MIDDLESEX SESSIONS

... rom the person of James William Nicholson.-The prosecutor' one evening had been spending a few hours at the Mogultavewn, Drury-lane, and on his way home be was ascosted at King's-cris by lhe prisoner, a girl of the town.' e desired her to leave him, but ...

THE POLICE COURTS

... hard labour. BOW- STREET. Miss Lydia Wheatley obiained a summons against Heary Hollis, a costermonger, of Charler-street, Drury-lane, to show cause why he refused to give up a donkey, which she claimed as her property. It appeared that the complainant, ...

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—YESTERDAY

... had stolen it. With part D of the 2a. they procured a pick-lock to get into a ware- house belonging to Mr. Jacknian, of Drury-lane. They stole therefrom a quantity of boots, which found a ready purchaser in the female Irisoner, who I kept a shop in T ...

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS

... appeared that at'half past three o'clock, on the morning of the 17th of December, he wastanding at the end of Blaskmore.atreet, Drury.lane, when he ob- served the three prisoners in comnpany. When 4they saw him they turned into Vinegar-yard, and thence to' Russell- ...

CHARGE OF ROBBERY AGAINST POWELL, THE SPY

... de- tained. Henry Byrne deposed that he lived at Walcot House, Lambeth. The purse and meney produced were 'iz. 'e was at Drury-lane Theatre on the evening in question, and just before going into the crowd assembled at the pit entrance before the doors ...

PANTOMIME ADVERTISEMENTS

... action was brought to recover 20 19s. 6d. for frames supplied by him to the defendant, Mr. Edward Tyrrell Smith, lessee of Drury-lane Theatre. It appeared that some intimacy existed between Moore and Smith, and that the amount in question was for frames ...

Published: Sunday 18 May 1856
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1656 | Page: 11 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

CASE OF MR. BARBER

... burned down under the auspices of Bacchus and Venus,' the presiding deidies at Masked --Balls, 'the moralizing Cominmittee of Drury-lane have resolved' that, as -a-pacifying tribute to 'Vulcan, there shall be no more Masked Balls on their nowpurified-boards ...

MURDER OF A WHOLE FAMILY IN WESTMINSTER

... Benjamin Hall, M.P., Hon. Edward Coke, e Stafford. i PRESENTATIoN.-Mr. E. T. Smith, the lesee of the )n,! Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, has just been presented by his or' artisans with a very handsome silver tankard, hear tg 'a.elwa nciption :_ presented ...

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS—YESTERDAY

... Payne was for the proiecution,; 3r. Metcalfe for the prisoner, Itappeared that a quarrel took place at a public-house in Drury-lane, between a friend of thle prosecutor's and a friend of the prisoner'e. The latter aftersvards attacked the prosecutor, and ...

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES

... catch at, but after once getting hold of it lie sank to rise no more. The poor fellow was the son of a tradesman residing in Drury-lane; his age was eighteen. FATAL AccrDENT.-A policeman of the N division, named Shannon, on duty near the Manor House Tottenham ...

Published: Sunday 06 July 1856
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1821 | Page: 7 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

JUSTICE SHALLOW AND THE STAGE

... ? theatre in propagating and extending crime. Eve should like to hear Mr. Patoi's opinion o 0i1 the moral influence of Drury-lane Theatre, or the Ol hsympic, and wonder how long either or all the |theatres in London would remain open were the mem- ...

ACCIDENTS AND OFFENCES

... two o'clock on Wednesday a distressing accident occurred to a man named Samuel Henson, living at No. 9, Bros'nlow-street, Drury-lane, and employed as a machinist at Mr. J. E. Taylor's printing-office, in Little Queen-street, Holborn. The unfortunate man ...

Published: Sunday 31 August 1856
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 1819 | Page: 7 | Tags: Crime and Punishment