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Assembly Deliberations On Simson Libel and Proceedings
The record recounts the General Assembly approving an overture granting liberty in judging the Simson case, with debates on his fitness and prior censures. It notes actions on May 7 and the Assembly’s plan to hear the Professor’s full defense before final judgment, plus related notices from London about trials, arrests, and royal officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Simson
Port Meridiem
Forenoon
Charles Charters
Aberelior
Aberbrothwick
London
Stephen Austin
Westminister
Woolfton
Huggins
Exchequer
Common Pleas
Farley
Exeter
Margret Harley
Earl of Oxford and Mortimer
Dover Street
Thomas Broderick
Whitehall
Viscount Middleton
Mary Capel
Robert Bruce
Lord Bruce
Earl of
Aylesbury
Samuel Clarke
St. James’s West
Houfhold
Paul Methuen
Henry Cartwright
Kensington
Holland
Bambridge
Old Bailey
Robert Castle
John Darby
William Avon
Maré Fhalfea
Southwark