Middlesex Sessions Trial for Wilful Perjury in Thompsons Case
The Middlesex jury acquitted James Thompson in a perjury case involving an upholsterer and a rent dispute. Richard Burnell was found guilty of obtaining money by false pretences and remains imprisoned. The trial featured extensive testimony from Josiah Harding and Edward Perkins, with the jury returning a verdict of wilful perjury against Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
KING
James Thompson
Richard Burnell
Edward Perkins
Martha Harrington
Mr. Andrews
Davies-street
Berkeley-square
Perkins
Burnell
Josiah Harding
Thompson
King’s Bench
Wilty
Ravencrofts
Executions Reported at Whitmore Common and Warwick
A Coventry Mercury account details executions on Whitmore Common for burglary at Longford and at Warwick for theft and sheep stealing. It notes the large crowds surpassing 25 000, clergymen prayers, pardons sought, and both condemned men showing penitence before death. It also mentions the families, pregnancies, and posthumous fates of their spouses and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Moore
Isaac Butcher
R. Gwen
Longford
Butcher
Moore
Bedworth
Ranters
Coventry Mercury
Wm. Carter
Thos
Smedley
R. Lowe
Birmingham
Shatteswell
Warwick
Carter
Kidderminster
Louisa Cornforth
Cornforth
Wemesbury
Workmen uncover ancient graves as trenching nears Holyrood
Workers dig a trench behind Holyrood House to channel Magagy's Well water to a brewery near Abbey Hill. Bones and coffin handles emerge, indicating an extended burial ground from Canongate era. Separately, Howard and Gibbs bankruptcy hearing discusses debts, while a major art collection at Avista Chapel is put up for sale due to a family inheritance dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eoinsurcu
Holyrood House
Salisbury Crags
Abbey Hill
Magagy
Canongate
St. Ann's
James
Howard
Grpss
Howerd
Gibbs
Guildhall
Carroll
Fine Arta
Bettendorf
Aavista-Chapelle
Hubert
Jean van Eyk
Jean Hemelinck
Roger van der Wyden
Albert Durer
Bernard van Orley
Jean de Maubeuge
Jean Scoreel
Welli
Leopold Bettendorf
Birth of a son for Mrs Dickson at Blifton
The Sth inst. at Blifton the wife of D J H Dickson M D is blessed with a son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blifton
D. J. H. Dickson
M.D
Seymour-Wilkins marriage at Crickhowell
Edward William Seymour, grandson of Lord Francis Seymour, to Charlotte Alice Wilkins of Crickhowell widow of Richard Wilkins, in a ceremony conducted by Rev. H T Payne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crickhowel
Died at 17 Louisa Deare daughter of Rev J B Deare
Notices report the death of Louisa Deare aged 17 daughter of the Rev J B Deare Vicar of Bures Suffolk and Chaplain in Ordinary to the King At St Ann's Barbados Mrs Cumming identified as Captain Cummings Deputy Assistant Quarter Master General and daughter of the late Baron de Bretton Also Anny Westley Richards wife of Mr Westley Richards died at Hagley-row Birmingham in her 29th year
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Louisa
J. BR. Deare
Bures
Suffolk
St. Ann's
Barbadoes
Mra. Cumming
Cumming
Baron de Bretton
St.Croix
Hagley-row
Bimingham
Anny
Westley Richards
Harvest Weather Across Regions and Crop Prospects
Reports from Waterford Kerry Cork and Dublin detail unsettled conditions and heavy rains harming crops. Wheat prices rise amid damage. oats barley and flour fluctuate. Ayrshire Perthshire and Glasgow note mixed yields with early harvests and potential fodder shortages due to wet or dry spells.
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Waterford
Kerry
Cork Intelligencer
Cork
Kilkenny
Bunones
Monastereven
Portarlington
Mountmellick
Dublin
Clare Advertiser
Ayrshire
Glasgow Courier
Perthshire
Glasgow
Adjourned Inquest on Death of Richard Honey
Eyewitness testimony describes funeral day crowd clashes at Cumberland Gate during the Queen’s procession. A tailor testifies to Life Guards firing after stones flew, while witnesses dispute magistrate presence and riot act reading.
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Foreman
Adolphus
Colonel Cavendish
Mr. Henson
Cavendish
Hyde Park-gate
Cumberland-gate
Henson Jias
Blaikie
Parkins
Coxonen
eGeorge Gun
Charlton-street
Fitzroy-square
Richard Honey
Hyde Park-corner
Park
Life Guards
Park Jane
Oxford-street
Tyburn Turnpike
Life ‘Guards
Edgware-road
Mr. Galt
Oxford Blues
Edgward
Edgeware-road
Tyburn-gate
Francis
Coronen
Mr. Blaikie
Grosvenor Gate
Parklane
Grosvenor-gate
Piccadilly
Park-lane
Pitcadilly
Knightsbridge
Grosvenor
Williamson
Bond-street
Henry Charles Elsgood
No. 9
Park-street
Iam
Lord Bagot
Cumberlandgate
Oxford Street
Cumberland Gate
St. Giles's
L Y
St. Giles’s
Osxford-street
Edgeware Road
Cumberland-street
Spicer
Mr. Brown
Mr. White
Queensquare
Life
W. Manners
Hluntingtower
Corpxrer
Mece
Inquest Voices on Queen's Procession Obstruction
A coroner reads 94 depositions about the Queen's procession blocked at Kensington and Hyde Park. Sir Robert Baker, the Horse Guards, and crowd actions are described as authorities clash with obstructing locals and conflicting route choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Blaikie
Grosvenorgar
Cumberland-gate
Mr. Spicer
Henson
Cumberland-street
Lord Bagot
Edgeware Road
Wm. Bishop
Blaikie
Gore
John Watts
Oundburghtow
Pimlico
Oxford-street
Bishop
Indee
Mr. Henson
Pyul
Mr. Brown
Hyde Park
Cononxza
Robert Baker
Kensington
R. Baker
Hyde Park Corner
Sir Robert Baker
Carlton-house
Chittenden
R. As
Piccadilly
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