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COUNTY COURT, DERBY, MONDAY, DEC. 21st

... COUNTY COURT, DERBY, MONDAY, Dec. 219t. [Before Wma. E LISLEY. Esq., Judge.] ! ~~~TROWVELLr V. aIcHARnsoN. This was an action brought by Miss Elizabeth Trowell, of Derby, against Mr. John Richardson, of Chellaston, farmer, to recover the sum of 91. 55. Od. for dilapidations, &c., upon a farm called the Thornhill Farm, near Derby, as per the valuation of Mr. Jol1n Faulkner, of Repton.-Mr. ...

Published: Wednesday 30 December 1863
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 6808 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

THE MURDERER TOWNLEY

... T I The condemned murderer. George Victor Townley, continues to conduct himself in gaol precisely in the same manner as before the trial. He is still undaunted, and as yet refuses to admit that he has committed an offence for which lhe ought to show any contrition or remorse. During the week he has been visited by his nearest re- latives, and by the Rev. Mr. Gordon, of Manchester, whose ...

Published: Wednesday 23 December 1863
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3204 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

ALLEGED WIFE MURDER NEAR MELTON

... I -LLEGED WIFE MURDER NEAR MELTON. ie An adjourned inquest on the body of Emma Hutchins, wife er, of Win. Hutchins, landlord of the Royal Horseshoe Inn, Wal- Hie tham, near Melton, was held on Tuesd ay. From the evidence ier adduced at this and the former inquiry, it, seems that at the ri- commencement of the present month, Hutchins said to his ed wife late one evening, 1Emma. let us go to ...

Published: Wednesday 23 December 1863
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1921 | Page: Page 6 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE

... the ?? 1I ted SINGULAR CHARGE OF ABDUCTION. or* At the Norwich assizes, on Tuesday, two brothers, named Frederick and Henry Richard Burrell were charged with the abduction of their own niece Jane Burrel, who is not quite 16, and is deacribed as having a legal interest in certain real es- r_ ates In Norfolkc. It appeared from the optning statement of the counsel for the prosecution that the ...

COUNITY POLICE COURT, FRIDAY, March 27

... I COUNITY POLICE COURT, PRIDAY, March 27. | (Before Dr. PEACH, J. RAIIFORD, Eaq., L. E. MuAmi, Easc. and N. C. Cuazovs, Esq.) John Taylor was summoned for riding on the shafts of a waggon, in the township of Mackworth, on the 13th, without having any one to guide the horses. le was asleep and the notice of a policeman was directed to the circumstance.-Dr. PEACH said he had known two fatal and ...

ALLEGED DOINGS OF THE LONG FIRM IN NOTTINGHAM

... ALLEGED DOINGS OF THE LONG FIRM IN I I NOTTriNGHAMI. Mir. Hedington, the chief constable of Nottingham, laid before the magistrates, on Wednesday 1ast, the particulars of a case which it is believed has some connection with the noto- rious long firm which has carried on business for so long a time in Manchester snd other places. The first notice the chief constable received of the ...

Published: Wednesday 25 November 1863
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1673 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF SWINDLING AT NOTTINGHAM

... (From the Nottinghamshire Guardian of Tuesday.) Some weeks past, a comfortably-dressed young woman, having the appearance of an upper housemaid, applied to a registry office for servants on the Derby-road, stating that she was out of a situation and had offers which she did not wish to accept, in the hope that something better would turn up. She took up her lodgings temporarily In the house, ...

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE

... :TZ --N E--I- -- - - :- IASSIZE INTELLIGENCEo I At SCANDALOUS BILL TRANSACTION. Il tthe Warwick assizes, on Tuesday, a person named ay Martin, a billdiscounter, living in Southnampton-buildings, ie- Chancery-lane, London. sued Captain Payne, adjutant of one ce of the Staffordshire Volunteer battalions, for 100!. on a bill of lo, exchange. Defendant had answered an advertisement In Yn October ...

THE EXTRAORDINARY ROUPELL CASE

... We are enabled to lay before our readers some further de- tails of the startling evidence which has been given before the special examiner of the Court of Cbancery. The witness was examined by Mr. Field, counsel for the plaintiff, and cross- examined by Mr. Lush, Q.C., and Mr. Joseph Browne, counsel for the defendants. The examination in chief occu- pied about five minutes, and the cross ...

Published: Wednesday 25 February 1863
Newspaper: Derby Mercury
County: Derbyshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1305 | Page: Page 3 | Tags: Crime and Punishment 

COUNTY COURT, DERBY, JUNE 22

... COUNTY COURT, DERBY. JUNE 22. le [Before WMs. ELMISLEY, Esq., Q.C., Judge.] Fe PoarTx v. OssoteNi.-This was a claim by Mr. J. Porter, d of Derby, brewer, against Mr. R. Osborne, of London-road. :t LitchuIch, innkeeper, for I1. los. for a cask of ale sold and -e delivered to the defendant. Mr. Porter's agent appeared to le rove the debt; and Mr. Leech, solicitor, appeared for the le defendant, ...

DERBY BOROUGH SESSIONS

... COURT OF RECORD, TUESDAY. rec ?? G. BODEN, Esq., Q.C.] ten ORASI AND WIFE, V. SEAW AND WINE. Th This was an action for slander, in which the plaintiff obc charged the wife of the defendant with damaging his bas credit by saying that he had compounded with his an creditors, and was not able to pay six shillings in the X. as Mr. Huish (instructed by Mr. F. M. Haywood), was ac for the plaintiff: ...

ATTEMPT TO MURDER BY A DERBYSHIRE SOLDIER

... One of the most shocking and tragic occurrences which r. Nottingham has experienced for some years past happened ho on Wednesday evening in the low and populous district of Narrow-marsh. The principal actor in this fearful tragedy ed is John Wheeldon, a Derbyshire man, about fifty years of age. ed He was a pensioner, and it receipt of 9d. per day for good conduct in the Sikh war. He was ...