LIST OF TRIALS. (Part VIII)... 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 Kentish Town murder, Thomas Perryman convicted of murder of his mother 2 april, 1879 Queen v. Booker & Wyman (for libel in 'Truth', against Mr. Lambri), verdict against Wyman ; long trial 30 April, 1879 Duke of Norfolk v. Arbuthnot,claiming ownership of Fitz-alan chapel in Arundel church, verdict for plaintitf; common pleas 17 May , 1879 NOTE: [Decision affirmed on appeal,; June, 1880.] Bagot will case, appeal, new trial ordered 5 June , 1879 Shepherd v. Francis (for libel in a review in the "Athenaeum"),damages,150l. 16 June , 1879 The Queen v. sir Charles Reed; the queen's bench decide that the metropolitan school board have power to borrow money 27 June , 1879 Sturla v. Freccia : Antonio Mangini, born 1735, consul here about 1771, died 1803; his daughter married Aquila Brown, 1792; after 8 years contest established her disputed legitimacy, 1811 ; died intestate in London, aged 93, 1871, her property, after a trial, awarded to the Freccia, family, 1876. the claim of Madame Sturla set aside by vice-chancellor 28 June , 1879 Richmond murder, Katherine Webster, convicted of murder of Mrs. Julia Edartha Thomas 8 July , 1879 Edmund Galley convicted of murder, by error, and transported ; declared innocent by the house of commons 25 July , 1879 Euston-square mystery, Hannah Dobbs, for murder of Matilda Hacker,acquitted 23 July , 1879 The mutilated remains of Matilda Hacker, eccentric, about 50 years old, were found in a coal-cellar, No. 4, Euston-square. Hannah Dobbs was maidservant there. She published her autobiography, in which she attacked her former master, Sewerin Bastendorff, who, after bringing an action for libel, was convicted of perjury Dec , 1879 NOTE: [He was awarded by consent 500l. damages for the libel] 27 Jan , 1881 Rev. Christopher Newman Hall v. Mrs. Hall, and Mr. Richardson, long trial, divorce granted 8 Aug , 1881 Jonathan Gaydon(or Geyden), for murder of Miss Mary White at Chingford, 21 June, 1857, confessed, retracted, convicted (reprieved) 24 0ct , 1881 Adolphus Rosenberg, for libel against Mrs. Langrtry and Mrs. West, in 'Town Talk', convicted, 18 months' imprisonment 25, 27 Oct , 1881 Tranmere baby-farming case (near Birkenhead), John and Catherine Barns, convicted of manslaughter ; (they received illegitimate infants with premiums of 30l. &c.) 28, 29 Oct , 1879 Dr. Arthur H. Nowell v. George Williams (for placing him in a lunatic asylum), verdict for the defendant, medical men censured by the jury 13 Nov , 1879 Phillips, surgeon, v. S.W. railway company, for injury, awarded 7,000l. by justice Field; new trial, awarded 16,000l. by lord chief justice Coleridge, common pleas, new trial refused 6 Dec , 1879 Smee v. Smee and corporation of Brighton, will set aside, Brighton loses a free library bequeathed 5 Dec , 1879 Hilliard v. Rose & Todd, will affirmed, singular case 12 Dec , 1879 Edward Froggatt (see 20 Nov. 1877), sentenced to 7 years' penal servitude for fraudulent conversion of trust property (8,000l.) 17 Dec , 1879 James Lewis Paine and Fanny Matthews, for murder of Miss Annie Maclean, aged 34, daughter of col. Maclean, C.B., a deformed lady of property, by starving, administering spirits, and ill-usage, committed 15 Dec.; Fanny Matthews acquitted 16 Feb., Paine sentenced to penal servitude for life 24 Feb , 1880 Martin v. Mackonochie, new action for deprivation, first movement 17 Jan , 1880 Alexander Schosser attempted to kill priests in the Italian chapel, Hatton-garden, 10 Jan., tried, sentenced to imprisonment for life 10, 11 Feb , 1880 William Henry Walter, forger by chemicals, &c., sentenced to 20 years' penal servitude 23 March, 1880 Dr. Caleb Charles Whitefoord sentenced to 2 months' imprisonment and fine of 50l. for forging letter to stop execution of Charles Shurety 24 March, 