Speech on Free Press by Le Duc de Rochefoucauld
The speech celebrates the end of lettres de cachet and the birth of free expression. It argues a free press is essential to transmit thoughts to posterity, enable open scrutiny, and safeguard laws and morality. It warns against unregulated prints while urging England as a model of liberty.
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England
Court Hearing on Damages Claim for Debauchery
The plaintiff sues on behalf of her young daughter to recover damages from the defendant for seducing and corrupting a innocent young woman. The counsel lauded the defendant’s influence while condemning the crime of seducing a virtuous woman, arguing it harms society and morality. The case highlights concerns over prostitution and the dangers posed by predatory men.
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Mar
Seduction and Widespread Prostitution Case Ends in Non-Suit
A 50-year-old man of property faced a jury over seduction of the plaintiff's daughter. The defence argued juries must punish seducers to reform youth, while the plaintiff sought exemplary punishment. After detailing repeated schemes to marry the girl, intoxication, and a yearslong deception, the court ruled the case non-suited.
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Drury Lane
Werse
Solen Mills Price
London
St. James's
Lottery and rewards notice from Dublin 1789 proclamation
The Lord Lieutenant and Council offer a fifty pound reward for the discovery and prosecution of offenders connected with a prior offence, urging apprehension before July 31. The document also lists drawn numbers from a Treasury lottery and announces payment details and deadlines for 1789 in Dublin, with an official notice at the Treasury Chambers.
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Warlee
Treasury-Chambers
Dublin
Sporadic Radio Star Calendar Fragments
Fragmentary OCR shows a mixed string of days, numbers, and celestial terms like rising and setting. No coherent event or names. Reads like a schedule or almanac snippet with scattered times and codes, lacking clear subjects or actions to summarize.
Murderers sought in Kilbeggan brutal assault case
Lords Justices offer 50 to 100 pounds rewards for apprehension and conviction of Mathias McManus and his associates in a deadly December 17 incident near Kilbeggan. Proclamations urge townspeople to aid pursuit in County Meath and surrounding districts, with pardons for informants and suspects later discovered.
Fire Attack on Buildings Placed Under Proclamation
The Lord Lieutenant and Council of Lakeland publish a reward and amnesty for information leading to the capture of perpetrators who set on fire a dwelling house a barn with grain stacks and other property on lands including Badagh and Joneulty. A reward of FIFTY POUNDS is offered for each offender apprehended and convicted.
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Forkhill
County of Armagh
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Perians
Richard Licyu
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Badagh
Joneulty
Barmy
Kilsamania
Wipperary
Oder
Uehes
Afure
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