Refine Search

Regions

London, England

Counties

London, England

Access Type

14,562
1,358

Type

15,917
2
1

Public Tags

RIOT IN A WORKHOUSE

... RIOT IN A WORKHOUSE. AT the Croydon Poliae-court, on Monday wiming, five inmates of the workhouse were charged with riotingon Sunday evening and attempting to stab the master. On one of the men being removed from the dining-hall a shont was raised 1 ...

IMPORTANT WORKHOUSE lNVESTIGATION

... IMPORTANT WORKHOUSE lNVBETIGVTIO0Y. .. ~ ?? ~~ . , . 1 - - ,- On Monday, an adjourned lengthened inquiry was cuncluded by Mr. Wakley, in the boardroom of Chelsea workhouse, touching the death of Mary Atkins, aged 38, which was alleged to have resulted ...

STARVATION PREFERRED TO THE WORKHOUSE

... if people had enough to eat they would never go into the workhouse. He was sorry to say that there were certain eases of which this was one, where people would rather starve outside a workhouse in preference to having plenty within. The jury returned ...

THE LEWISHAM WORKHOUSE INQUIRY

... THE LEWISTCAM WORKHOUSE INQUIRY. -4- CROSSMEXAMINATION 0F WILLIMS. At the Lewisham Workhouse, on Monday, Dr. A Downes, one of the Local Goverument Board inspectors resumed the inquiry into the allegation of a late inmate of the workhouse, J. Mariano Williams ...

POPLAR WORKHOUSE SCANDAL

... brought against Mr. Alfred Deason, late master of the Poplar Workhouse. It is alleged that for a consider. able period prior to the resignation of Mr. Debison in December last the workhouse was grossly D is- managed, and that on several occasions the ...

SUICIDE TO AVOID THE WORKHOUSE

... of offering them the house was ofteu cruel. The inry returised a verdict of ; Snicido by poison to avoid going- into the work-house, and the Coroner soid it was not unlikely ble yoslid communicate wito thi Local ?? Board and ask that the case migit be ...

CRUELTY IN A WORKHOUSE

... es , of a very serious and fatal occurrence which took place in I, the workhouse of the town on Wednesday. The person l- accused was James Ablett, a pauper nurse in the workhouse n and he was charged with aving ill-treated a paralyed pauper, so as to ...

RIOT IN THE ISLINGTON WORKHOUSE

... RIOT IN THE ISLINGTON WORKHOUSE. - I At Dalston Police - court yesterday, nine rough - looking fellows, named ruspectively Renry Paine, Georgo Humphries, Roubou Evaus, James Thomas Lattimore, George Davies, James Eaknes, John Bennett, Daniel Owen, nud ...

ALLEGED WORKHOUSE INHUMANITY

... the decesased was not fit to leave the workhouse which he did leave, and ha was not under my cae when he did so. I kmew that he wsa in a weakly and infirm condition. I did not know that he had left the workhouse until I heard that he had hanged himself ...

THE FARNHAM WORKHOUSE INQUIRY

... butter, and that an interval of 27 hours had elapsed without her 1arta'leing of food, of -which 14 hours were spent in the workhouse. The general custom of the Farnham work- house was to give no food to tramps on admission. He did not bring the case as a ...

THE TRAMP AND THE WORKHOUSE OFFICIALS

... then re- ferred-fiom pillar to post till he lost his temper.. The.: relieving. officer told him ,that -they could not make workhouses big enough for the likes of him, and the wvorkhouse porter gave him an order for a casual ward'fopr miles away:> He would ...