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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jun 24, 1796
Page
3
In late June King’s Theatre presented Antigona with Bantt and nimble-footed performers drawing a brilliant audience. The write-up notes that only the Princes’ presence was missing to make it a night of nights at the Opera.
A dated critique from the Havymarket Theatre praises rising actor Ertiston who debuted in Margate and Bath. The review notes his natural delivery, measured voice, moderate stage presence, and potential to mature beyond copying Kemble. It deems him an acquisition to the stage despite inconsistent comic range.
A June Brighton dispatch reports 20 plus families arriving as regiments march to Shoreham Lewes Battle Eastbourne with barracks ready. Duke and Duchess Marlborough to stay near the Pavilion. promendade groves open. various nobles lavish hospitality while banks and amusements stir town life amid dull streets.
OLD BAILEY reports Richard Ludman and Eleanor Hughes were found guilty of murder for the May death of George Hebner in a house of ill fame in King Street Katt Simithpeld. Ann Rhodes and Mary Baker were acquitted, while the judge urged remorse and warned of the death sentence.
The Recorder pronounced the final sentence for Richard Ludman and Eleanor Hughes on Monday, but Hughes pleaded pregnancy delaying the execution.
John Fellows of the Yeomen of the Guards faced trial at the Sessions for sending threatening letters to Mr. Northall of New Bond Street alleging illegal policies to extort money. Evidence showed a string of letters directing payments to a St Martin’s Lane address and a plan to reveal supposed policies, with arrests arranged at the Bunch of Grapes and Somerset Coffee-house. The court redirected to Not Guilty verdict, while condemning the conduct as deserving punishment. Fellows had previously escaped bail.
A London court hears Davis sue the Sheriff over a false imprisonment claim. An officer misidentified the plaintiff at a coffee house, prompting a brief detention before the attorney arrived. The jury awards damages of one farthing.
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