COURT OF KING'S BENCH—MONDAY

... COURT O1 KING'S BELNCH--MoNDny. BRISTOL TOLLS. MAYOR AND CORPORATION OF BRISTOL V. BUSHsE.-Sir JAS. SCARLETT (with whom were Mr. TAUJNTON and Mr. Seijeant It LUDLOW) Stated the case for the Corporation. This action was L hrnjhtto ecoer ertain tol or taw duI cleI b h Cororaionof ri~olwhs right to exact them had not been dispted or 80 y arsxcep in one Instance. A Society of Gentlemen ad M ...

WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.—THURSDAY

... WESTMINSTER SESSIONS.-ThuRSDAY. GROSS FRAUD. JAMES ROGERS was chlrged with fraudulently obtaining from the Earl of Templeton the sum of fs. Mr. ALLEY, in stating the case for the prosecution, said, that the prisoner was formerly a porter at the Gloucester Coffee Hl-nue, Piccadilly, and had possessed himself of printed blanks for porterage, receipts, or tickets, which it was well known were ...

CRIME IN NORFOLK

... From thle new Report, w~hich has lately hecn addresised to tbe County E'dgistra, es, by the Rev. James Brown, it itl truly gra- tzfving to observe that the number of cnnnmitmcnlts to the Castle, frem October, 1827, to October, 1828, has diminished 18 per cent. compared with thsose of the preceding; year, viz. fron, 585 to483. The Rev. Chaplain also states, that the *number oxf prisoseral whom ...

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—FRIDAY

... ; Xiff-CFL1(NELLOR'S COURT'-FRID.41 . . 1~,( ! riitt v. RlotQrs AND I) jrIsEaS0-In thle CaUse, the q f fl,:,rAt kbtnsion de Beauvoir the cousin and heir of Icreri Peter de Beauvoir, prays that a lease, granted by k ReterenI eter Me deatu'rir to the defendant Rhodes, may ,red tp to be cancelled, on the groiund that it was ot- rIth is relotioti by fraul and deception The persons ed with cerrying ...

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.—MONDAY

... VICE-CHANCELLOR'S CO UR T.-MOYDAY. GURNEY V. BERNHARD AND OTHRRS.-TIIe plaintiff in this csiue is a Mr. Rici:ird Gurney, who either was or is the De- puity Warden at the Stannaries, and the cefeidants are Gentle- men carrying on business Hs brokers and merchants. TThe p1atd- 1ff baving deposited sime jeweis of thfe alleged value of 5,000!. in the banids I tse d. fendtantq, received from them ...

WINDSOR POLICE

... 1 MATRhMONIJAL FELIClTr.-Tht lady of Lieutentnt William Tapp, R N. of Old Windsor, appeared before Lord Hacor ad Mr. FOSTER to prefer a complaint against her husband for ill-treatment, and refusing' to five with hei, ot tbillow her a proper maintesuce. Please your worships (said Mrs. Tapp), be's very Unjust to me indeed; he said, that he could keep peace with any other woman; that he did not ...

ARCHES' COURT.—TUESDAY

... ARCHES' COURT.-TUESDAY. HAMIENTON AGAINS5T HAMERtTON.-Th515 was a suit for di- vorce by resson of adultery, promoted by Major William Hamerton, against Isaheila Francets, his wife. The adultery was alleged to ihave been committed with Jehn Bushe, Esq. at Cheltenham, where both the parties resided, and else- where. Tbe suit was originally instituted in the Consistorial Court of Gloucester, and ...

LENT ASSIZES

... [d WrSTERN CUCUITr.-WINCHESTER, MARCH 7. A sMURDER. o This morning, lomes Sheppard, aged 23, was indicted , for having, on the 22d of December last, murdered Wm. .o Harmeworth, the younger, at the parish of Fareham, in Df this county. e Mr. Erskine (with whom was Mr. Poulter) having pre- sf sented to the jury a succinct and connected view of the case for the prosecution, as it was detailed in ...

Published: Tuesday 18 March 1828
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1693 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

MURDER OF AN AGED FEMALE

... MURDER OF AN AGED. FEMALE' On Tuesday night, as Mr. Halls, the sitting magistrate of Bow-street, was about to leave the office, after the termination of the business of the evening, a messenger arrived, almost breathless, with a.communication frotn Mr. Justice Holroyd, informing the magistrate that a murder bad been committed in the neighbourhood where he resided, at the house' of a gentleman ...

Published: Tuesday 08 January 1828
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1449 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS, MONDAY, OCTOBER 27

... OLDE BAILUE SESSIONS, MOND9AY, OCTrOBE 27. .,. .. . '. I I . . I r Dutsnn-James Abbott>,.age4L2S,_Xvess indictced for.-' it rt tting el`e-throat of Harriet, fais ' wifevitheintcnt to I n murder her.-Harriet Abbott deposed, that she had been c r married to the prisoner about seven years and a half. On t the 9th of September last, at about eleven o'clock at night, t ie witness went home; ...

Published: Tuesday 04 November 1828
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1936 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

BRISTOL ASSIZES

... j BRISOTL ASSIZES.-(CON~fWUCDR O*ITH2 h FURht4A PA) ?? Asj ta tO.- IS Tyo'v reavete.-UndeFefldV -d.--Verdict for the -plaintili', for fi. 6se, the amount of the .4 bt r Jfinor v. LCusddocl.-After tiu 3I cause was, cailed on, there wai some c~tssultation between the Counsel, on which the Judge said, eitherl go ain or go MfIT anda the cause 'VMS withdrawn. ItMeredith v. T/ia Earl of MIOunt~~ ?? ...

ACCIDENTS, OFFENCES, &c

... On Thursday morning, at half-past one, a fire broke out in the ware. house of Mr Deane, corn-chandler, Nortoll Falgate. Tue warehouse and stables being in the rear of the house, in Plough yard, were, with three valuable horses, totally consumed, together with two small houses in Bolt court. The back of the dwelling-houses of Mr Deane, Messrs Gore and Shenstone, stationers, and Toshell and ...