abduction. He vras indicted, therefore, for that offence, and also for an intent to defile her. ' Before the ...

POOR LAW MURDER

... Onl Thursday an adjourned inquiry, which lasted *nearly all the day, was instituted before C. J. Cartar, coroner, at the Five Bells Tavern, St. Mary's Cray, Eent, far the purpose of ascertaining the circumstances connected with the death of William Burgess, a pauper, aged 43. The inquest first sat on Monday, for several hours, in the committee-room of the union-house at St. Mary's Cray, and ...

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

... POLIC- INITELILICENCe, MANSION HOUSE. IngeniQous Fraud. On Wednesday. two men of respectable appearsid named George I-'ats and Wellias Smith, were; bshe before the Lord Mayor, charged with having corm5it- frauds ini a very ingenious manler. Mr. George h Bradley, of Newgate-street, silk and -twist warehoesern stated that the prisoner Smith called at the shop en the 12th of March, and offered ...

Published: Sunday 31 March 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 6351 | Page: Page 2, 3 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

... -pOLCE ,IITESLL ZENCE. BOW.STRBET. zstrairdi named Tleom MerrittC ,lo~oking youngwalwa A siulp e living neat Redruth, in Cornwall, as foerkinP r to4 before Sir F. Roe, charged withhaving brolght in castO Y copper plate for forging notes on the n his Pso5i CornwallI by means of which he attempted to Badl n On the bank in question to the amount of to ?? John Whiteman deposed that he. was a in. ...

FIVE MORE POOR LAW MURDERS!

... An inquiry has been instituted into the cause of the death of four children at Manchester. Englishmen! read the horrible details, and say whether the sanguinary Poor Laws shall remain on the Statute Book. Upon the investigation, it appeared that, the earnings of the four victims and their father, whose name is Hardy, amounted to no more than 4s. 6d. per week, out of which he had to pay for ...

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS

... vWESTwiNSTER I SIONS. ' :These sessions commenced on Thursday morning, at ten o'clock, before Mr. Serjeant Andrews and a bench of magistrates, at the Sessions-house, Westminster. After the usual preliminaries had been gone through, the Grand Jury having been previously. charged by the learned Chairman, retired to perform their duties. Samuel Evans, alias Young Dutch- Sam, pleaded guilty to the ...

SPRING ASSIZES

... ~SPRIWGf ASSIZGES . I - L f , I OXFORD CIRCUIT-MONMOUTH, MARnC 30.-; jekss Riecek a very'wiboekirlg'Alad-' aged' 18, was ,ehargafed with-1havingl ?? Coakley, with mtedt to' do 'iisotne;gdevous'bodily :harm.-4ohin'Cohkley-' ' amaani'rishaian. -On-thenight ;of'th6lst ?? between 41 and -12- okdock,-i had gone ton'ilbeer -housemIn Co smti&l-streetyNewport, -to- fetch sosiethings, 'and was told to ...

Published: Sunday 07 April 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1843 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

YESTERDAY'S POLICE

... ,, .. .-K tOW-STREET. *tlunasmarl justice on aLibenler. Mr. Rogers, a respectable working man, residing in Dean-street, Soho-square, was brought before Mr. Min- shull, charged with breaking the windows of the Paul Pry offiee, and with an assault on a man named. O'Hard, attached to that publication. It appeared that the de. fendant went into the office about twelve o'clock in the morning, and ...

Published: Sunday 07 April 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1281 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Crime and Punishment