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Forgery trials and lenient mercy in London court
A stream of cases includes Edmund Lovel charged with forging two Bank Notes and uttering one, with testimony detailing the note’s alterations, German text guides, and a Miss Davie household. the jury returns Not Guilty. Bernard Huet faces uttering a forged Jol. note after Rouge et Noir gaming. verdict Death. John Eady admits aiding a park tree theft near Enfield. mercy favored due to character and father’s need.
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Bartholendavi
Richard Knight
Joni
Sirohn Davie
Devonshire
London
Oxford
Kennedy
Marlborough-street
Davie
Lower
Grosvenor-treet
Mistres
Hunt
Blackheath
Baron Toombs
Bernard Huet
Jol
Bank of England
Shaan
Jermyn-street
Leicester-street
Maitland
Indiement
Shaw
Gee
Townsend
Carpmeal
Sydney
Leicester Square
Goring
Hamburgh
Newgate
Robinson
Suffolk-street
Charing-cross
Rivett
Bow-street
Winter
Altona
Huet
Pretty
Collins
Pellet Deane
Asuvuast
John Eady
Dacre
William Dolben
Enfield
W. Dolben
Baron Thompson
W. Dorson
Amar
Merry
Mhoney