LIST OF TRIALS. (Part VI) This list is a follow up to the first release of execute.txt, listing executions carried out in England from 1606 to 1895 but may not be comprehensive. All the information contained here is extracted from the publication `HAYDN`S DICTIONARY OF DATES`, 21st Edition, to the Autumn of 1895. Published by WARD, LOCK, AND BOWDEN LIMITED 1895. As the list of trials is quite large, I have decided to split the topic into smaller, more compact files to make it easier to download. All files will have the title 'List of Trials. (Part *) * = part number. Where a figure is shaown as 20,000l: the l stands for Guineas, which equalled one pound and one shilling. E-Mail address: paul@yeoldesussexpages.co.uk The capital letters (MI) in the comments section mean that other information is available should it be required. Regulations for conducting trials were made by LOTHAIRE and EDRIC, kings of Kent, about 673 to 680. ALFRED the GREAT is said to have begun trial by jury; but there is good evidence of such trials before his time. Arrangements were made for much more speedy trials by "the Winter Assizes Act," 1876. This is a list of the more remarkable trials conducted at the dates mentioned and as with the list of executions, will not be comprehensive. Some of the names in this text file will also be found in the list of executions where sentance of death was given. NOTE: In order to be able to supply this text file as 'searchable text', I have to scan a copy of the page and resize it; OCR the file and then make whatever corrections are required as I lay the text in a readable format. The condition of the publication also makes it harder to get an excellent scan. As you can imagine, doing all this takes a lot of time and I have much else to occupy my time, so updates on this may well be periodic. Name & Deed Rev. C. Voysey v. Noble: appeal to privy council judicial committee against condemnation for heresy 10 Nov , 1870 Ebdy v. McGowan : verdict against an architect for refusing to give up the plans of a building he was about to erect . 16 Nov , 1870 Catch v. Shaen: for libel on master of Lambeth workhouse; verdict for plaintiff, 600l. damages; execution stayed 15 Dec , 1870 Diamond Robbery: London and Ryder's man made insensible and robbed of diamonds, 12 Jan.; Martha Torpey acquitted. 1 March; James Torpey pleaded guilty(sentenced to 8 years' penal servitude) 1 May , 1871 E. Boulton, L.C. Hurt, F.W. Park, and others (frequently dressed as women) tried for a conspiracy; acquitted 9-15 May , 1871 Tichborne v. Lushington: the plaintiff declared himself to be sir Roger Charles Tichborne, supposed to have been lost at sea; and claimed the baronetcy and estates, worth about 24,000l. a year. Roger Charles Tichborne, son of sir James, born 1829 Educated in France till about 1843 Entered the army 1849 Proposed marriage to his cousih Kate Doughtyj ; declined Jan , 1852 Sailed from Havre for Valparaiso (March), and arrived there 19 June , 1853 Sailed from Rio Janeiro in the Bella, which foundered at sea 20 April, 1854 [A Chancery suit was instituted,and his death legally proved.] His mother advertised for her son 19 May , 1865 The claimant(found by Gibbes and Cubitt in Australia) asserted that he and eight of the crew were saved from the wreck of the Bella; that he went to Australia, and lived there, roughly, 13 years under the name of Castro; married as Castro, Jan.; as Tichborne . 3 July , 1866 He set up his claim; and was accepted by the dowager lady Tichborne as her son at Paris Jan , 1867 [No others of the family accepted him; but sir Clifford Constable and some brother-officers did. Mr. Guildford Onslow, who spent about 15,000l. in supporting the claimant, died 20 Aug. 1882] His claim was resisted on behalf of sir Henry (a minor), son of sir Alfred Tichborne; and after chancery proceedings (begun March, 1867) a trial began in the court of common pleas before chief justice Bovill . 11 May , 1871 The claimant was examined 22 days; the trial adjourned on 40th day, 7 July; resumed, 7 Nov.; case for claimant closed 21 Dec , 1871 Trial resumed, 15 Jan.; the attorney-general, sir J. D. Coleridge, spoke 26 days; on 4 March the jury expressed themselves satisfied that the claimant was not sir Roger; on the 103rd day he was declared nonsuited. 