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Hollywood A-Lister John Malkovich is to play Jack Unterweger, an Austrian serial killer that over the years has been compared to Josef Fritzel and Jack the Ripper! The show will be a musical statged at the Barbican and follows a long line of similar musicals based upon murderer’s and serial killers. For more info: |
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The Economist featured an article last week mentioning that every generation has a notable murder. Whilst the Victorians had Jack the Ripper, our generation had the horrific murder of little James Bulger. This case has come back into the limelight with the removal of John Venables from society back into prison for undisclosed crimes. The article, as one might expect, is not about crime and criminals, but about the Government’s handling of such cases. Let’s hope little James and his family get the peace they deserve. To read the article: http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15663332 |
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Usually when an unsolved murder occurs, or there is a threat of a serial killer Jack the Ripper is usually brought up, but when the 2010 Budget in England hit the headlines, Jack the Ripper was associated with the Conservative Party! The tagline in the Daily Telegraph read, The Conservative party that seems to understand less about economics than Jack the Ripper did about the sanctity of human life. The report states, Now one cannot be so sure. The gap in the opinion polls has closed. It remains a tall order for Labour to win. However, it is no longer so for them to stay in Government in some way. What is announced to the country on 24 March may hold for more than the few weeks most of us had expected. This means the Budget should be regarded by Labour not merely as being a stunt, but as an opportunity for them to consolidate the improvement in their standing in the country. They can only do this by using the event to demonstrate that they have learned something from the consequences of all their earlier stupidity, and in doing so to humiliate and embarrass a Tory party that seems to understand less about economics than Jack the Ripper did about the sanctity of human life. Read the full article here: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financetopics/budget/7429430/Budget-2010-There-is-one-cut-that-could-save-Labour.html |
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You may recall a week or so ago I ran a short piece on the Thai murderer Somkid Phumphuang, who has been dubbed “Jack the Ripper” in Thailand, well here is a follow up report, it appears as though Phumphuang has been sentanced to death for his atrocious crimes! Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/03/03/national/Death-for-Jack-the-ripper-30123820.html Somkid Pumpoung, called by the media as “Thailand’s Jack the Ripper” after he allegedly robbed and killed five sex workers, yesterday was sentenced to death for the 2005 murder of a two-month-pregnant traditional Thai massage therapist. Somkid Phumphuang, called “Jack the Ripper” by the media after he allegedly robbed and killed five sex workers, yesterday was sentenced to death for the 2005 murder of a two-month-pregnant traditional Thai massage therapist. The Ratchadaphisek Criminal Court said Somkid strangled Pongpan Sapchai in a Lampang hotel room and made off with her valuables worth Bt5,000. He reportedly confessed but during the trial denied the homicide charge, claiming that police had bullied him. Somkid, 41, already faces capital punishment for the murder of a Mukdahan cafe singer and life imprisonment for the murder of a traditional masseuse in Buri Ram. This was the third murder case against him. After the verdict, Somkid criticised the judges, to which the court replied he could appeal. Turning to his attorney to berate him for doing a bad job, Somkid was told by a prosecutor to lower his voice. Somkid told the lawyer rudely to leave him alone and had to dragged away. - The Nation |
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I was surprised to see this little article from Sarajevo regarding Jack the Ripper, which appeared on the Sarajevo Net. It’s a brief introduction to the case and well written, even with a few mistakes it stands head and shoulders above some of the guff written! The article, published on 21-02-2010 07:00 AM states, The Mystery of Jack the Ripper http://www.sarajevo.net/content/163-Jack-the-Ripper In a book dedicated to history’s Greatest Unsolved Mysteries, some mysteries are perforce greater than others, and this one may be the topper, the paragon, the ne plus ultra – the most famous and infamous cold case of all time. Who was the serial killer active in the down-and-dirty Whitechapel district of London in the latter half of 1888? He gruesomely murdered prostitutes – maybe five of them, maybe more – and thereby gained a lasting if anonymous fame usually reserved for conquerors or kings. It would be impossible