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Wittchester Assizes Reported Executions and Trials
Friday's Wittchester Assizes yield one death sentence for a Waleham Black Act felony. other trials include John Keate for his mother’s murder and Stephen Trevit’s acquittal on rape. A woman was branded for theft and two men ordered to transportation. The court ordered humane jail treatment and published prisoner lists. Later notes mention Edinburgh flax mills, Armaments review, and various postings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wittchester
Lewis Gunner
John Keate
Stephen Trevit
Andover
Salisbury
Canterbury
Henry Waddell
Preston
Wingham
Dean and Chapter of
Edinburgh
Spalden
Leith
Duke of Argyle
General Wade
Wade
Royal Company of Archers
John Douglas
Glenberry
Col. Harrison
East Country
Thomas Ereskin
Lord Ereskin
Earl of Mar
Whetham
Cannongate
Berwick
Col. Cadogan
Glasgow
Sorting
Perth
Dublin
Afton’s Key
South Sea
India
rCenr
Royal Exchange Asflurance KG
Tondon Assurance
Bt York
O African
Welch Ditto A
Prem
Daicto