Looting trio tried at Bow Street over Exeter Change raid
Witnesses described a trunk in a Portsmouth Street room, a pick-lock key found near a chimney, and Mary Rawlins who lived with Walberry. Pawnbrokers testified Mary pawned garments and a cloak, with others linking her trunk to the alleged robbery. Walberry and Charles Smith were found guilty. Henry Smith, a boy about 12, not guilty.
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Smiths
Robert
Perta
Strand
Rawlins
William Fielding
Walberry
Portsmouth Street
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
Charles Featons
Bow Street
Portsmouth-street
Lincoln’s-inn-fields
Mary Rawlins
Bow-street
Sarah Bearcroft
Smith
Fane Bondard
Burleigh Street
Exeter
Charles Smith
John Morgan
Sarah Fearman
William Fearman
William
Henry Walberry
Henry Smith
William H. Walberry
Highway Robbery Trial Ends With Guilty of Stealing
John Studly faced the Chief Baron for highway robbery but was found guilty only of stealing after a bottle of Lisbon wine and a two penny bottle were taken. The judge ruled no violence occurred and the act did not meet highway robbery criteria. The defendant claimed innocence, saying he only examined the bottle.
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John Studly
David Smith
Lisbon
Walker
Piccailly
Niene i
Macmanus Refused Private Satisfaction and Sentenced
In Session House Clerkenwell Mr Scowen refused a petition for private satisfaction to the prosecutrix. The court deemed the case aggravated and public, denying the request. The prisoner Macmanus was sentenced to one year in the New Prison after admonishing his conduct as an officer of justice.
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Macmanus
Scowen
Common Serjeant
Chairman
Grosfly
Court orders strict custody for defendant at New Prison
TheKeeper of the New Prison reported the court's concern that de scribed prisoners might obtain door keeper roles, urging that the defendant receive no such advantage and be kept in close custody. The chairman announced Bow Street's note that Reed, the perjurer, had been dismissed from patrol and will not be employed again.
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Macmanus
Bow-street
Sampson Wright
Reed
Public Office Bow Case Involving Theft at Pimlico
Alexander Wilkin and Robert Stauker charged with stealing two guineas and other items belonging to William Chatterton. Chatterton testified they abducted him near the wall of the Queen's Garden Pimlico and took him to the Yorkshire Grey where he bought waistcoat pieces. One suspect watched the money as the other stole it and fled. A pawn-broker testified to pledges of some articles. A constable said duplicates were found on the prisoners. they were committed and bound over to prosecute.
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Alexander Wilkin
Robert ‘Stauker
William Chatterton
Chatterton
Queen’s Garden
Pimlico
Yorkshire Grey
Kader
Ae . Ee Chew
London Highlights From Whitehall to Carlton House
Reports from London note a midday Council at the Secretary of State's Office with peers including Grenville and Dundas, and a dinner at Carlton House for the Prince of Wales. Archbishop of York arrives from Bath as dispatches for Madras and China close at India House. A new French minister is introduced to the Cabinet, while Sir Joshua Vanwege’s wealth is described and ministers praised.
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Whitehall
Port
Duke of Richmont
Lord Grenvirrr
Lord Hawkxessary
Dundas
Lord Grenville
St. James’s
Prince of Wars
Carlton
Archbishop of York
Audley-street
Bath
Robert Burvett
Robert Burdet, Bart
Earl of Aylesbury
Lord Macartney
Madras
China
India House
Paris
Joshua Vanweck
Westphalia
H. F. Gardner
76Th Dragoons
Light Dragoons
Serevice
Jamaica
Petit Te Ene Gardner
Admiralty
Plymouth
Gorpsmith
Duke of York
Botany Bay
A French Officer’s View of the Nairs of Malabar
A French officer describes the Nairs as the Malabar coast nobility with ancient prestige. He notes many husbands for wives, houses with many doors, signaling visits with sabers, and communal dining seasons. He claims heirs come from sisters’ children, and nephews serve uncles in arms, while paternal names are unknown to Nair children.
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Tyr Bo Sats
Malabar Coast
Samarin
Memoir commission, Irish Catholics, and theatre receipts
A fragment notes a fee of five hundred pounds from Irish Catholics for composing a memoir or address to the Ministry, hoping his father’s pen would be drawn into service. It reviews Irish Catholic claims, the Duke of Manchester and Earl of Albemarle, a Salop gaol trial of Edward Jones, and historic London theatre receipts. It ends with a list of vessels passing the Sound in 1791 and Middlesex London sittings before Lord Kenyon.
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Duke of Manchester
Earl of
Salop
Edward Jones
Shrewsbury
House of Correction
Merionethshire
London
Covent Garden
Drury Haymarket
Drury Lane
Holland
Wales
Huch Cadwallader
Masquerade Ball at Latouche’s Prominent in Destin
A grand masquerade ball hosted by Mrs John Latouche last night drew widespread attendance from the neighborhood. Guests enjoyed lively dancing and witty conversation before an ample supper display. Unmasked at supper, the company continued to revel until morning, praising the Latouche household for a holiday finale worthy of their reputation.
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John Latouche
Bad Weather Produces Shipwrecks at Dunkirk
Dunkirk reports weeks of severe weather with a Bourdeaux brig driven ashore and its crew perish. A southern whale ship stranded near the port saved its crew. Five English bodies found on the strand, others believed English, with reports of an English frigate lost and some forty bodies on the shore.
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Bourdeaux
Bologne
Haunted Chelsea House and Ancient Feather Family Tale
A fragmentary tale describes a resident ghost in Wilson's Chelsea house haunting every room and becoming visible after nine months. It recounts Grace at Blenheim grounds meeting a laborer who claims the Feather Family lineage in a humorous exchange with the Duke, who questions the depth of their ancestry.
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Wilson
Chelsea
Duke of Marlborough
Grace
Blenheim
Adda
Walker
Corones Ini
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