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From: "David Ford" <>
Subject: More Annals of Yorkshire snippets - Volume 3 1866-1874
Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 22:51:48 +0100


Whilst it's quiet some more snippets from The Annals of Yorkshire, John
Mayhall.

This time - Volume 3 - 1866-1874

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1866, Jan 11th.

After a trial extending over nearly two days, Thompson
Whalley, M.D., who had practised as a surgeon at Mirfield, was
convicted at Leeds of an attempt to defraud the British Prudential
Assurance Company. The defendant pleaded guilty to a second.
charge of a similar character, and the Learned Judge, Mr. Justice
Shee, sentenced him to fifteen months' imprisonment-six months
for the first offence and nine months for the second.

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29th Feb 1866

About 11 a.m. a fire broke out in the large mill belonging to
Messrs Stubley, situated near the Batley Railway Station. The
damage was estimated at from £14,000 to £15,000.

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22nd March 1866


Ellen Park (21) was indicted for the manslaughter of Christopher
Park, at Leyburn. The jury found her guilty, and his Lordship
sentenced her to four months' imprisonment.

James Martin (27), Robert Spence alias Outhwaite (25), and John
alias Anson Crisp, were charged with the manslaughter of William
Doyle, at Hull, on the 25th January. Crisp was acquitted, but the
jury found the other two prisoners guilty, and they were sentenced
to one month's imprisonment.

About 700 operatives employed in the carpet trade, at Heckmondwike,
the great majority being weavers, met in the Freemasons'
Hall, in that town, for the purpose of "considering and taking
steps with the view of consolidating the advance of wages just conceded

by the carpet manufacturers of the north of England."



David

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