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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 20, 1796
Page
3
The proceedings recount a defense of life and duty by a defendant in a trial. Counsel urged arrest of judgment due to indictment defects, the jury recommended mercy, and the court ordered the indictment read while speakers argued its correctness. The trial continued with witnesses called as the jury deemed the indictment true.
A fragment from a London jury session in January 1796 outlines the indictment for high treason against Crossfield Smith Higgins and Le Mait. It records debates over access for attorneys, the role of the Attorney General, and the jurors commitment to impartiality without fear or favor. The text notes the clerk of the indictments and the readiness to examine witnesses while questioning attendance at conjunctures.
A fragmentary record lists when the Revolutionary Tribunal operated from August 1792 to July 27 1794 and names the vast tally of victims including Eliza, various nobles, clergy, and officers. It notes 2774 persons judged, with Dupin aged 97 the eldest, and Charles Dubot aged 14 the youngest, plus the Verdun conspiracy victims and multiple executions in one day.
Fragmentary report recounts General Miranva banishment from the French Republic for being deemed suspicious. He writes from Copenhagen that he seeks payment of debts in specie and assignats, asserting a sacred stipulation with France and pending arrears, while noting persecution and captivity under revolutionary governments.
Fragmentary verse notes the Graces attending a charge with innocence, praise, and fame. Names and clear events are obscured. the lines evoke charm and adoration as wreaths of glory are bestowed upon a favored figure.
On Thursday the first day of Term graduates and associates from Christ Church New College and other Oxford colleges were admitted to various degrees and titles including A M BAC L and A B. Names listed include Rev Walter Hutchinson Eyre and Mr James Campbell Waller among many others.
A poor man with broken ribs and severe bruising was brought to the infirmary after a cart and horses passed over him near Ttuke's Dock. The driver, now in custody, was on the fore-board at the time. A storm of wind hail rain thunder and lightning struck the town for over half an hour that evening.
Plymouth authorities respond to a surge of burglaries by doubling the town guard. The Plymouth Volunteers under Major Hawkee join a nightly piquet to assist civil powers, a move aimed at reducing crime and restoring order.
An eight regiment foot marching from Chatham toward Bristol was ordered to Tre land in two divisions on Monday. Captain Dostet attended at the India House and took command of Bulbridge for Bengal on Tuesday night. A post chaise robbery occurred between Powder Mills and Holinslow three, leaving two gentlemen wounded and robbed of money and a double barreled gun. a surgeon was summoned. A Sussex servant girl aged about unknown drop and died after reading a letter believed to be from her former admirer who had recently married another woman.
Disjointed OCR text presents quoted remarks on fashion, virtue, and study attributed to an English elite circle. It references the Duke of Wharton, Swift, Locke, Dean Swift, and a Dr. Conductor figure, with lines about repentance and cultivating virtues. The passage hints at a memoir noting criticism of junk taste and a famed pheasant frolic anecdote.
The fragment cites frost fears delaying ice stocks for summer, notes Norway ships returning with ice luxury, and imagines Elizabethan maids storing iced oranges. It then shifts to street crime reports including pickpocket schemes near the Bank and a clock theft at Mr Manley’s, with a child’s death on Ludgate Hill and a fatal confrontation in Greenfield leading to murder charges.
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