1880 Great West of England bank directors (Jerome Murch and others), for publishing false balance sheets, acquitted 28 April--5 May , 1880 Lambri v. Labouchere, for libel in 'Truth', verdict for defendant 15 May , 1880 Tichborne case, writ of error before Court of appeal, granted 13 Jan., sentence affirmed 24, 25 June , 1880 Northern Counties insurance Company, James E. Crabtree, manager, George Edward Nesbitt, accountant, and four directors, sentenced to imprisonment for making and circulating false accounts 22 July , 1880 Pleasance Louisa Ingle, nurse at Guy's hospital, convicted of manslaughter (she putting Louisa Morgan, a patient, into a cold bath and leaving her), 3 months' imprisonment 9 Aug , 1880 Henry Perry, for robbing Clarence Lewis in a Kensington railway carriage, and attempting to throw him out of the carriage, &c.; whipping and 20 years' penal servitude 15 Sept , 1880 Thomas Wheeler for murder of Edward Anstee at Marshall's Wick farm, near St. Alban's, 22 Aug. convicted 6, 8 Nov , 1880 Sergeant William Marshman (by court-martial), for alleged fraudulent marking at the volunteer rifle meetings at Wimbledon, 1878, 1879, 1880, acqnitted 13 Aug-16 Sept , 1880 George Pavey convlcted of murder of Ada Shepherd, aged ten (Acton murder), and William Herbert, convicted of murder of Jane Messenger in Finsbury park 24 Nov , 1880 Mr. P. Callan, M.P.:, convicted of libel against Mr. A.M. sullivan, M.P. (fine 50l.) 30 Nov , 1880 Debenham & Freebody v. Mellon, appeal, house of lords decide that a husband is not responsible for wife's debts if he allow her sufficient means 27 Nov , 1880 Attorney-general v. Edison Telephone company, 29 Nov., verdict against company, establishing monopoly bought by Government 20 Dec , 1880 Trial of Charles Stewart Parnell, Thomas Sexton, Timothy Daniel Sullivan, John Dillon, Joseph Gillis Biggar, all M.P.'s Thomas Brennan, Pattrick Egan and Michael O'Sullivan, secretary, treasurer, and assistant secretary of the land league, Michael Boyton, Patrick Joseph Gordon, Matthew Harris, John W. Mally, John W. Walsh, and P. J. Sheridan, indicted for conspiracy to prevent tenants paying rent, &c. Queen's Bench, Dublin; lord chief justice May retires, as having been alleged to have given an opinion on the case previously; trial began 28 Dec. 1880, jury disagreeing were discharged 25 Jan , 1881 Jones and others (trustees) v. rev: John Turner Stannard, nonconformist minister, and others, to dismiss him for doctrine contrary to trust deed ; verdict for plaintiffs, chancery division 1 Feb , 1881 Mary Annie Wilmot, nurse, attempt to poison Mrs. Booth (whose son and daughter had died under doubtful circumstances), at Sheffield, strong case, acquitted 16 Feb , 1881 Dysart peerage legitimacy case, William John Manners claims by an English marriage of lord Huntingtower, Albert Edwin Tollemache by a Scotch marriage, which is declared not proved, house of lords (painful details) 7 March, 1881 Clarke v. Bradlaugh, suit for penalty of 500l. for sitting and voting as M.P. without taking the oath, on July 2, 1880; verdict for plaintiff; appeal, sentence confirmed 30, 31 March, 1881 NOTE: [verdict affirmed, 22 July; Bradlaugh appeals, 12-14 Nov.; new trial granted, 2, 3 Dec. 1881; appeal allowed by lords justices, 22--24 Feb.; sentence confirmed, 30 March, 1882; sentence reversed by the lords, 9 April, 1883.] Edward Levi Lawson v. Labouchere, M.P. for libels in 'Truth', seven days' trial, jury disagree,no verdict 28 March, 1881 Spiritualist case, Susan Wills Fletcher (wife of a spiritualist doctor in america, who was concerned in the case), convicted of obtaining by false pretences about 10,000l. (in jewellery, &c.), of Mrs. Hart-Davies, long trial, twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour 12 April, 1881 Johann Most, convicted of libel against Alexander II. of Russia, and