Worcester City Common Hall Address to the King 1792
Citizens and inhabitants of Worcester meet in Common Hall at Guildhall to resolve sending a loyal address to His Majesty. They express support for the constitution in church and state, gratitude to the King, and pledge to preserve peace and obedience to the laws. The resolutions call for publication in several newspapers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peat
Resolven
Minor
Worcester
Evening Mail
Birmingham
Gloucester
Oxford
City of
Union Hall
Peyson
Law Report. Assignees of Daniel bankrupt case outlines
A Manchester buyer sued to recover money paid for light gold sent to Daniel in London. The box arrived after bankruptcy and before his commission. its delivery status and right of the assignees to retain the funds were debated. An earlier criminal information against a printer for libel was discussed, with remarks on Erskine and Bruff, and Pellet’s conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Walton
Cox
Manchester
London
Walcox
Lord Kenyan
Garroty
Holt
Norwakx Hebrace
Broff
Newark Journal
Law Intelligence
Wilfon
Bruff
Erskine
Fritxe
Legal dispute over maintenance and separations in a domestic action
The case involves a tradesman suing a married woman separated from her husband for work and goods sold. Counsel discuss Lady Lanesborough and similar rulings, focusing on separate maintenance and living apart by separation acts. Lord Kenyon demands a fund for payment, while Mansfield's doctrine on femme soles and property is cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barsand
Ryder
Lady Lanesborough
Lord Mansfield
Baldwin
Lord Kenyon
Adulteress Not Liable for Life Imprisonment Judge Rules
In a case debated over funds and debts, a woman could not be kept in perpetual confinement for adultery when no fund existed to cover debts. Mr Baldwin blamed her misconduct, but Mr Justice Grose queried any law enforcing lifelong imprisonment for adultery. Judgment favored the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwin
Justice Grose
Jolly Against Dire in Suspected Perjury Case
Wednesday June 29 report notes plaintiff Jolly and defendant Duke in debt prison. Moss allegedly forged notice to free Duke, caught when attorney identified Moss in a court affidavit. Moss held for trial on wilful perjury after jailer and parties filed recognizance.
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Ruff
John Moss
Moss
Duke
Duke) Out of Prison; That Is, In Plain English, He Made Aisdovnt
Justice Athurst
Mofs
Jolly
Indictment Dismissed In Lancaster By Law Lords
A Lancaster case questioned indictability of a trade not contrary to general law but to a local town bye law. Lord Kenyon ruled the act not an indictable offence. Attorney Mr Peller faced questions of practice irregularity as Exine praised him while noting Jefferies’ prior punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferies
Pellet
Lancaster
Lord Kenyon
Peller
Exeine
Pellett
Assignees of Crane v Cooper at Westminster Hall trial
In a Common Pleas sitting before Lord Loughborough, the case of Assignees of Crane a bankrupt v Cooper proceeded. The jury was told the law on preferences, with verdict for the plaintiff on one lease and questions about the other, amid remarks on juror safety and possible retrial. A Sierra Leone letter fragment described colonial interactions and a King Jemmy dialogue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Loughborough
Crane
Cooper
Adair
Trovel
Lord Loggsdovengh
Enfeld
Serjeant
Bon
Lord Laughborough
Sierra Leone
Nova Scotia
England
Jemmy
Council
Warra
Maden vs Maden Assault Case in Hagen Vermont?
In Hagen Vermont, Maden sued for damages after a violent assault by the defendant and his wife over a disputed footpath through Maden’s Enfield fields. The husband struck five to six blows with a large switch, tearing the plaintiff’s face with his wife's intervention. A jury member fainted during proceedings, complicating the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagen
Maden
Mr. Maden
Enfield
Serjeant Je Feal
Welch Bards Hold 1792 Meeting at Denbigh Town Hall
A 1792 congress of Welch Bards met at Denbigh Town Hall over the annual Lon don Giveneddigion Society medal and Chair to the best poet on the massacre of Welch Bards. Rupert Wurrhams won the medal. Robert Davis claimed the Chair for best extemporaneous composition. Joan Jowns won the Vocal Chair and Harp prize. attendance was high and English verses were praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denbigh
London Giveneddigion Society
Epwarn I
Rupert Wurrhams
Llys Pedrig
Carnarvonshire
Robert Davis
Nantglyn
Penillion
Joan Jowns
Llan Nefydd
Lines Written by Mr Reynolds in Mrs Wells Milton
A verse piece by Reynolds referencing Milton’s Eve and virtue as a defense of moral restraint. The poem invokes biblical figures to argue that virtue empowers happiness and penance alters fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Reynolds
Mrs. Wells
Milton
Mruton
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William Morton
LAW Report
Court OF King’s Bench
Gilchrist, W. Brown
Common Pleas
Westminster Hall
Welch Bards
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