17 Oct 1741
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Newspaper
Dublin Gazette
Location
Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Date
Oct 17, 1741
Page
1
A fragmentary 1742 Dublin-Castle report notes a Cork murder during a breakfast raid, prices for bear barley oats and wheat, and local elections at Drogheda and Ardee. Also referenced are marriages, a Belfast ceremony gone wrong, and storms and deaths. Lord Justice promotions and a deer shot in Phoenix Park trigger a five pound reward for information.
Dublin July 8 1441 His Excellencies the Lords Justices announce a twenty pounds reward for information leading to the conviction of the person or persons who shot a buck in the King's Park the Phoenix near Dublin between 1 and 2 in the morning of Sunday July the fifth. A separate note mentions five pounds for apprehending William Mallow or bailiff Jo rossthwait for taking a fawn from the park. William Mellows, about five feet nine inches tall at age three, described as fair complexioned, wearing brown cloth and brown bob wig, is named in the pursuit.
An 1741 advertisement accuses Samuel Rawson and John Woodrofe of Kilkenagh in Wexford of failing to honor multiple bonds to Robert Phair of Foicorra in Ireland. Phair claims the notice to publicize alleged debt schemes was defamatory and seeks judgment and recovery.
A historical advertisement promotes Lately Published Defence of the Protestant Religion by L. E. & Son, published by George Gowan in Back-lane. It argues their departure from Rome lacks cause and urges public good, noting it is an established printed work sold by the Church of England affiliates.
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