to estimate the number of trees that have been felled to supply paper for the treatises and tomes that have been written about Jack the Ripper in the past quarter century. The writing began early, in London’s then blossoming and already florid tabloid industry, and established Jack’s eternal notoriety from the first. Reporters – and their rapt readers – were particularly interested in the savagery of the killings: Throats were being slit, bodies mutilated, organs removed. Responding to the public fascination and indeed furor, Scotland Yard was frantic in its pursuit of the perp. Frantic but unsuccessful. In a precursor of the behavior that would be exhibited by 20th century American criminals like the Zodiac killer and the Son of Sam, the Ripper – or someone – began sending letters to the press and even the authorities concerning the crimes. One shipment, to George Lusk of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee, included half of a human kidney, along with the claim that the sender had “fried and ate” the other half. A post received on September 27, 1888, by the Central News Agency was the first that bore the name Jack the Ripper, and in it the correspondent said he would “clip the ladys [sic] ear off.” Three days later, the body of Catherine Eddowes was found in Mitre Square in the City of London. The removal of a portion of one of her ears was the least of the mutilations visited upon her tragic corpse. Jack was nothing if not theatrical, using blood-red ink in this missive to the press. Since evisceration was a hallmark of the murders, the constabulatory wondered if the murderer was a medical man or someone else with sufficient sophistication to execute such surgery; a spicy aspect of the Ripper story has always been that many of the suspects in the case were of the upper rather than the lower crust. This was Victorian England, and the notion that an aristocrat was, in the darkest part of night and in the city’s darkest precinct, preying upon prostitutes… Well, that was an impossibly intoxicating narrative, better than the best of Dickens or Austen. There were patterns to the killings – certain dates, certain days of the week – and this only made the puzzle more intriguing. Eventually, there were more than a hundred cited suspects. A Russian physician and convicted thief named Michael Ostrog… another doctor named Montague John Druitt… an unstable individual named Aaron Kosminski – they were only the first three mentioned in the initial report of police commissioner Sir Neville Macnaughten. Scores of candidates were put forth later, and their names are still mentioned today. A recent book on Jack the Ripper, published in early 2010, Jack the Ripper’s Secret Confession, pins the killings on textile millionaire Henry Spencer Ashbee, who also allegedly penned, under the pseudonym Walter, the ferociously debauched My Secret Life – a stunningly vivid, even microscopic, sexual memoir of a Victorian (ahem) gentleman. The Parade of names extends, and Jack lurks in the shadows. |
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The Bangkok Post ran an article on February 12th 2010 regarding a man named Somkid Phumphuang. The full report read, The Criminal Court has sentenced a suspected serial killer who allegedly murdered five sex workers to life imprisonment in connection with the death of one of the victims. The court yesterday found Somkid Phumphuang, 45, guilty of premeditated murder and robbery of Sompong Pimpornpirom, 25, a masseuse, at Piya Mansion in Buri Ram, on Jun 20-21, 2005. The court was told the suspect had met the victim at a hotel in downtown Buri Ram before taking her to Piya Mansion. They had sex and while Ms Sompong was asleep, Somkid strangled her to death and took her belongings including a gold ring and necklace worth 12,200 baht. The court handed down the death penalty to Somkid but commuted the sentence to life imprisonment due to his confession. He must pay 10,000 baht to the victim’s family for stealing the woman’s belongings. Last August, Somkid was sentenced to life on charges of murdering a singer in Mukdahan. Somkid, dubbed ”Thailand’s Jack the Ripper”, was also indicted in three other murder cases in 2005. Source: http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/crimes/32827/thai-jack-the-ripper-jailed For the record, 10,000 baht is roughly £196 gbp! |
