Trials at Hants Assizes Show Death Sentences Passed
Judges Heath and Perryn opened the Hants assizes with four prisoners. Samuel Singaskin and James Lawvess received death sentences for theft and related crimes. Samuel Venastes was found guilty of cruelly wounding a servant, with a life annuity arranged. A forest estate dispute upheld the crown’s 66 year possession rule, and Berkshire and Northampton offices saw further capital convictions and manslaughter judgments.
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Justice Heath
Baron Perryn
Afire
Fred
Barroor
Midlington-place
Bryant
Haslemere
Bere
Northampton
William Boyes
Carp- Well Wits
Daventry
Claistopher Jefreries
W. Sethtarp
King’s Patent Balls for Cleaning Leather
An 18th century notice warns of counterfeit leather cleaning balls called King’s Patent Balls. It touts superior dry composition, giving leather softness and polish, and warns that imitations harm the leather and mislead buyers. The ad notes labeling and signatures to indicate genuine products and urges scrutiny at sales.
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C. Smhe
Greenwood
Breach of a marriage and shipping dispute unfolds
A fragment from a Calcutta era report recounts Miss Barber Lorrie versus William Hunter over a pledged marriage and a whale bone delivery. Letters from Captain Garston and Mr Hunter reveal romance, court, and a 20,000 rupees damages verdict, with testimony on delays, price drops, and breaches of a maritime settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Hunter
Miss Lorrie
Law Report: Milne v Milne on whale bone sale contract
Law report from Guildhall London July 9 before Lord Kenyon and a special jury. George Milne sued to recover damages for breach of contract over whale bone sold via broker Bell. Contract dated February 28 1793 required delivery in 21 days at 2551] per ton with merchantable quality and two and a half percent discount. disputes over merchantable moisture levels and how to adjust weight.
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Mr. Taylor
Taylor
Milne
George Milne
Bell
Erskine
Bréktr
Politicae Influenza Across Centuries In English History
A satirical, antiquated critique tracing the spread of a metaphorical political fever through English history. It cites royal courts from Richard II to Henry VIII, Wolsey, and the Pope, then links revolutions in France and America to the disease. It mentions Parliaments, leaders like Fox and Stachepé, and a defense against pamphleteering by a Lincolnshire doctor and a policy against Fas Cap distributions.
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England
Ricuard II
Henry VIII
Cardinal Wolsey
Brentford
Ovent Garden
Duke of Queensbury
Marquis of Lorutan
Courtner
Lawsprown
Paris
London
America
Paine
Lord Stachepé
Mr. Fox
Lord Lauverrpave
Turner Divorce Suit in Ecclesiastical Court
In the case of Turner against Turner an application for divorce avinculo matrimonii on grounds of impotency is debated. The Lady’s deposition states a August 1790 marriage and substantial fortune, amid contentious arguments over timing, civil contract nature of marriage, and limits of ecclesiastical law. Further consideration was postponed after heated counsel.
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India
Supreme Court of
Calcutta
Miss Baronare
William Sue
Garston
Turner
Robbery near Salisbury by masked highwayman
On Friday evening about six o clock three travelling ladies were stopped near Popham Lane by a man in a smock frock with a cloth over his face and pistols. He stole nine guineas, their gold watches and ear rings worth about one hundred pounds. He rode out of Popham Wood and tied his horse at a gate during the act. He has reportedly visited the area for several weeks.
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Popham Lane
Popham Wood
CORN EXCHANGE REPORT ON LONDON GRAIN PRICES
London corn exchange reports large foreign wheat supply and scarce English wheat. Prices hold with heavy sale of inferior samples, some fine Zealands reaching 46s to 47s, barley scarce but steady, oats and rye showing modest shifts, overall movement downward for safe and full ship cargoes.
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Corn Exchange
London
Bett Dantzick
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Winchester
Berkshire
Abingdon
Jon Fox
Joan Stonghouse
T. Brit
Henry Westey
W. CuamBerlain
Goop Mawn
Whitiam Enpatt
Justice Grose
Lord Kenyon
Lucy P
Mantua
Maker
Cookham
Curtis
Farrier
Maidenhead
Lloyd
Got
Duradic
Mt Crown and Anchor
Adair
de Berk
Apaw
Ireland
Scotland
Adam
William Hunter
Hunther
Ron
And
Barbara Loftie
Hunter
Cort
G.arston
Nowcut
Patna
John Garston
B. Loftie
Bat-Mist
William Hunther
Gaston
Capt
LAW Report
Politicae Influenza
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