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Newspaper
Augusta Chronicle
Location
Augusta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1806
Page
2
An extract outlines court martial rules Art 72 to 82 plus a continuation from a Paris secret history 1805 detailing Madame Letitia Bonaparte, relics scandal, and police probes. It also reports General Fox to command in Sicily and British moves, plus late Boston and Baltimore notices on peace prospects and public figures.
London reports state the king’s eye weakness is minor as he descended Windsor steps unaided and with improved sight, while foreign journals on June 14 note Germany’s political upheaval pooling power to Bonaparte and allies amid unclear rumors.
In New York on July 26 the Circuit Court heard speeches for the defense led by Mr Colden Mr Hoffman and Mr Emmet Judge Taumance charged the jury and at 4 pm they returned with a verdict not guilty. A separate shipment report notes the schooner Argus arriving from Curracao.
In Poughkeepsie New York on a Wednesday night Jesse Wood of the town of Fishkill is jailed charged with murdering his son Joseph. Hezekiah Wood brother to the slain man is detained as an abettor. A coroner’s inquest reveals the family quarrel over domestic affairs followed by the father firing a loaded musket. The shot killed Joseph as the family returned from the harvest field.
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