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POLICE INTELLIGENCE

... BOW STREET. Fatat, Affray. A fashionably-drensed young man, named Thomas Eaton, described as a law student of Gray's Inn, was brought up by 142 F division, and placed at the bar, charged on suspicion with having, in the latter end of May last, committed a violent assault upon William Crowl, a carpenter, in King-street, Holborn, and thereby ?? his death. It may be remembered that, at the ...

Published: Sunday 29 September 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 7747 | Page: Page 2, 3 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

DREADFUL MURDER AT BIRMINGHAM

... DREADFUL MURDER AT BIRMINCHAM. Within the last few days considerable excitement has prevailed in Lawley-street and neighbourhood, in conse quence of the perpetration of a murder, the circumstan- ces connected with which are somewhat similar to those which a few years ago led to the destruction of Mrs. Webb, in the same street. The facts are these :-On Saturday norming a labourer was going to ...

Published: Sunday 29 December 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1077 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

THE LAW COURTS

... COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. me Queens v. the Vestrymen of St9'Panras. On Monday, Sir F. Pollock, Mr. Prendergast? and Mr. BarstOw showed cause against a rule for a mandamus, to be directed to the defendants, commanding them to appoint a day for holding a meeting of the parishioners for the election of vestrymen and auditors of accounts for the year ending in May, 1840. They contended that there ...

Published: Sunday 10 November 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2895 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

SATURDAY'S POLICE

... BOW STREET. A young man named Thomas Glindon, described as a clerk, residing in Arundel-street, Strand, was charged by Serjeant Leslie, of the F division, with frequenting the Olympic for the purpose of committing a felony. it ap- peared from the statement of the complainant, and two other constables that on the previous night, when the company was leaving the theatre, the prisoner was ob- ...

Published: Sunday 17 March 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1220 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

KENSINGTON PETTY SESSIONS

... KtEtINOTON PETTY SESSIGIM. On Tuesday, afber the night charges were gone through a femaalc ofrespectable appearance and ladylike manners, about 40 years of age, was ushered into the presence of Mi. Balow the sitting magistrate, having informed the officerg she had a most important application to make. Mr. Barlow: What is your business, madam ?-Ap. - plieant'(in a mellifluous tone of voice).-I ...

Published: Sunday 18 August 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1159 | Page: Page 16 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

EXTRAORDINARY CASE

... An inquest was held on Wednesday last, at Aston Clinton, Bucks, before J. W. -Cowley, Esq., coroner; on the body of John Choules, a respectable farmer, resid- ing at Buckland. From the evidence adduced before the coroner it appeared the deceased and one Thomas Patterson, also a farmer, and near neighbour of Choules, met, as they had oftentimes done before, at a public- house at Buckland, ...

Published: Sunday 27 October 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1213 | Page: Page 12 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

THE FASHIONABLE SWINDLER

... W'illiam Frederick Box, who stands charged with stealing from the shop of Messrs. Howell and James. of Regentortreet, a ruby pin, value eleven guineas, was on Monday brought up for final examination at Bow-street. Mr. Rickards appeared for the prisoner. Mr. Hall said, that at the last examination lie had forgotten to ask the witness Webster, who had exhibited the jewellery for sale to the ...

Published: Sunday 10 November 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1253 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT

... INSOLVENT; DEBTORS' 'COURT. On Wednesday,'James Morton applied to be discsarged. on sureties. It appeared that the insolvent had been a builder at East Retford, where his creditors resAid' He came to London on the 18th February, and told a strange, tale of the manner in which he got into prison. Ie called on a Mr. Morton, and on the next day a man oe business happened to come in, and he ...

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT

... Trial of a Mohammedan. Manadla, a Hindoo sailor, aged 20, was tried on Mon- day, for stealing, on the 24th of February last, three slk shawls, value 31., and 14 yards of silk, value 21., the property of Sheik Mohammed.; He was asked whether he would be tried by half English and half foreigners, or by a jury all English? He replied that he wished to be tried by the laws of his own country. When ...

Published: Sunday 17 March 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1110 | Page: Page 11 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

MURDER AT DUNDEE

... Onf Monday, Arthur Woods and hiswie Hereta Woods, were tried before theithy CuCof- -Of Justiciary at * Edinburgh, on an indictment charging them with the [swaider of John Drew Woods, pedlar, son of the said $rthur Woods, on the night of the 4th, ornanftting!of the 5th of August, 1838, -within the house then occupied byr the prisoners in a court entering from ThOrter-row, pandee. Both pleaded ...

THE LATE MURDER AT HAYES

... In most of the papers of Monday there appeared an account (copied from a Sunday paper,) stating that the grandfather of Mr. F. H. Medhurst, the person against whom a verdict of wilfulmurder has been returned by the coroner's inquest held on the body of Mr. Joseph Alsop, who was stabbed by him on the 9th inst., bad, some years since, killed his wife, by cutting her head off, and afterwards ...

Published: Sunday 24 March 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1332 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT

... INSOLVINE eIDRT ORS' .QUiRT, MONDAY. George Corbett. Goldsmid, the son of a member of the Stock Eohange, -was opposed by Mr. Medex, a cigar dealer. &c., in the Haymarket. He was supportedtby Mr. Woodroffc. ?? insolvent, a young man, had lived with his father in Meeklenburgh-square, who had poid his bills for some time. The insolvent now ascribed his present appearance to thefiit of credit. i ...

Published: Sunday 13 October 1839
Newspaper: The Charter
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1787 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Crime and Punishment