incitement to murder in the 'Freiheit' for 19 March, 25 May; sentence affirmed on appeal, 18 June; 16 months' imprisonment with hard labour 20 June , 1881 Saunders v. Richardson, 5 judges decide that parents must either pay board-school fees for child beforehand or apply for pecuniary help ; coming without fee considered non-attendance 27 June , 1881 Bend Or libel, Barrow v. "Morning Post," for accusation of doctoring the horse, verdict for plaintiff, damages 1,750l. 27, 28 June , 1881 Big Ben libel, Stainbank (for Mears) v. sir E.C. Beckett, 27 June, verdict for plaintiff, 200l. damages 5 July , 1881 Percy Lefroy alias Mapleton conmmitted for trial for murder of Mr. Frank. I. Gold on the London and Brighton railway (27 June), 21 July; convicted, 8 Nov.; confessed; executed 29 Nov , 1881 Notting Hill Fire, William Nash and Maria Wright, for murder of Elizabeth Jane Clark and others by fire, 30 May; he was sentenced to death (reprieved), she acquitted 3, 4 Aug , 1881 Ledru Rolin Reynolds, adventurer, with many aliases, convicted of remnrkable frauds connected with the silver mine company, two years' penal servitude 15 Sept , 1881 Mabel Wilberforce, an adventuress, convicted of gross perjury in action against Mr. Philip; nine months' penal servitude 24 0ct , 1881 Kate Dover, for murder of Chas. Skinner, artist, at Sheffield, convicted of manslaughter 7 Feb , 1882 Dr. G. H. Lamson, for murder of Percy M. John ; convicted, 8-14 March; executed 28 April, 1882 Roderick Maclean, for shooting at the queen, acquitted as insane 19 April, 1882 Esther Pay, for murder of Georgiana Moore, acquitted 27-29 April, 1882 Albert Young, for threatening to shoot at the queen, 10 years' penal servitude 26 May , 1882 Mr. Thomas Scrutton v. Miss Helen Taylor, a libel concerning St. Paul's industrial school ; damages 1,000l. 30 June , 1882 Sir Henry Tyler, M.P., v. William jason Ramsey, George William Foote, and Edward William Whittle, also Chas. Bradlaugh, for blasphemous libel in the 'Freethinker', (lord mayor, 11 July), committed for trial, 21 July , 1882 Next of Kin Fraud, J. E. Rogers, A. McKenzie, J. H. Shakspear, and W. Evans sentenced to imprisonment 21 July , 1882 Thomas Walsh, for treason-felony, 7 years' penal servitude 7-9 Aug , 1882 John Saunders, desperate ruffian, convicted of burglary and attempt to murder at Stamford-hill; penal servitude for life 10 Oct , 1882 Charles Soutar, for stealing the body of the earl of Crawford; Edinburgh; 5 years' penal servitude 23, 24 0ct , 1882 William Meager Bartlet, a manager of mines, convicted of murder of illegitimate child, Exeter 27 0ct , 1882 Charles Brookshaw, for threatening to kill the prince of Wales, 10 years' penal servitude 21 Nov , 1882 St. Luke's Mystery, Franz Felix Stum, convicted of forgery of signature of Urban Napoleon Stanger, baker, who had disappeared; 10 years' penal servitude 11 Dec , 1882 Plumstead murder, Louisa Jane Taylor, convicted of poisoning Mary Ann Tregillis, aged 81 15 Dec , 1882 Maxwell Heron, commander of H.M.S. Clyde, at Aberdeen sentenced by court-martial to dismissal for embezzlement and misconduct 21 Dec , 1882 Richard Claude Belt (sculptor) v. Charles Lawes (sculptor), for libel in 'Vanity Fair', 20 Aug. 1881,; (charges of fraudulent imposture, &c.) before Baron Huddleston, Exchequer division, 21 June et seq., 14 Nov. et seq.; verdict on 43rd day for plaintiff, damages 5,000l. 28 Dec , 1882 Goodacre v. Watson, to restrain deposition of pestilential refuse on building ground, as a nuisance at Fulham; injunction granted with costs 22 Feb , 1883 Bethell v. Sir Percy Shelley for infringement of the Theatre act, verdict for defendant, 1s. damages 23 Feb , 1883 G. W. Foote, editor, W. J. Ramsey, printer, and H. A. Kemp, publisher, sentenced to imprisonment for blasphemous libels in the 'Freethinker' 5 March, 1883 ------END OF FILE-------