Society for Discharge and Relief of Prisoners for Debts
Society report from Jan 5 1790 lists 7 debtors discharged for £1 15s 2d, 84 petitions reviewed with 33 approved, 39 referred for characters, 7 rejected. Benefactions sought at Thatched House Tavern and several London firms. books open for support and monthly meetings on the first Wednesday.
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Yen-Street
Serand
Nield
Treasure
St. James’street
The
London Exchange Banking Company
Met. Hoares
Fleet-street
Fuller, Son, and Co
Lombard-street
Biddulph, Cocks, and Co
Charing Cross
Dorrien and Co
Finchland
Cornhill
Ransom
Morland
Hammersley
Pall Mall
Vere
Lucadou
Broughton
Smart
Secretary’s
Cravenfreet
Strand
State Lottery Office Offer and Prize Schedule 1791
Government security tickets sold at this office for drawing starting February 9 1791 promise prizes up to 270 600 pounds. Shares priced sixpence with receipts and terms stated. detailed payout for various ticket quantities and fractions of shares provided, with blanks and early drawing notes.
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State Lottery Stamp Office
English State Lottery draws near with 6 plans offered
The notice from R Nicholson at 137 Fleet Street London announces the English State Lottery begins drawing next month. It details schemes to sell Trexers and Stampen Saves, describing prizes for blanks and various share options, with capital prizes up to 20000 and 2500, and plans offering different ticket quantities and guaranteed purchase money, urging nobility and public to participate.
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R. Nicholson
Banktreet
Cornhill
Bank of England
Fleet Street
London
Argray and Co
Snow Hill London Royal Universal Subscription Bank Lottery Pitch
No. 3 Snow Hill announces a combined English and Irish State Lottery subscription. Subscribers pay half a guinea and receive twelve numbers plus chances at two lotteries with potential capital prizes up to twelve thousand pounds. Receipts and tickets secured at a banker, with applications via post to No. 3 Snow Hill London.
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Pean Lee
Fomall
Me & Te Ory
Hlalp
Royooo Plantes
Snow-Hill
London
Rehe Royal Universal
Tion Bank
Bank of England
Royniversal
Londons
N. B
Fragmentary Trial Testimony Reveals Further Prosecutions
The testimony lists a sister of the prosecutrix and another servant Pecka lutam as witnesses, both deemed not material. Edward Spink, a Rathe hone watchman, recalls the hour and an incident near a gate where a man was summoned and warned against entering the house, with details unclear about any robbery.
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Peckalutam
Edward Spink
Rathe Hone Place
Aldacy Cath
Wim
Iim
Portly thief steals three guineas in a Covent Garden pocket
Edmund Bele of Ireland stands indicted for pocket-picking from Elizabeth Weldon on 12th, as she sat in a front box at Covent Garden Theatre. Weldon, later robbed in a hackney coach, identified Bele as the pocket thief after a chase and watchman’s pursuit. Witnesses describe Weldon’s forged names and prior lodgings, while cross examinations reveal Weldon’s irregular employment and companions.
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Edmund Bele
Dungarnan
Kingdom of Ireland
Elizabeth Weldon
Rathborne Place
Covent Garden Theatre
Sway
Hom
Sarah Reilly
E. Weldon
Tronton
Smith
Afton
Howland- Street
Charles-street
Suffolktreet
Bream’s-Buildings
Lombard-street
the Thames
East Harding-street
Fetter Lane
Derbyshire
Mr. Whitebrooks
Greekstreet
Mr. Tronton
Judy
Defence argues against imputations in court case
The defendant proclaims innocence, stressing honesty and lack of distress while alleging coercion for money. Witnesses recount a crowd altercation, a coach ride, and claims of robbery. the accuser’s charge is disputed, and prosecutors seek compromise. The jury concludes with a verdict of not guilty.
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Pei I Biteman
Shepherd
Lord Dungarvan
Justice Reid
Reid
Gibbon
Baron Thomson
Grace of Devonshire
Duke of Portland
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Sear
Strode
Theodore Ren
Ry Broadhead
Plumtree
R. Balshaw
L. W
David Pearson Hearnden
Mr. Filmer
Secretar
Benevolus
Melli Oares
S. W
Po Afs
AM Waves
Seseenak
St. 8S
Jose
NichoLson
Nickolson
Dee
Rchase
Kets, Jred and
Gee Shane
Sal
Laas
Thomas Brody
Covent
Garden
Steven Fleming
Rathbone Place
Dungarvan
Thame
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