SHERIFF COURT

... STIEIBFF COURT. IsIProTAITv Dncc~sros.-Aen action, involving a rather important principle, was decided in the Sheriff' Small D~ebt Court, Glasgowv, on the 14th silt. The circumstances of the c ase are these :-On the 5th of September last, a person took out a ticket at the office of the Glasgow, Paisley, Iilmarnock, and Ayr Railivay Company here, to be conveyed to Ardros- sen by the trains ...

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY—FRIDAY

... COURT OF BANKRUPTCY-FRIDAY. [Before Mr. Commissioner Fonblanqure] IN TllZ MATTER OP HENRY HATYS. This was the-day fix-d for the choice of aesignees In the Matter of this baukrupt, who carried on the business ol an eurraver and j *welilr in Re~gmnt-trect, Piccadilly. A well dreoed Gud good leoking yonag lady attended to claim for the amouut of some jewellery, which she had placed in the hands ...

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—WEDNESDAY

... POLICE INVTELLIGHA CB-WEDNESDAY. MANSION-HOUSE. On Tuesday Alderman Pile appeared, as one of the South Aus- tralian Laud Association, to bring a charge egainit Ar., Frederic Bouehor, the manager of the concern called the BritIsh and Aus- tralitalaa Bank, of'whose conduct Mr. Ashurst, tie solicitor, hod complained on Slatrday Just. Mr. Beddoino, solicitor to certain claimants upon the bank, at- ...

LAW INTELLIGENCE—FRIDAY

... LAW INTELLIGENCE-FRIDAY. COURT OF CHANCERY. The Lord Chancellor hear- original ciruois to-day. Three were disposed of, but they presented no feature for a news- paper report. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. [Sittings in Banco.] JOBi3LING V. BRO5 WN. This was an action of trespass sronght against the defen- dant for shooting at and wounding a sporting dog, the pro- perty of the pilintiff. Thi defendant ...

LAW AND POLICE

... LAW AND POLiCE. I ROBBERY AND POLYGAMY. At OvIarylebone office on Wednesday Henry Alford Buttrill, who on Thursday last was charged before MIr. Hardwick with bving stolen a quantity of plate to the value of upwards of 100, the property of Mr. John Balls, 170, Oxford-street, was brought up for re-examination, when it 'was fully proved that the prisoner had marriad three wives, all of whom are ...

Published: Sunday 08 November 1840
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 7247 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

Proceedings in the Hull Police Court

... iproce0ings .in the 14ull Police i9ourt. I FRIDAY, Nov. 6. Before Messrs. TOTTIR, BOWDEN, and COOKMAN. STEALING MONEY.-JOn Arnderson was charged with stealing half-a-crown, the property of Ann llunah.-The prisoner, a little lad, had been sent on an errand, and was to have brought some change back, instead of doing so, however, he had bought some toys with it.-He was sentenced to three days' ...

Published: Friday 13 November 1840
Newspaper: Hull Packet
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3492 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

HORRIBLE TRAGEDY IN HUNGARY

... NO02RXL. TnAIGEDY XN HTNGAR.ILY. d The following narrative is contained in a letter from Tomes- I. war, in Huntgary, and confirmed by accounts in the Journal of Peftl .-= A horrible crime has just been committed in a small town of Tser-ry, under circumstances which may very proba- I, bly 'lead to a savagewar between the Montenegrin mountaineers, 11 and the Austrian govericmenut. Terror and ...

PERSECUTIONS OF THE CATHOLICS IN PRUSSIA

... PERSECUTIONS OF THE CATHOLICS IN I PRUSSIA. We have already published several extracts from tile letters of David Ross, of Bladensburg, which appear in our Parisian cotemporary, the Univers, under the head of Russia and the Catholics, and which contain many interesting details of those persecutions against Catholics, of which, although the evangelical tyrant of Prussia was the in- ...

LAW INTELLIGENCE—SATURDAY

... LA WV INTELLIGENCE-SATURDAY. COURT OF CHANCERY. PRITCHARD V. POtULKES. This was an appeal from the Master of the Rolls, who ordered ccrtain de positions to be suppressed, as irregular. The Lord Chiancellor this morning said he was of opinion tbat the order of the Master of the Rolls was a correct one, and dismissed the appeal. WA55I V. PAINiTERt. Ti'is Weas also an appeal from an order of the ...

NEWCASTLE POLICE

... MONDAY, Nov. 9.-Beforo Messrs Aid. DUNN and POTl'lt. Eliszabezlz ?? was committed to hard labour for 10 days, as a drunsken and disorderly prostitute. Elizabeth Gitb was ordered to pay a finc of 2s. 6d. under the Bye Laws, for creating a brawl on the Quay- side, on Sunday night. ailttheo Asrnstrong, shoemaker, was charged with wilfllly breaking open the roomt door of Thomas Do- uolly, Norto ...

YESTERDAY'S POLICE

... - -- --W DISTRESSING ATTEAIPT AT SUICIDE. Hannah Cole, a beautiful young stoman, twenty vears of age, was placed at the bar, at Guildhall, charged by policeman Morris, 220, with having attempted selt-destruction on Friday night. The officer stated that he was called from the station- hoose at half-past eleven on Friday evening; he was told that a female had poisoned herself outside; he ...

Published: Sunday 08 November 1840
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1674 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

LAW INTELLIGENCE

... LAiF Li'I2ZLL~ t ;CXC~ I | COURT o CHANCERY WZDNESDAY - T CHANGE OP CONSTEMPT OF COURT. ?? Rsght Honourable the Lord Chancellor, upon taking lbis seat, took occasion to refer to a matter whicb, his Lord- ship observed, concerned very much as well the memhers of' both branches of the legal profession as also the public generally-he meant the gross misconduct exhibited within the last week by an ...