6 March, 1872 The law proceedings are said to have cost the estate nearly 92,000l. He was lodged in Newgate to be tried for perjury, 7 March indicted as Thos. Castro, otherwise Arthur Orton, for perjury and forgery 9 April, 1872 The court of queen's bench decide that he may be admitted to bail, 23 April; released 26 April, 1872 The trial of the claimant for perjury and forgery begun before chief justice Cockburn, and justices Mellor and Lush at bar 23 April; case for the prosecution closed, 10 July: resumed(for defence) 21 July , 1872 Lady Doughty, mother of sir Henry Tichborne, dies 13 Dec , 1872 [Up to 27 June (47th day of the trial), out of 150 witnesses above 100 had sworn that the claimant was not Tichborne; and about 40 that he was Arthur Orton.] The claimant forbidden to attend public meetings 19 Sept , 1873 Case for the defence closed on 124th day, 27 Oct., adjourned from 31 Oct; to 17 Nov., then to 27 Nov.; rebutting evidende heard, 27, 28 Nov , 1874 Dr. Kenealy's summing-up, 2 Dec.-14 Jan. 1874; Mr Hawkins's reply 15 Jan.-28 Jan , 1874 [Mr. Whalley, M.P., fined for contempt of court, 250l., 23 Jan.] The chief-justice's summing-up 29 Jan.-28 Feb , 1874 Verdict : that the claimant did falsely swear, that he was Roger Charles Tichborne, that he seduced Catherine N. E. Doughty in 1851, and that he was not Arthur Orton ; sentence, 14 years' imprisonment with hard labour 28 Feb , 1874 NOTE: [Longest trial known in England to date] New trial refused by the judges 29 April, 1874 On appeal, sentence affirmed by the house of lords, 10, 11 March, 1881; released on ticket of leave 29 Oct , 1884 His confession printed in the 'People' May , 1895 Eltham murder: E. W. Pook for murder of Maria Clousen; acquitted 12-15 July , 1871 Hannah Newington, or Flora Davey; manslaughter of Frederick Moon; she was his mistress, and excited by insult 15 July , 1871 Capt. H. Hamilton Beamish and others tried for stranding the 'Agincourt', 26 July; reprimanded by the court 8 Aug , 1871 Robert Kelly: for murder of Talbot (a police constable & informer against Fenians) on night of 12 July; acquitted (extraordinary verdict) 30 Oct-10 Nov , 1871 Peek v. Gurney and others (Overend and Co.) plaintiffs claim for loss incurred through misrepresentations in the company's prospectus; disallomed by master of rolls on account of his neglecting to verify the prospectus and his too late claim; costs refused to defendants 6 Nov , 1871 Mr.Pigott condemned to imprisonment for illegal comments on a trial, in the 'Irishman'. 13 Nov , 1871 Rev. John Selby Wetson, eminent scholar, killed his wife in a fit of passion, 8 Oct.; convicted and imprisoned for life 10-12 Jan , 1872 Christiana Edmunds; convicted of poisoning at Brighton; she purchased chocolate creams, and returned poisoned ones to the confectioner, and thus caused death to one child and nearly killed other persons; reprieved as insane 15, 16 Jan , 1872 The Queen v. the Lords of the Treasury: for not repaying expenses for prosecutions to the county of Lancaster; mandamus refused 29 Jan , 1872 Park-lane Murder: Margraret Dixblancs, a Belgian emigrant, murdered her mistress, madame Riel, on Sunday, 7 April; escaped; taken at Paris; confessed to killing her mistress in a quarrel; convicted, but recommended to mercy, 11-14 June; sentence commuted to penal servitude for life 21 June , 1872 Ellen Kettel: charged with poisoning her husband's first wife in order to marry him; acquitted 22, 25 0ct , 1872 Chelsea Tragedy: Hermann Nagel and Paul May, young Prussians, came to London to avoid conscription; their money being spent, they agreed to commit suicide; after wounding May, Nagel shot himself dead, 21 Aug.; May recovered, and was indicted for murder, tried, and acquitted 21 Nov , 1872 NOTE: [He was convicted and punished for forgery at Berlin, Feb. 1873] Baker v. Loader: widow, to whom 107,000l. had been bequeathed; in ten years is reduced to poverty by imposition; she sues the widow of her friend Loader and solicitors; verdict of vice chancellor Malins, orderings deeds to Loader to be cancelled; the solicitor to pay his own costs 20 Nov , 1872 Mr. Hepworth Dixon v. Smith (Pall-Mall Gazette), for libel; damages, one farthing 26-29 Nov , 1872 Mr. Guildford Onslow and Mr. G.H. Whalley, M.P.'s, fined for contempt of court in speeches respecting the Tichborne case, 