Eastern Daily Press – Saturday 02 December 1905 LONDON UNEMPLOYED COLLISIONS WITH THE POLICE FIVE DEMONSTRATORS ARRESTED About 500 unemployed attended what was described as the first of a series of meetings on Tower Hill, London, yesterday. The city police had previously notified the Southwark Unemployed Committee that they would […]
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Blackpool Times – Thursday 03 January 1901 Alleged Theft of a Diamond Ring. Defendant Too Ill to Appear. At the Preston General Quarter Sessions, held yesterday, the Chairman, Mr. Worsley-Taylor, Q.C., M.P., stated that the case against Richard Thompson Cubbin, who was charged with stealing a fur-lined overcoat from the […]
Bournemouth Daily Echo – Monday 20 August 1900 BOURNEMOUTH BOROUGH POLICE COURT. TO-DAY. Before the Mayor (Mr. J. C. Webber), Major Gen. Stansfeld, Mr. G. W. Rebbeck, Mr. C. W. Wyatt, and Mr. H. C. Stockey. AN ERRAND BOY’S THEFT. William Evans, an errand boy in the employ of Mr. […]
Morning Post – Wednesday 20 December 1905 [Stanley Gardner, a rogue stockbroker, was charged with obtaining money by false pretences in a high-profile fraud case. Victims across the UK lost hundreds of pounds in fake share schemes. #OnThisDay #History #TrueCrime] Stanley Gardner, 35, described as an outside stock and share […]
Middlesex Chronicle – Saturday 20 January 1906 POLICE COURT. Monday. Before: Mr. A. S. Montgomery (chairman), Mr. J. Carver, Mr. M. Davenport, Mr. G. J. Haffenden, Mr. V. Griffiths, Dr. Satchell, Mr. C. J. Cross and Mr. R. Willey. THE INFLUENCE OF DRINK. Winifred Reardon (29), of Notting Hill, was […]