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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 13, 1796
Page
3
A fragmentary report mentions an appointment in the army and a chief, with references to Italy and curating duties. The text also notes a number of field pieces sent to a place, but many words are garbled, leaving the exact names, dates, and actions uncertain.
December discussions reveal the Representatives dismissed municipal Members, then reinstated them after the new appointees refused acceptance. The council considers enrolling all young men aged 16 to 25 for national service. Commissioner Bourkeville 48 arrives to oversee abolition of various orders amid religious rite tensions.
A theatrical notice critiques a three act Cumberland play titled Days of York. It notes uneven plotting and elaborate language that challenges performers. Mrs. Clendenning appears as a second act page singer delivering a bright encore. Cumberland's prologue is briskly delivered by Mr. Tot.
Shipping updates from Plymouth describe frigates hove to and firing off Brest while a signal to Quebec was exchanged. Accounts cover the Serpent sloop's arrival with transports, proposed St Domingo expedition, and a broad range of court cases including burglaries and jewel thefts with testimonies and verdicts.
In a county case Charles Gordon testified that a servant repeatedly stole household items from his 38th of April to the 14th of December, missing five table cloths and spoons. A pawnbroker’s discovery of two pledged cloths led to the prisoner Guiry being identified and detained by an officer.
Thomas Beath was found guilty of stealing a teacanister containing 17 pounds of tea from Mr. Sterling a Brandy Merchant and Grocer valued at 42s with the canister at 3 francs Mason a man involved confirmed the property. Morse witness Benjamin Farmer stopped Beath in Little Denmark Street on December 24 and Beath claimed a man gave it to him. Defense claimed similarly. Age noted as 9 years old.
A damaged OCR passage describes a prisoner's claim of innocence in a cloaked scene where a judge and crowd observe a blurred, hazy night. The text suggests others seized a person but the prisoner insists he did not commit the robbery. The wording is garbled but implies a misidentification or extenuating circumstance.
The court heard how a January burglary at Mr Hunter's house began with a secure exterior and ended with a forced cellar window. Witnesses, including Mr Huxter and Mr Hunter, confirmed thieves targeted the premises. a Saddle piece and a carved iron crow were tied to the break in. Prisoner Anderson faced a guilty verdict of death.
The court found Mark Kaye not guilty of putting off counterfeit money. The evidence showed he was merely in company with Barber when an agreement to have Edward Rogers purchase counterfeit sixpence, half silver and half copper, at fifty for a guinea was made. Kaye could not have done the act, as he was not present when Rogers received the money from Barber.
The Court of King’s Bench upholds a conviction for selling wheat by a non Winchester bushel. Both buyer and seller liable to forfeit the corn value and pay a 40 shilling fine under Car II statutes. Lord Kenyon affirms the Acts construction and public approval of the decision.
A jumble of notices describes ladies of the old French court planning homage to Holy Rood-Rouse. It mentions pilgrimages and a missed harvest, plus a fire at Messrs Nurr and Sankey's Canterbury malt-house. A Maidstone tailor died suddenly after a long premonition. A Marksbury shooting accident ends fatally. The Scho Square dispensary is praised for curing patients in 1773 and advertises Shirsutrv’s AnYisconacre Daore as relief for gout scurvy rheumatism and nerve debility.
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