Bigamy trial at Old Bailey over two marriages
Thomas Hornby Morland faced indictment for eloping with Mary Simmons and marrying her at St Pauls Covent Garden after his first wife, Ann Chapman, was alive. The judge ruled that a real marriage suffices for bigamy, though questions of age and parental consent affected the case. The jury hesitated, and Morland was remanded for a related Suffolk charge.
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Thomas Hornby
Morland
Mary Simmons
St. Paul's
Covent
Garcia
Ann Chapman
St. Paul’s
Covent Garden
Dumffries
Scotland
London
Dumfries
Ann Hardcastle
Suffolk
John
Mary Chapman
Elgarth
York
John Simmons
Wolverhampton
St. Paul
Mani
Montague
Accidien
Ann Herdcastle
Simmost
Tudge
Gaeald
Learud Gudee
Bin
Mr. Simmons
Oth
Beventa Day Convict Sentences Reported
This morning sentence was passed on the different prisoners convicted this Session. Fourteen were discharged by proclamation. Six were ordered to be publicly whipped and discharged, and three to be privately whipped and discharged. One to six months hard labour. One to be publicly whipped and imprisoned three months. One to be imprisoned one year. Seventeen transported seven years beyond the colonies.
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Hhe House of Correction
Newgate
Javo
Capital convicts named and condemned for robberies
The court lists twelve capital convicts including Charles Alden George Cook and others for robberies on the King's highway and in dwellings. A long sermon on repentance followed before the judge pronounced the sentence and adjourned the Sessions to February 16. A Highland Society report notes eleven marble varieties from Scotland’s Argyllshire coast under trial for European markets.
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Charles Alden
George Cook
Daniel Buckeridge
Thomas Pointer
John Wallis
King’s Highway
William Smith
John Randal
Thomas Herbert
Neal M‘mullen
Sofo de Souza
Ann Rhodes
Ann King
Christ
Highland Society of Scotland
Edinburgh
Tcolmkih
Levee at Buckingham House and royal notices unfold
London dispatches recount a thin levee at St James's with many nobles and ambassadors in attendance. The King grants audiences to cabinet ministers and later dines at Buckingham House. Reports cover surveys to the West Indies, opera disputes, India Company matters, and ongoing theatres. Telegraphs note Lawrence of Rueda, Porima, and potential Turkish war shifts with Dutch Prussia and British interests, plus commodity and convict economy reflections.
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Buckingham House
St.James’s
Duges
Richmond
Dorset
Montrose
Marquis of Salisbury
Uxbridge
Chatham
Aylesford
Camden
Fortescue
Galloway
Falmouth
Wentworth
Mulgrave
Dover
Amherst
Chester
Gordon
Baugh
Campbell
Brrk Henry
Monterrzr
Dissero
Pringle
Duke of Ricamont
West Indies
Prince of Wales
Dukes of York
Leeps
Beprorp
Chot Mondeley
Buckinghamshire
Sheripan
Fairer
The
India Company
Madras
China
East India House
Lisbon
King George
Yescomb
Firmer Honeywoonp
Kent
Ireland
Downhire
Waterford
Lord Brein
Temple of
Hyimen
Earprey
Laurence Nf
Rueda
Porima
Danute
Erza
Paras
Constantinople
Black Sea
Potemkin
Baltic
Prussia
Turkey
Great Britain
India
Sandwich Islands
Pacific Ocean
America
Port Jackson
New South Wales
Jamaica
Hancer
Wrotham
Parrymore
Civic oath administered to Paris clergy amid unrest
On January 13 in Paris a municipal officer and two notables visited parishes to administer the civic oath to clergy who had submitted. The Rector of St Eustace, accused of resisting, proved the charge false by taking the oath with forty seven ecclesiastics. Public order was preserved as the deadline for oath compliance lapsed on the 16th.
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St. Eustace
Municipal Unions and Church Seals Spark Territorial Debates
The assembly notes a decree binding Fleury to Seine and Oise and Montmorency censure for banning Gobert from opening the Court with a drum. It records clashes between department directors and local tribunals over sealing moveables of the Cathedral Chapter in Dax, with the seals briefly broken and the Attorney General noting usurpation of justice. The National Assembly approves that view.
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M. Goff
Paris
Fleury
Seine
Oise
M.redlard
Montmorency
M. Gobert
Geneffe
Rtile
M. Chabroud
Department Des Landes
Dax
Tribunal of
Tribunal of Justice
National Assembly
Berlin Prince Henry Erects Marble Mausoleum for Frederick II
Prince Henry of Berlin constructs a marble mausoleum at Reinsburg honoring his brother Frederick II. The structure is described as a superb edifice to be opened with pompous ceremony worthy of both founder and hero.
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Henry
Reinsburg
Frederick II
Changes Outlook for Austrian Administration in 1791
Vienna reports substantial changes expected in the administration early in 1791. Archduke Francis may be named Director of the Chancery of Bohemia as Arch-Chancellor, occupying the Hotel de la Chancellerie, while Baron de Kresser would head seminaries and public establishments. Comte de Hazfeld to retire, Comte Chotek to succeed, and the Treasury President to lead Finances and Bank.
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Archduke Francis
Chancery of
Bohema
Hotel de la Chancellerie
Baron de Kresser
Comte de Hazfeld
Comte Chotek
Treasury
Finances
The
Bank, Commerce, &c
Comte de Sortixon In Audience On Imperial Courtesy
In Ecra December 26 1789 note the Comte de Sortixon appointed by the Empress of Russia to compliment Leopold on his coronation had audience on the 24th. The Empress and late Emperor shared stronger friendship than now between the two courts. Leopold fears Empress gains over Turks and Greek influence in Hungary and Poland while peace with Sweden seems unstable. Swedish king may seek joint action with the allied powers over Russia.
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Comte de Sortixon
Russia
Leopold
Leopolp
Hungary
Poland
Empresa
Prussia
Sweden
Ruffia
Woman Dies in Galloway Aged Over 140
In Galloway Scotland a woman has died aged at least 140 years. Over the past twenty years more than twelve people in the county have died aged around 110. William Marshall aged 117 remains alive.
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Galloway
Scotland
William Marshall
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Thersday
France
Berlin
Vienna
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