Criminal information actions and magistrate conduct questioned
The report details a Rule to show why a criminal information should not be fled against Mr Twidle for improperly convicting a person on Game Laws and omitting evidence in a copy of the conviction. Lord Renyon doubts the conviction's wrongness but flags the omission as grounds. Additional items include moves for information against Mr Beevis and two Devon justices, and an Overseer of Bow Poor's disobedience over funding. mandamus orders to pay or rate to reimburse outlays.
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Renyon
Gregs
Beevis
Devon
Bow
Mary Goldsmid Sues Officer Over Notes and Libel Plot
In 1794 Mary Goldsmid alias Parvey sues a Bow Street officer for trover to recover notes worth gold. She eludes prosecution linked to a conspiracy to extort from a noble lord by threatening to publish an obscene libel. The court grants a common day rule and considers bringing the notes into court while addressing extraordinary procedural motions.
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Mary Goldsmid
Mary. Parvey
Spintterstate
Jarhes
Farrer
Trover
Bow-Street
Garrow
Townsend
Mn Castle
Fleet
Ton
Lieutenant Cersvo’s peril on Royal George sinking
A report notes Lieutenant Cersvo, newly appointed Master and Commander, as a Midshipman aboard the Royal George and saving his life by leaping from a port hole as the ship went down. The item also records other naval and provincial notices and a list of ships paying Sound duties between 1795 and 1796.
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Cersvo
Royal George
William Henryman
Court of Session
Scotland
Lord Brecuorn
Cape Francois
France
National Assembly
General Lavaux
Port-de-Paix
Barney
L’harmonie
America
Kent
Sussex
Rostock
Lubeck Pa
Courland
RuMage Papitburgers
Oldenburgh
Fe Bremen
Yeomanry and Army Honored Over Invasion Threat
Friday proceedings debate thanks to Yeomanry of Ireland and all forces. Earl of Aldborough criticizes treatment of peers. Lord Dillon and others push to include Army Militia and Yeomanry in one gratitude. Adjournment set for Monday.
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Comptons
Earl of Aldborough
Ireland
Lord Dillom
Earl of
Aldborough
Lord Dillon
Earl of Clare
Cork
Portsmouth
Hanbour
Earl of Ormond
Europe
Earl of Bellamont
Ireland sparked French confusion and a blundering pill
On Monday a four mile foot race over Kanavermire in Yorkshire carried 100 gs. John Brown of Kirby-moorside defeated Abram Wood of Lancashire in 2 minutes 35 seconds. Bets favored Brown.
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Ireland
Hocus
Kanavermire
Yorkshire
John Brown
Kirby-moorside
Abram Wood
Lancashire
Brown
Eto 4
Peace Hopes Framed by News From France Port
The piece suggests optimism for peace in the coming year tied to Mantua's fate and political shifts in Rile Paul I refuses secession from a treaty via Austria and England. It notes potential rewards to Swabia circle for wartime provisioning and hints Mantua’s relief could elevate Field-Marshal Warrsar to President of the Aulié Council of War.
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Mantua
Paul I
Austria
England
Warrem- Bifxe
Swabia
Ater
Warrsar
Aulié Council of War
Royal Court and London Society Notes
Friday morning reports a royal drawing room at St James's Palace with the Queen and Princesses, the levee, and noble ladies, plus promotions in the Surrey Supplementary Militia. Also listed are twelve judges, political electors, incipient arson fears in Philadelphia, a man seeking the King at St James's, and Bow Street cases of Wheeler and Lancaster.
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Orie
St Janes’s Palace
Wligh
Princes of Waves
Dukes of York and
Clarence
Lewis
Quance
Countess of Cairnr
Synvestér Doves Las
Surry
Erain
Queen’s House
Serjeant’ S Inn
Fires Rage Across Cities as Incendiary Plots Loom
A compilation from New York Philadelphia and Savannah reports repeated fire set attempts in New York near the New Slips and William Street, a motorized fear for citizens to stay vigilant amid dry cold weather, plus a Savannah firestorm where hundreds of houses burned, leaving 400 families in distress and authorities offering rewards for arsonists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Broule
Peter Williams
William-street
Sire
Cortland
Fee
Congress
Savannah
John
Young Noel
Savannahy
United States
Erratic Court Minutes Reflect Local Debates and Vacancies
A chaotic record shows a crowded court with Aldermen debating tax and election actions for Thursday including the mayoral election for a city post and a vacancy in the comptrollership after Mr. Buthnan’s death. Remarks touch on expenditures under the Leiden Militia Acts and calls to extend court powers while noting political maneuvering.
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Loro
Donarizic
Tsord
Cletlin
Lora
Buthnan
Caéwmir
Bushnane
Wooodrace
Wattisman
Leiden
Marshalmain
Hall
James the
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Exseint
A. Robinson Bowes
Court of Chancery
House of Lords
Port
Jne
London
Northern
Kinyon
Rouxe
Norfolk
Eyre
Ashhurst
Midland
Macponato
Groiz, Home
Adams
Pinckney
Senate
Great Britain
Jefferson
Kentucky
Tenérize
Union
Georgia
New-York
Philadelphia
St. James’s
Dunpas
Port- Land
Covent-garden
Charles Wheeler
William Lancaster
Bow Street
Lord Boraruepon
Wimbledon
Uxrrey
States of America
Eifi Wrth
Clintén
Jonaton
William H. Ton
S.C. Enpwarp
J.coate
C.C
Egmmon Cgungil
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