This Day is Published Fourth Edition Price Six Pence
This Day is published by Richard Watson Lord Bishop of Landa. London printed for T Evans and others in multiple cities. An address to young persons appears after confirmation. A second edition is available for 1s. Also Watson's other work offered.
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Richard Watson
Landa
London
T. Evans
Paternotterrow
Bury St. Edmund’s
J. and
J. Merrill
Cambridge
J. Fletcher
Prince and Cooke
Oxford
P, Hil
Edinburgh
M‘kenzie
Dublin
Libel case before Lord Kenyon and special jury
In a May trial before Lord Kenyon, Sir Tattersall faced a libel action over a morning print. The Attorney General supported restraint, praising the Sovereign’s public duties. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff after a brief deliberation. Previously, a similar trial had ended with a verdict for the defendant.
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Ei Rine
Mr. Tattersal
Attorney Seneral
Tattersal
Tatterin
Keryen
Mr. Tatterfal
Sedley v Lord Belfast Trial Over Bills of Exchange
Lord Kenyon presided as Sedley and Shaftoe faced a jury over two bills of Exchange drawn on Lord Belfast and accepted by him. Evidence showed Sedley used reputational pressure and forged endorsements to secure discounts. The plaintiff was nonsuited as the court found the conduct grossly fraudulent though not disallowed as a general matter.
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Sedley
Belfast
Bower
Snattoe
Shaftoe
Northumberland
Lord
Lord Belfarts
Sediey
Ryan
Lord Belfast
London
Ordee
Mr. Shattoe
Vaughan
Sle
Coutts
Hans of Veughan
Belan
Lord Befalt
Lord Pellatt
Lord Belfat
Reynolds
Rascal
Shaftee
Tie
Trover
Xeaven
Evett
Bustine
Seymour-street
Portman-square
Cumberland
Repreiéi
Hillhotde
Berks
Shattoe
Mir
Martin
Castle-street
Leicester-fields
Nugent
Edgeworth
Indorfers
Morning Herald
Fell
Bristol
Harley Street
Shew Shaftoe
Lord Kenyon
Shigside
Court of Justice
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The King versus Pepys for Perjury
An indictment for wilful and corrupt perjury in a High Court of Chancery case alleges Elizabeth Knight sold equity of redemption without the defendant's knowledge or consent. The trial found no foundation for the charge and the verdict was not guilty. A second indictment against the same defendant accused him of perjury in response to an amended bill.
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High
Elizabeth Knight
Farre
Iiss
Lunatic Inquiries Over Mrs Barker Will Challenge
In a chancery case dated December 1737, Frances Barker allegedly executed a letter of attorney transferring to her husband Capt Barker a life interest. Witnesses testified she wore a strait waistcoat, hid knives and coins, and had lucid intervals. The Attorney General argued for protection of lunatics and their property while the defense claimed a lucid interval could support a will despite mental state.
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Frances Barker
Capt
Barker
Loney
Hosse
Aitorney
Holmes Against Reeve and UX Defamation Case Scene
The plaintiff Curgeon sues over spoken slurs by the defendant's wife alleging a medical dispute between two surgeons Holt and Holmes over a bleeding of a cart injury child. A heated quarrel preceded Holmes seizing the child and fleeing to a garret to bleed him, with both surgeons claiming ownership of the patient. The court hears the remarks comparing the clergy tale and a flood of sharp putdowns.
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Rion
A. Curgeon
Holt
Mir
Holmes
Mingay
Bévan
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Laip
Court OF King’s Bench
TueMay
Africa
Guhdhall
T. Shaftoe
Cornhill
Great Britain
Iris
Convince
Pepys
Archibald M'Donald
Panther
Reeve
Defama
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