Law and Police, &c

... 7Lal, any V oltce, &-C. r . n WASON V. KELiY.-Last term Mr. Wason, ,i fr.P., obtained a rule calling upon Mr. F. Kelly, the bar- r rister, to show cause why a criminal information should t not be filed against him for challenging Mr. Wason to fight a duel. On Saturday the Court discharged the rule, holding L that Mr. WVason was not in a position to claim its protection in the way required. ...

Published: Friday 16 June 1837
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1995 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

Lancaster Lent Assizes

... ?? lrdlifjfC, -: - ? I- ;, I. I - ?c , ?? ??-r f; .? ? -, V N~gHERNDI~iION:thO t amraara ?? mtten,'entered Laaasieer Oil Ong Sit Tusa ose xlt re udges arriyed inl tetrt ~the to.fe bknte see4adinmoodlaihely proe&.ded tori L'to-thadasewhere the oammisseton wae opened in the uir-al ' ms asmer. OnWedne dymorning their Lordsiilps.3t;ouod d dw a divine, Servole.,iland the Qeurtai were Opiened at ...

EDINBURGH

... E D I IT 2 v. R G O.. 111014 C(URT OV JL'STIL'IARV. Ak-ooterMilet ?? Gurislty to 01 change'of atriter, Ilo ltiviirg, art rtelt Hill Ntivernter ]lost, entered the tease of Wester Sheilyorits, iii the paiho tnity rt be y Willitimt Jarnie, parricooer there, sail assaulted tle sold( Jarvie with a sticlk, whlerelw Iris arm a wore brokers rttd Iris skull fratireidni, inl ccrrac- ?? of ashirablhe ...

COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE

... On Monday a meeting of the Commissioners of Police was held, pursuant to requisition, to consider the bill brought into Parliament by the Witter Company. Bailie Millar hiving been called to the chair, and the enacting clause of the bill read, Mr W. Miller rose to move a series of resolutions. He said, previous to 1819, the city was supplied with water through the Corporation. In that year the ...

ST. ALBAN'S STEEPLE CHASE

... I I . I ST, t44 Sv §F-,- - ? I An immense cuncoane o*to4ilof. ~ e ailseem- bled on Tuesday at St. Alban's, to-wit ess the wnet interest. inglsteeple chase decided'theresiin-j ardoitrakers',year. T'ho prize contended for was O handiomne gl1d c'&p, presented by bis Highness Plnch 'Nicholas Esterba ,lltd toa sweep. stakes of iS sovereigns each (asd5 mfore for'poat enrering), under the following ...

CITY SESSIONS—YESTERDAY

... CITY SESSIONS-YESTERDAY. STEALING A CLOAK. Maryanne Colgan, a young woman, respectably connected in this city, was placed at the bar, charged with stealing a cloak fiom an old woman with whom she lodged. The un-, fortunate prisoner was convicted, and sentenced to be impri- soned in Richmond Bridewell for six months, and kept to hard labour. AN UNNATURAL SON. Patrick Watkins was indicted for ...

THE PETITION NUISANCE

... The joint stock petition prosecuting company is likely, after all, to turn out a mere bubble specula-t tion, notwithstanding all the puff paragraphs of the s :qry pres. The amount of capital subscribed up tou.this moment would scarcely defray: a tithe of the probable expenses of the Dublin petitimi alone; and t we shall be much. disappointed, indeed, if it evera amounts to any thing like what ...

LAW INTELLIGENCE

... LAW INTE~LLGEXC$. TRINITY TERM. Yesterday was the first day of Trinity term. COURT OF CHANCERY. The following gentlemen were sworn and called to the bar ._ John Davis, Esq., second son of Paul Davis, late of IClonshanville, in the county of Roscommon, Esq., de. .ceased. ?? Fitzgerald Mahon, Esq., second son of Sir Ross Mahon, late of Castlegen, in the county of Gaiway, de. ceased. Atcheson ...

RELIGIOUS LIBERTY!!—ARREST OF A CLERGYMAN ON A CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON

... RELIGIOUS LIBERTY I-ARREST 'OF A CLER. GYMAN ON A CHARGE OF HIGH TREASON. (From tb/e Derry Journal.) P An occurrence took place on the afternoon of Sunday last, n which has produced astonishment and resentment in nearly if the wvhole inhabitants of this city. While fir. Crybbace o was preaching to a large meeting of respectable people, chiefly shopkeepers and tradesmen, assembled near the ma- ...

LAW INTELLIGENCE

... LAW P1TEBLLOICECE, COURT OF KING'S BENCH-YESTERDAY. Pierceleand Co. v. Gosson andothers. t Mr. Jennings opened the pleadiugs. It was an action of Iassumpsit, to recover the hire of certain stage coaches, lent out to the defendants, who pleaded the general issue. The Solicitor General stated the case, The action arose out of the following circumstances :-The plaintiffs, Messrs. Purcell and ...

MURDER OF THREE CHILDREN BY THEIR MOTHER

... MURDER OF THREE CHILDREN BY THEIR M OTHER. On Sunday night last the inhabitants of Fenton, in the parish of Stoke-upon.Trent, in the county of Stafford, were thrown into great consternation by one of the most bloody tragedies that ever was heard of. Screams and cries of mur- derwere heard proceeding from the police station-bouse, in- t habited by one George Colley, late superintendent of ...

CITY SESSIONS—YESTERDAY

... CITY SESSIONS-YESTEBDAY. . e The Recorder entered the court at the usual hour. 3, ASSAULT ON A WATCHMAN. Thomas Cullen was indicted for having, in companywilb three others, attacked a watchman, at the hour of six, o01 Sunday morning, and taken his coat from him. The worul. man succeeded ill recovering his coat, and Culleo was toia into custody, the accomplices havino escaped. Mr. Mardonagh ...