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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 30, 1797
Page
1
Fragmented OCR text mentions an arena event with numbers and terms. Readable names or dates are unavailable, leaving a brief note about a location and activity without clear participants or outcomes.
A detailed transcript describes a defendant's appearance in court, the judge's remarks on confinement and mercy, and discussions on bail practices. It covers petitions, the impact on a wife and four children, and judgments by Lord Kenyon. The narrative then shifts to a broader political critique of financing and public opinion surrounding a voluntary loan, finishing with a burglary report from Taunton, involving a Whetstone residence.
Deyishorpe of Somerton Somersetshire was found guilty of gross misconduct as a magistrate during a riot. By court consent, and with Erskine and Gibbs, the sentence was postponed to the next term. He undertook to resign from the Commission and pay prosecution costs.
Lord Kenyon sat at Nift Prius at 17 o'clock with no notable development or actions recorded. The brief encounter concluded without incident or consequential outcome.
His Lordship advised juries to award a fixed percent rather than varying interest rates to deter defaulters from withholding payment. He noted juries often gave four percent but recent practice varied, prompting suggestion to standardize at a single rate as used in other courts.
The two Grand Juries for the County of Middlesex were sworn in before Mr Justice Ashhurst. His lordship noted no expected unusual business and urged dispatch in public service. The ceremony was shortened due to the martyrdom anniversary of Crawies, with other judges absent.
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