20 Jan.; Mr. Skipworth, barrister, for same offence, condemned to three months' imprisonment and fined; the claimant made to give securities for 1,000l., for a similar offence 29 Jan , 1873 Parke v. Harvey Lewis, Sir Joseph McKenna, and others; for misuse of a company's funds while directors; 10 days' trial; verdict for plaintiff 30 Jan , 1873 Omagh Murder: (of Mr. Glass, 29 June, 1871); sub-inspector Montgomery tried; 12 days: strong evidence; jury not agreed 19 March, 1873 Broughton v. Knight: will of Mr. Knight set aside on account of unsound mind 31 March, 1873 Andrews v. Salt: decision by lord-chancellor that a child shall be educated as a protestant by grandmother, not by Roman catholic uncle; confirmed on appeal 6 May , 1873 Rev. O'Keeffe v. Cardinal Cullen (for libel, and virtually suspending him from his office ; consideration of demurrer; judges (at Dublin) divided in opinions; three decide that the papal ordinance on which the cardinal relied was prohibited by the statutes of Elizabeth; demurrer set aside, 7 May; the trial begun 12 May; verdict for plaintiff; the jury gave one farthing damages 27 May , 1873 NOTE: [Mr. O'Keeffe suhmitted to the cardinal, May, 1871] Sub-inspector Montgomery, at his third trial for the brutal Inurder of Mr. Glass, at Newton-Stewart, Ireland, on 8 June, 1871 ; convicted and confessed, [executed,Aug.26] 28 July , 1873 Great dewellery frauds; Michael and Rebecca Goldsmid convicted 8 July , 1873 Farrell v. Gordons; much property left to R.C. Church; will affirmed 9 July , 1873 Todd v. Lyne (father Ignatius) son of the plaintiff rescued from convent (where he had taken vows) by chancery 25 July , 1873 Bank Forgery : Austin Biron Bidwell, George MacDonnell, George Bidwell, and Edwin Noyes, Americans, forged bills for discounting at the Bank of England, West-Branch, and obtained 102,217l.; detected through not dating one bill; convicted; penal servitude for life [their plot to escape by bribing the warders failed] 18-26 Aug , 1873 Rev. John Berrington (after 30 years' swindling) sentenced to 15 years' penal servitude 22 Aug , 1873 Gilbert v. Enoch (for Pall Mall Gazette) for libel in critique on "The Wicked World " a play ; verdict for defendant (both regarded harmless) 27 Nov , 1873 Capt. Charles S. Maunsell sentenced to a month's imprisonment with hard labour for assaulting the duke of Cambridge on 6 Jan. 4 Feb , 1874 Miss Fairland gave her fortune to St. Mary's Dominican convent, Belfast; her trustees oppose the transfer; the master of the rolls affirms the gift 24 Feb , 1874 Dr. Hayman v. the governing body of Rugby school;judgment for the defendants 21 March, 1874 Jean Luie (Lindgren) and " capt." Brown convicted of perjury in the Tichborne case (7 years' and 5 years' penal servitude) 9, 10 April, 1874 Mordaunt case (see 1870), divorce court; 3 judges hold that insanity is no bar to suit for divorce ; 2 judges hold that it is 15 May , 1874 Callan, M.P., v. O'Reilly Dease ; for libel (termed "wilful and malicious") by ch.,just. Whiteside), Dublin; damages one farthing 2 July , 1874 E. Welby Pugin, convicted of libel against J. R. Herbert, R.A., 23 Sept.; not sentenced 24 Sept , 1874 Epping forest case; decision against the enclosures of the lords of the manors as illegal 10 Nov , 1874 Frederick v. Attorney-General : col. Charles Edward Frederick declared heir to baronetcy; the validity of the marriage of his grandparents affirmed in divorce court 18 Dec , 1874 Rubery v. baron Albert Grant ; and M. B: Sampson (long city editor of the Times) for libel ; the article in Times, 18, 20 NOV. and 20 Dec. 1872, charged Rubery with connection with a fraud in a certain diamond mine in Colorado ; 10 days' trial; Grant cleared; Sampson fined 500l. 18 Jan , 1875 NOTE: [By these articles the public were protected from a bad scheme.] Alleged False Prospectus Case : (Canadian Oil-Works Corporation), Charlton v. sir John Hay, Mr. Eastwick, and others grossly deceived ; 17 days' trial ; jury divided; discharged; no verdict 24 Feb , 1875 NOTE: [Oil-wells in Ontnrio, Canada, property of Prince's company got up to buy them, by Longbottom; scheme not accepted in the city; taken up at west-end; sir John Hay, Mr. M'Cullagh Torrens, Mr. Eastwick, and others induced to become directors; wells bought; company collapsed.] ------END OF FILE-------