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The first thing you notice with the multi-million pound Hull History Centre is the size, compared to the rooms of the archives, and local studies library it’s enormous. The next thing you notice is how recognisable it is. I approached along High-street, and through the grounds of Hull College, and could see it from some distance away. It might not be tall, but with it’s curved roof, it stands out. I remember my first visit to the City Archives all those years ago, when I could not find the building, and found only a small door with a tiny brass plaque! The grounds of the history centre are spacious and open, no dark corners, and with plenty of parking spaces and wonderful, if somewhat strange looking trees! On entering I was met by a familiar face from Hull City Council, who watched over my son during his “Night at the Museum,” at the front desk. From this point you get a feel of how big the building actually is, this isn’t like the small office from the days of the archives, but a grand, well lit, modern area, with seating and views out across the car park to Hull. I entered the main research area and noted all the books on display, so took a short while to have a look around, spotting new sources of information that I had, until today, never seen before. I poured over a couple of volumes of the Hull City Council/Corporation Minute books before going in search of the trade directories. I approached the helpdesk and was met by some friendly familiar faces from the old Local Studies Library, and was informed that the trade directories were now kept in the all new search room, which was a room surrounded by glass, and well lit from all sides. To gain access I needed a County Archives Research Network Ticket (CARN) and although I had searched at Hull City Archives, Hull’s Local Studies, East Riding Archives, Carnegie Heritage Centre, Sutton History Centre, Bridlington Archives and Local Studies, I had never been told I needed one. At the East Riding Archives I had been issued with what appears to have been a day ticket, so asked if these were available. Luckily they were, but I would warn other’s who are hoping to view the actual archival arm of the building to take some identification with you such as a driving licence, pension book, benefits book, utility bill, bank statement, cheque guarantee card, family allowance book. As long as you have something recent with your address on. It took a short while to register, and when I was done I was shown the locker area, with state of the art lockers, and toilets. These were fantastic compared to the lockers and toilets in the old Hull City Archives, and a vast improvement. I then entered the search area, and looked briefly at the trade directories, and through the enormous name index, noting several sources for the future. I had a brief walk around, and looked out over the vast array of computers, which, compared to the single computer at Hull’s Local Studies Library is a vast improvement. I also noticed that the number of reader printers had increased, this was another great feature as in the past you had to pre-book to obtain one, and sessions lasted just an hour. All in all it’s a great place, with loads to keep even the most intrepid of researchers busy. The staff are all knowledgeable, smart, and friendly, and on hand to help. The facilities on offer are a vast improvement on the previous facilities offered in the old archival and historical institutions, and the building is warm, well lit, and in a fantastic location.
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The multi-million pound Hull History Centre is finally open and see’s the collections of Hull’s Local Studies Library, Hull City Archives, and Hull University Archives all under one roof! Website: http://www.hullhistorycentre.org.uk/ Address: Hull History Centre, Worship Street, Hull HU2 8BG
Tel: 01482 317500 All being well I will be there on Wednesday for a full day of research. |
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We all know the myth that Stephenson had gained medical qualifications, although all those that were supporters of the theory, have yet to provide evidence of the fact. Stephenson, however, did have links to the medical profession, and over the years had numerous doctors, surgeons and medical specialists looking after him. Among those are;
Over the years I have been researching these men, as much as Stephenson, and have uncovered a host of information on them from birth, marriage and death certificates, census entries, hospital records, medical school records, and newspaper articles. I have also uncovered some fantastic obituaries, and articles from sources such as the British Medical Journal. More recently I have been in contact with a descendant of Dr. King’s who provided me with primary sources from a wide range of articles, papers, and documents pertaining to the man that treated Stephenson on numerous occasions. One of the most interesting snippets came from the London Graphic, which featured a short obituary on Dr. Henry Sutton, the man who treated Stephenson in both 1888 and 1889. According to the article, Sutton’s dearest friend was none other than Sir William Gull, a man who himself has been suspected of the Ripper crimes! |
