Richmond

Yesterday I was looking at the underside of the footbridge at Richmond Lock. It was past high water but the three barriers were raised and I was trying to see how they are concealed, they were invisible and there doesn’t seem to be room. Then it happened.

I Can Do That

The Washington Post has an article about new thrillers and what to drink with them – well I can do that.

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A Noble Thing?

The National Trust evokes a range of emotions and the appointment of Helen McGrady as its new Director-General stirs up some new ones.

Chalfont St Giles

My outing to Gerrards Cross and Chalfont St Giles was on the hottest April day in London since 1949. Trains to GC go from Marylebone, an intimate station compared to other London termini.

Verdict

Mr Justice Chamberlain then told the jury that the present prosecution was the most unfounded and unsupported of any that had ever appeared. That there was not a tittle of evidence to support it; that on the contrary the very evidence produced by the Crown, proved the very reverse of the charge brought forward.

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Summertime

The Mall is decked out for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting; Lancaster house is sealed off and has much tentage and Lord Lieutenants and their deputies are run ragged greeting delegates at airports.

Indictment IV

Mr Dobbs then on behalf of the traverser declared he hardly knew what he ought to say, after such a prosecution, acquittal was out of the question, for conviction was impossible. But in such a business it was necessary to say something that might go along with that acquittal, to satisfy the public of the… Continue reading Indictment IV

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Indictment III

Mr William Bellew continues his Cross Examination of John Ruxton, of Dunleer, second Witness for the Crown: –

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Indictment II

John Ruxton, of Dunleer, second Witness for the Crown, produced and sworn, examined as follows by Mr Saurin: –

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Indictment I

Dundalk Spring Assizes, 1794. On Saturday , April 19th, the following Trial came on before the Honourable Justice Chamberlain: – The King against Francis Bellew Esq.

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