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Morning Cabinet Report and Newgate Executions Mark May Day
A morning Cabinet Council at St James's led to a report on three condemned malefactors from last sessions at the Old Bailey. John Jones and John Davis are ordered for execution at Tyburn on Monday for highway robberies, while Henry Hart is reprieved for transportation. The report also notes a Barton-street violence over May-poles at Wooton near Gloucester, a fatal blaze in Hampstead, and a scolding row over a Swift poem alleged to be forged. Elsewhere in Scotland the Assembly outlines procedures for Brethren who protested against its sentences, with plans to suspend or censure offending ministers, and a Perth letter details Tay Bridge progress and local financial markets.
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St. James’s
Serjeant Arling
Old Baily
Tyburn
John Jones
James Collett
William Bow Elgrs
John Davis
Hounslow Heath
Henry Hart
Dublin
London
Swift
D.S.P.D
Pope
Duc de Rochefaucault
General Assembly
Highlands
Falkirk
William Anderson
Henry Lindsey
Bathkennar
Galloway
Hugh Mitchel
Stevenkirk
Perth
William Canfield
Bridge of Tay
John Greenwood
Stephen Gordon
Hertford
Norce
Will &Co
Stephen Gorden
Oxinton
Atorc
Sam