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You will recall that the Dawber family, from Robert D’Onston Stephenson’s side of the family, were involved in businesses and law in Hull for many years. Below is a small selection of articles, mainly on Joseph Dawber, that I unearthed this week. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Tuesday, September 7, 1880 £10,000 Wanted on ample freehold security, at 5 per cent.- Apply, Messrs Tenny and Dawber, Solicitors, Hull. Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham, England), Wednesday, September 8, 1880 £10,000 Wanted on ample freehold security, at 5 per cent.- Apply, Messrs Tenny and Dawber, Solicitors, Hull. Northern Echo (Darlington, England), Wednesday, September 22, 1880 A meeting was held to discuss the recent Seaham Colliery Explosion, with a view to raising funds for the bereaved families, amongst the names on the list are William Dawber and Son, Hull, donating £10.10s Northern Echo (Darlington, England), Thursday, September 23, 1880 A meeting was held to discuss the recent Seaham Colliery Explosion, with a view to raising funds for the bereaved families, amongst the names on the list are William Dawber and Son, Hull, donating £10.10s The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, September 24, 1880 TO GASFITTERS AND PLUMBERS. FOR SALE BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, The BUSINESS of a Gasfitter, Plumber and Glazier, for thirty years past successfully carried on by the late Mr. Parkinson Thomas Harrison, in Prospect-street, Hull, and at Cottingham.- For price and particulars apply to Tenny and Dawber, Solicitors, 16, Parliament-street, Hull. Northern Echo (Darlington, England), Saturday, October 2, 1880 A meeting was held to discuss the recent Seaham Colliery Explosion, with a view to raising funds for the bereaved families, amongst the names on the list are William Dawber and Son, Hull, donating £10.10s The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, December 3, 1880 Report on the Hull Botanical Gardens, with a vote of thanks to the Hon. Solicitor, Mr. Dawber. The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, December 10, 1880 A report on The Next Agricultural Show to be held in Hull, amongst the subscribers is Mr. Dawber Esq. £2.2s The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, July 1, 1881 Hull Borough Sessions, William Clark Dawber is sworn in on the Grand Jury. The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, July 8, 1881 Printed and saved for transcription Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham, England), Tuesday, July 26, 1881 £5,000 Wanted, upon a large Brick and Tile Works, fronting the river Humber, Address to Tenny and Dawber, Solicitors, 16, Parliament-street. The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, October 7, 1881 Meeting of the Hull Ragged and Industrial School at the Institution, Marlborough-terrace. Mr. Dawber, along with Mrs. H. Barkworth, and Tranby, donated flowers and evergreens to decorate the room with. Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham, England), Saturday, September 23, 1882 WANTED, A PARTNER with some means, in an old established Steam Shipping Business.- Address, Tenny and Dawber, Solicitors, 16, Parliament-street, Hull. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Monday, October 23, 1882 WANTED, A PARTNER with some means, in an old established Steam Shipping Business.- Address, Tenny and Dawber, Solicitors, 16, Parliament-street, Hull. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, October 24, 1882 WANTED, A PARTNER with some means, in an old established Steam Shipping Business.- Address, Tenny and Dawber, Solicitors, 16, Parliament-street, Hull. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Wednesday, October 25, 1882 WANTED, A PARTNER with some means, in an old established Steam Shipping Business.- Address, Tenny and Dawber, Solicitors, 16, Parliament-street, Hull. Glasgow Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Wednesday, October 25, 1882 WANTED, A PARTNER with some means, in an old established Steam Shipping Business.- Address, Tenny and Dawber, Solicitors, 16, Parliament-street, Hull. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Thursday, October 26, 1882 WANTED, A PARTNER with some means, in an old established Steam Shipping Business.- Address, Tenny and Dawber, Solicitors, 16, Parliament-street, Hull. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Saturday, October 28, 1882 WANTED, A PARTNER with some means, in an old established Steam Shipping Business.- Address, Tenny and Dawber, Solicitors, 16, Parliament-street, Hull. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Monday, October 30, 1882 WANTED, A PARTNER with some means, in an old established Steam Shipping Business.- Address, Tenny and Dawber, Solicitors, 16, Parliament-street, Hull. The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, October 26, 1883 Printed and saved for transcription The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, December 7, 1883 List of Subscribers for the Hull General Infirmary, Tenny and Dawber donate 11s. The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, February 29, 1884 By order of the Trustees under the Will of Mrs Eliza Gruby, Deceased. WHITEFRIARGATE, HULL. