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LAW AND POLICE

... . COURT O4? :04kWNKRUFTY. TN rr DAVIES.-C. W. Davies, victualler, of Brown- low-street, applied for his certificate. His debts were 1,096; assets, 367. Mr. Lawrance urged that one of the bankrupt's former failures was owing to the stoppage of a bank in Shropshire ; a large dividend was then paid. On his second failure there was a great deal of litigation, and that bad prevented any dividend ...

Published: Sunday 03 March 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4859 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

LATEST LAW AND POLICE

... COURT OFr SANSRUPTCY. TIIF: bMl.Di nio TRAns.-Rli RAYXnIA.-i-The bankrupt, a builder at Notting-hill, came up at the Court of Bankruptcy for the purpose of passing his last examination. Mr. Archbold appeared for the assigrsecs: Mr. Duncan supported the bank- rapt. The grounds of oppositioci wero principally the conceal- ment of property. Baiikrupt stated that Mrs. Sawyer, of the Ladbroke Arms, ...

Published: Sunday 01 September 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4407 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

SOMETHING LIKE CRIM. CON

... SOMETHfING LIKE CRIM. CON. Mr. Henry Philip Wood, a highly respectable person, residing in Redman's-row, Mile-end, appeared before Mr. Elliott at Lambeth Police-court to answer a charge of assaulting Margaret Elizabeth, his wife. Mr. Turner, the solicitor of Mouut-place, White- chapel, appeared on the part of the defendant. Mrs. Wood, a showily-dressed and rather good-looking woman, deposed, ...

Published: Sunday 03 November 1850
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 2231 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES

... I ACCIDENTS AND OFFEIES. DEATH FROM A WAGER. - On Tuesday afteraoL a young man named Edward Hucker, living in Granby street, Waterloo-road, undertook, for a wager of 1 to swim across the Thames from Millbank t.) Labet, within twelve minutes, and got in the water for that pur. pose a short distance from the bridge at three o'clock it being then -high water. The unfortunate man had g about 200 ...

Published: Sunday 06 April 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1508 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES

... & INdt!EgT ON EORG8 DIRUMMOND, EsQ.-On Tues- day Fight an inquiry was taken by Mr. Bedford, at the Turk's Head Tavern, MOtcombe-street, 'elgrave-aquare; as to the death of George Drummonid, Esq., who expired under most distressing circumstances o'n' Sunday. Lient. E. Atheley Drummond, R.N,, of 2, Bryanston-sqiare, stated that the deceased was his consin, and in his forty-, eighth year, On ...

Published: Sunday 12 January 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 4357 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

THE LONDON GAZETTES

... THE LONDON GAZETTESp TUESDAY, JuLY 8, BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED.-R. TREDINNICK, Thread- needle-street, mining agent and anctioneer.-W. GEE, Murray- street, Hoxton, tuscan and straw hat manufacturer. BANKRUPTS.-J. HALL, Brighton, tavern keeper.-B. TEDD, Coventry, cotton dresser and builder.-R. CROOM, Downend, Gloucestershire, butcher.-W. KENDALL and J. STANDISH, Leeds. grocer.-J. HOWELL, Liverpool, ...

Published: Sunday 13 July 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 379 | Page: Page 13 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES

... Tuc STREET ORGAN NuxsANcE.-On Tuesday Mr. Wailey held an inquest in the University Coliege Hos-. pital,' on John Douglas, a carman, in the emolby'of Messrs. Murray, ironmongers, Broad-street, St. Giles, aged thirty. Mrs. Mary Barnes, 16, Harrington-street, Morningtbn-crescent, stated that deceased was unloading goods at her house, and was in the act of handing them from the cart when a large ...

Published: Sunday 12 October 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1825 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

LAW AND POLICE

... - JUDGEs' C33AMBERS. THE QuEEN v. HeENRY DlLSDALE AND OTHERt. THE EGG THROWING CASE.-At the sitting of the learned Baron on Tuesday morning, Mr. Hobler applied on behalf of the defendant, Henry Dimsdale, for leave to issue a writ of habeas corpzus, returnable forthwith, directed to the keeper of the Queen's Prison, to bring up the defendant for the purpose of his being admitted to bail to, ...

Published: Sunday 28 September 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 6747 | Page: Page 12, 13 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES

... SUcICIE BY AssElic.-AtL inquest was held before Mr..W. Payne, at' St. Bartholomew's Hospitalo on the body of Margaret Gardener, aged twenty-five years. -It appeared that the -deceased was a woman of very pas- siouate. temper. On Monday last the deceased had been quarrelling, with her husband. She left the house, pro- ceeding to theo shop of achenmist, where sloe obtained sixpeany-worth of ...

Published: Sunday 26 October 1851
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 3433 | Page: Page 14 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

POLICE INTELLIGENCE

... P')LIVE IN TELLIG'N GE. MANSION-HOUSE. CAUTION TO THE PaEYNOLENT.-On Monday, the Lord Mavor stated that he had received from Mr. Dew- hurst, of Bradford, in Yorkshire, a letter, to which his lordship said he would be obliged to the newspapers to convey an answer, for the satisfaction of his correspond- ent, as well as for the information of the public. The letter was as follows- Mr. Dewhurst ...

REMARKABLE NOTIONS OF THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT

... The Halifax Guardian gives the following case that came before the bench of magistrates last week. Hannah Milnes charged her husband William Milnes, of Northowram (for whom Mr. J. B. Holroyde appeared), with assaulting her and putting her in fear of some bodily hans. She said he had been in the habit of ill-using her. He had been once already bound over to keep the peace to her. In cross ...

REMARKABLE CASE OF DIVORCE

... REMAB:EABLE CASE OF DIVOrcCF. PARKS V. PARKSB-This was a divorce suit in the Commissary Court of Surrey, by the wife against her husband, on the ground of adultery. The case, as set forth in the libel. brought in on behalf of Mrs. Mary Ann Parks, was to the effect that the marriage between the parties took place in 1844, and that after a short cohabitation, in consequence of her husband's ill ...