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION BY MR. W. HYDE THOMPSON, At the George Hotel, Whitefriargate, on WEDNESDAY, the 5th day of March, 1884, at Two o’clock in the Afternoon, subject to the general conditions of the Hull Incorporated Law Society, and to such other conditions as may then be produced, and which may be seen at the under mentioned solicitors’ office three days prior to sale, All that Freehold MESSUAGE or DWELLING HOUSE and SHOP, situate on the North side of Whitefriargate, Hull, and adjoining the Yorkshire Banking Company’s premises, now in the occupation of Mr. H. Thomas, tobacconist. The Premises are situate in one of the best thoroughfares in the town, and will be sold to pay a good rate of interest. For further particulars apply to the AUCTIONEER; or to TENNY & DAWBER Solicitors, 16, Parliament-street, Hull. The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, May 9, 1884 Two cottages at Hedon, situate on the west side of Soutergate, occupied by Messrs F. Ellerton and Stephen Spragg, were sold to Mr. E. Leggott for £185. Messrs Tenny and Dawber. The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, July 25, 1884 The Mayor read a letter from Messrs Tenny and Dawber, of Parliament-street, stating that the directors of these Gardens had agreed to purchase of the late Sir James Walker the whole of the land bounded by the site of the Old Spring Ditch on the south by the Hull Cemetery on the north, the Victoria branch of the North Eastern Railway Company on the east, and by the Bridlington branch of the said railway on the west, and compromising fully two acres of land, for the sum of £1,787, for the purposes of an entrance to the Gardens. As the company had therefore a right of road over the site of the Old Spring Ditch, and would be absolute owners of the land adjoining thereto, and the directors felt that the cost of such would be very serious, they wished to know whether the Corporation would construct such road, provided the directors gave the whole of the land for such purposes.- On the motion of the Mayor, the letter was referred to the Waterworks Committee for consideration. The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, August 15, 1884 Notes on the Hull Botanical Garden The combined exertions of the Mayor, the Sheriff, the North Eastern Railway Company, the Trinity House, and the solicitors for the company (Messrs Tenny and Dawber) have brought about the public desideratum, and I trust that the subscription list will increase that much so far as to still further facilitate the exertions of the company to make their property a source of pleasure, recreation, and entertainment for the people. The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, September 5, 1884 Hull and Sculcoates Dispensary lists a number of House visitors for the month ending September 3rd 1884, Dawber is listed. The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, January 2, 1885 List of Hull Royal Infirmary subscribers features Tenny and Dawber donating 10s The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, March 27, 1885 A list of subscribers to the Children’s hospital in Hull includes, William Clark Dawber and Joseph Dawber. The Hull Packet and East Riding Times (Hull, England), Friday, May 1, 1885 Notice on the Botanic Gardens of Hull, featuring among the list Joseph Dawber. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Thursday, April 7, 1887 The will (dated November 26th, 1884), of Mr. John Clark Foster, late of Castlethorpe, Broughton, Lincolnshire, who died on November 29th last, was proved on the 9th ult., by Joseph Dawber and James Popple, the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to over £22,000. Subject to one or two bequests, the testator leaves all his property to his sister, Mary Clark Long. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Friday, April 8, 1887 The will (dated November 26th, 1884), of Mr. John Clark Foster, late of Castlethorpe, Broughton, Lincolnshire, who died on November 29th last, was proved on the 9th ult., by Joseph Dawber and James Popple, the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to over £22,000. Subject to one or two bequests, the testator leaves all his property to his sister, Mary Clark Long. The Ipswich Journal (Ipswich, England), Monday, March 5, 1888 Yarmouth Board of Guardians Meeting. Mr. Dawber’s slate account was again brought before the Board, the Committee having reported the charges to be excessive. Mr. Dawber now offered to deduct 2 ¼ per cent, and the offer was accepted. Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham, England), Thursday, February 13, 1890 On Monday night Mr. J. Hamilton Whitmore, clerk in the office of Mr. Tenny, Dawber and Lord, solicitors, Hull, was found dead on the premises of his employers. He had been suffering from neuralgia, and had taken chloral to mitigate intense pain. The medical man who was called in to see the deceased after death was of the opinion that he had taken an overdose. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Wednesday, July 2, 1890 Partnerships Dissolved Tenny, Dawber and Lord, Solicitors, Hull. Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England), Thursday, July 3, 1890 Partnerships Dissolved Joseph Dawber and William Dawber Lord, trading as Tenny, Dawber and Lord, Kingston upon Hull, Aolicitors, W. D. Lord retires. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Saturday, July 5, 1890 Partnerships PARTNER, with about £4,000 required, in business of Stone, Bottle and Sanitary Pipe Manufacturer. Apply Tenny and Dawber Solicitors, Hull. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Saturday, July 5, 1890 Partnerships Dissolved Tenny, Dawber and Lord, Hull, Solicitors. Glasgow Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), Wednesday, November 12, 1890 Bankrupts Joseph Dawber trading as the Kingston Sanitary Pipe and Terra Cotta Works, Hull, sanitary pipe manufacturer. Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England), Wednesday, November 12, 1890 Bankrupts Joseph Dawber trading as the Kingston Sanitary Pipe and Terra Cotta Works, Hull, Beverley and Newland, Solicitor of the Supreme Court and sanitary pipe manufacturer. The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post (Bristol, England), Wednesday, November 12, 1890 Bankrupts Joseph Dawber trading as the Kingston Sanitary Pipe and Terra Cotta Works, Hull, Beverley and Newland, Solicitor of the Supreme Court and sanitary pipe manufacturer. Reynolds’s Newspaper (London, England), Sunday, January 11, 1891 Tuesday Adjudications In the Country, J. Dawber, 16 Parliament-street, Kingston upon Hull, solicitor of the Supreme Court. Reynolds’s Newspaper (London, England), Sunday, April 5, 1891 At Hull yesterday Joseph Dawber, solicitor, was charged with an offence under the Larceny Act. Prisoner, who recently became bankrupt, was entrusted with a sum of money to invest by a Scarborough gentleman, and it is alleged that he misapplied the money. There are other similar charges against the prisoner; the amount involved being about £5000. Prisoner was remanded. Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham, England), Monday, April 6, 1891 At Hull yesterday Joseph Dawber, solicitor, was charged with an offence under the Larceny Act. Prisoner, who recently became bankrupt, was entrusted with a sum of money to invest by a Scarborough gentleman, and it is alleged that he misapplied the money. There are other similar charges against the prisoner; the amount involved being about £5000. Prisoner was remanded on bail. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Monday, April 6, 1891 Printed long report to transcribe Aberdeen Weekly Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), Monday, April 6, 1891 SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A SOLICITOR- At Hull on Saturday Joseph Dawber, solicitor, was charged with an offence under the Larceny Act. Prisoner, who recently became bankrupt, was entrusted with a sum of money to invest by a Scarborough gentleman, and it is alleged that he misapplied the money. There are other similar charges against the prisoner; the amount involved being about £5000. Prisoner was remanded. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Saturday, May 2, 1891 Notice on Dawber, Solicitor, Hull, Bankrupt The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Friday, May 22, 1891 Printed and saved for transcription The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Friday, May 22, 1891 At Hull, Mr. Joseph Dawber, solicitor, has been further remanded for a week, charged with obtaining £800 from Mrs. Jane Downes, Hull, by fraud, and obtaining by fraud the sum of £3.400, belonging to Dowsing Trustees. Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham, England), Saturday, May 23, 1891 At Hull, Mr. Joseph Dawber, solicitor, has been further remanded for a week, charged with obtaining £800 from Mrs. Jane Downes, Hull, by fraud, and obtaining by fraud the sum of £3.400, belonging to Dowsing Trustees. Birmingham Daily Post (Birmingham, England), Saturday, May 30, 1891 At Hull yesterday, Joseph Dawber, solicitor, was committed for trial at Hull on Friday, on four charges of misappropriating money to the amount of £5,700. Entrusted to him by clients for investment. It was stated that the total amount misappropriated is about £17,000. Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), Saturday, May 30, 1891 At Hull on Friday, Joseph Dawber, solicitor, was committed for trial at Hull on Friday, on four charges of misappropriating money to the amount of £5,700. Entrusted to him by clients for investment. It was stated that the total amount misappropriated is about £17,000. Aberdeen Weekly Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), Saturday, May 30, 1891 At Hull yesterday Joseph Dawber, a solicitor in that town, was committed to the Assizes on four charges, under the Larceny Act, of misappropriating and obtaining by false pretences over £6000 from clients who entrusted him with the money to invest. The Preston Guardian etc (Preston, England), Saturday, May 30, 1891 At Hull, Mr. Joseph Dawber, solicitor, has been further remanded for a week, charged with obtaining £800 from Mrs. Jane Downes, Hull, by fraud, and obtaining by fraud the sum of £3.400, belonging to Dowsing Trustees. Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper (London, England), Sunday, May 31, 1891 ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATION OF £17,000 BY A SOLICITOR,- COMMITTAL,- Joseph Dawber, solicitor, of Hull, was committed for trial at Hull on Friday, on four charges of misappropriating money to the amount of £5,700. Entrusted to him by clients for investment. It was stated that the total amount misappropriated is about £17,000. Aberdeen Weekly Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), Wednesday, June 3, 1891 SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A HULL SOLICITOR,- At Hull on Friday, Joseph Dawber, solicitor, was committed for trial for appropriating money amounting to about £6000 entrusted to him by clients for investment. Reynolds’s Newspaper (London, England), Sunday, June 7, 1891 ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATION OF £17,000 BY A SOLICITOR,- COMMITTAL,- Joseph Dawber, solicitor, of Hull, was committed for trial at Hull on Friday, on four charges of misappropriating money to the amount of £5,700. Entrusted to him by clients for investment. It was stated that the total amount misappropriated is about £17,000. Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper (London, England), Sunday, June 7, 1891 ALLEGED MISAPPROPRIATION OF £17,000,- Joseph Dawber, solicitor, of Hull, was committed for trial at Hull on Friday, on four charges of misappropriating money to the amount of 5,700. Entrusted to him by clients for investment. It was stated that the total amount misappropriated is about 17,000. Northern Echo (Darlington, England), Tuesday, July 21, 1891 THE FRAUDS BY A HULL SOLICITOR.- Joseph Dawber (46), solicitor of Hull, surrendered to his bail on charges of appropriating sums of money amounting to £5,600. The first indictment related to £1,400 entrusted to him by the Rev. J. T. Fowler, the Rev. W. Fowler, and Miss Elizabeth Fowler, trustees and executors of the late Joseph Fowler; a second to £2,400 relating to George Alderson Smith, of Scarborough, and a third to £1,000 belonging to Emma Child, or Reading. A fourth indictment charged him with obtaining £8,000 from Jane Downes by means of false pretences.- Prisoner pleaded guilty to one case of misdemeanour,- The sums misapplied amounted to £17,674 altogether.- Mr. Waddy said prisoner had been involved in difficulties through financing unsuccessful building applications.- Seven years penal servitude. The Pall Mall Gazette (London, England), Tuesday, July 21, 1891 At the Yorjshire Summer Assizes opened at York Castle yesterday, Joseph Dawber, forty six, solicitor, of Hull, was indicted on four counts for misappropriating clients money to the amount of £5,600. It was stated that the total defalcations amounted to £17,000. Prisoner was sentenced to seven years penal servitude. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Tuesday, July 21, 1891 Large report printed for transcribing The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Tuesday, July 21, 1891 The Summer Assizes for the North and East Ridings division of Yorkshire commenced yesterday at York, before Mr. Justice Day and Mr. Justice Grantham. The only case of interest was one in which a Hull solicitor named Dawber was charged with having converted to his own use various large sums of money intrusted to him by clients for investment. He pleaded guilty to one charge, and it was stated that by his course of swindling since 1886 he had appropriated over £17,000. He was sentenced to seven years penal servitude. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, July 21, 1891 At York Assizes yesterday, Joseph Dawber, solicitor, was sentenced to seven years penal servitude for misappropriating large sums of money which had been entrusted to him for investment. The Belfast News-Letter (Belfast, Ireland), Tuesday, July 21, 1891 At the York Assizes, to-day, Joseph Dawber, solicitor, Hull, pleaded guilty to misappropriating large sums of money which had been entrusted to him for investment. The prisoner’s defalcations amounted to £17,000. Mr. Waddy, Q.C., M.P., who appeared for the accused, said the prisoner had been involved in difficulties through financing an unsuccessful building speculation. Mr. Justice Day passed sentence of seven years penal servitude.
Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England), Tuesday, July 21, 1891 At the York Assizes, yesterday, Joseph Dawber, solicitor, Hull, pleaded guilty to misappropriating large sums of money which had been entrusted to him for investment. The prisoner’s defalcations amounted to £17,000. Mr. Waddy, Q.C., M.P., who appeared for the accused, said the prisoner had been involved in difficulties through financing an unsuccessful building speculation. Mr. Justice Day passed sentence of seven years penal servitude.
Freeman’s Journal and Daily Commercial Advertiser (Dublin, Ireland), Tuesday, July 21, 1891 SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A SOLICI|TOR SEVEN YEARS PENAL SERVITUDE York, Monday. At York Assizes to-day Joseph Dawber, solicitor, Hull, pleaded guilty to misappropriating large sums of money which had been entrusted to him for investment. The prisoner’s defalcations amounted to £17,000. Mr. Justice Day passed sentence of seven years penal servitude. Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), Tuesday, July 21, 1891 At York Assizes, on Monday, Joseph Dawber, solicitor, Hull, pleaded guilty to misappropriating large sums of money which had been entrusted to him for investment. The prisoner’s defalcations amounted to £17,000. Mr. Waddy, Q.C., M.P., who appeared for the accused, said the prisoner had been involved in difficulties through financing an unsuccessful building speculation. Mr. Justice Day passed sentence of seven years penal servitude. Aberdeen Weekly Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), Tuesday, July 21, 1891 Joseph Dawber, solicitor, Hull, was yesterday sentenced to seven years penal servitude for the embezzlement of £17,000. Aberdeen Weekly Journal (Aberdeen, Scotland), Wednesday, July 22, 1891 Joseph Dawber, solicitor, Hull, was on Monday sentenced to seven years penal servitude for the embezzlement of £17,000. Manchester Times (Manchester, England), Friday, July 24, 1891 A SOLICITOR SENT TO PENAL SERVITUDE. At the Yorkshire Summer Assizes, opened at York Castle on Monday, Joseph Dawber, forty six, solicitor, of Hull, was indicted on four counts for misappropriating clients money to the amount of £5,600. It was stated that the total defalcations amounted to £17,000. Prisoner, who pleaded guilty to one count in respect of £1,00, was sentenced to seven years penal servitude. Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle etc (Portsmouth, England), Saturday, July 25, 1891 At the York Assizes, on Monday, Joseph Dawber, solicitor, Hull, pleaded guilty to misappropriating large sums of money which had been entrusted to him for investment. The prisoner’s defalcations amounted to £17,000. Mr. Waddy, Q.C., M.P., who appeared for the accused, said the prisoner had been involved in difficulties through financing an unsuccessful building speculation. Mr. Justice Day passed sentence of seven years penal servitude. Reynolds’s Newspaper (London, England), Sunday, July 26, 1891 A SOLICITOR SENT TO PENAL SERVITUDE. At the Yorkshire Summer Assizes, opened at York Castle on Monday, Joseph Dawber, forty six, solicitor, of Hull, was indicted on four counts for misappropriating clients money to the amount of £5,600. It was stated that the total defalcations amounted to £17,000. Prisoner, who pleaded guilty to one count in respect of £1,00, was sentenced to seven years penal servitude. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Saturday, November 14, 1891 Article regarding the Kingston Sanitary Pipe and Terracotta Works, running across five acres of land from Newland to Green-lane. The gent listed as being in charge of the sale is Joseph Dawber. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Saturday, September 10, 1892 Meeting regarding the formation of the Master Slaters Association, which was created by the Master Slaters of Hull, and required the attendance of Master Slaters from Yorkshire, Northumberland, Durham, Grimsby, Nottingham etc. Mr. J. Townsley, of Messrs, W. Dawber and Son, was present and elected Treasurer. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Tuesday, April 10, 1894 THE HOUSES, No’s 22 and 23. St. George’s Terrace, Leeds. For further particulars apply yo J. W. Watson, 21. New Station-street, Leeds, E. O. Wooler, Esq., Solicitor, New Station-street, Leeds. Or W. C. Dawber, 30 Wincolmlee, Hull. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Wednesday, September 12, 1894 WANTED, a good steady SLATER, at Hull, Grimsby, and Bridlington, Apply at W. Dawber and Son, Head Office, Hull. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Monday, December 17, 1894 WANTED, a good steady SLATER. Apply William Dawber and Son, Hull, Grimsby or Bridlington Quay. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Wednesday, December 19, 1894 WANTED, a good steady SLATER. Apply William Dawber and Son, Hull or Bridlington Quay. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Friday, January 18, 1895 WANTED, two or three steady, reliable SLATERS. Apply W. Dawber and Son, Hull or Bridlington Quay. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Tuesday, January 22, 1895 WANTED, two or three steady, reliable SLATERS. Apply W. Dawber and Son, Hull or Bridlington Quay. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Wednesday, January 23, 1895 WANTED, two or three steady, reliable SLATERS. Apply W. Dawber and Son, Hull or Bridlington Quay. Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England), Friday, August 30, 1895 Michael Neary, 21 years of age, labourer, for stealing, at Liverpool, on the 29th ult, a brown gelding, the property of Joseph Dawber, was sentenced to 14 days imprisonment with hard labour. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Saturday, April 25, 1896 Dawber, On the 18th inst, at her residence, Scarborough, Esther, Widow of the late W. R. Dawber, late of Leeds. Interred at Scarborough on Tuesday. Liverpool Mercury etc (Liverpool, England), Tuesday, August 15, 1899 By Order of the Executors of the late Joseph Dawber. At 50 Westmoreland Place, Scotland-road, Liverpool, Monday Next at 21st inst. At one o’clock. The Leeds Mercury (Leeds, England), Thursday, June 21, 1900 Dawber on the 17th June, at Brighton, Eliza, widow of Robert Dawber, late of Grafton House, Lincoln, after a long illness. Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries Dawber on the 17th June, at Brighton, Eliza, widow of Robert Dawber, late of Grafton House, Lincoln, after a long illness. |
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