Belchier v Thompson breach of promise of marriage verdict
Law report from the King’s Bench dated May 15 before Lord Kenyon and a special jury. Belchier sues Thompson for breach of promise, presenting letters of strong attachment and an obstacle posed by Thompson’s father. Jury returns verdict for the plaintiff with damages of 4000. A related libel suit against Dr Thornton is summarized, including testimony on a diploma and a quack claim, with niggling procedural notes and mitigation.
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Court of King's Bench
Lord Kenyon
Belchier
Admiral Parker
Dover
City of London
Pric
Margaret
Mis& Hanam
Gilés
Areld
Humphries
Nobhemans
Westminster-Hall Brief Mentions Hidden in Fragment
A fragment from Westminster-Hall references Moises Uv Thornton and a doctor of physic as plaintiff’s counsel, incomplete in the OCR, with no clear outcome or dates available. The note indicates legal proceedings involving a physician plaintiff and attorney Eridine ft ted, but details are unreadable.
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Moises UV. Thornton
Eridine Ft Ted
Assault at Drury Lane Theatre Lord Camelford Charged
The case captures an assault by Lord Camelford on Mr. Humphreys at Drury Lane Theatre on April 2. Witnesses describe Camelford striking Humphreys twice, causing facial injuries, after an exchange over a box view. Humphreys and others provided consistent accounts of the confrontation and subsequent blows.
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Gibbs
Humphreys
Lord
Camelford
Fleet-street
Lord Cameliore
England
Bennet
Drury- Lane
Lord Camelford
Fle
Mr. Humphreys
Lord C
Catherine Bowman
Foeph Cooper
Humphries
White v Fennel nuisance case over smoke factory at Fulham
Plaintiff's pottery and yellow ochre works shared a wall with the defendant's factory at Fulham. Witnesses testified the smoke and odor from glazing and bay salt processing polluted the plaintiff's air and crops. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff with damages and an order to abate the nuisance.
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Fulham
Lord Kenyon
Dr. Ward
San&ion
Oldest Judge and Salt Riches from Attic Fair
A fragmentary column notes Mr Justice Asuuror as the oldest judge and the Chief Justice of the Commond Rigas with thirty Ax years on the bench. It mentions a whimsical salt collection by Etonians, a Windmill Inn landlord discovering melted tom Sar, and a Wapping tale of a Cairn-Beauty. A raillery about feathered ladies and a witty exchange concludes the excerpt.
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Asuuror
Rigas
Windmill Inn
Tom Sar
Notable Biographies and Deaths Across European Learned Societies
Obituary notes recounting scholars and artists connected to Berlin Prussia and Russia, including German naturalists and travelers. Highlights include the life of explorer George Forster and painter Hickel, with references to Galileo Galvani’s experiments, cryptogamic botany figures, and Gottingen University luminaries. Deaths in February are noted alongside marriages and obituaries from Paris to London.
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Halle
Feller
Meinhei
Berlin
Dirichac
West
Prusha
Dantzig
Russia
Knynd
Captain Cook
Lanes
Fengets
Bondon
London
Bougainville
Kalm
Boffu
Reicher
England
Critical Review
George Forster
Caffel
Paris
Hamburgh
Hickel
Vienna
Joseph II
Switzerland
France
Princess of Lambaile
Ernun
Comindris
Paiengyere
Cheesemans
Buopstock
Huck
Bologna
Galvani
Pavia
Lazarus Sparlanzani
Reggio
Letpfic
John Hedwig
Jena
Gottingen
George Christopher “Lichtenberg
Ober-Ramsadt
Darmstadt
University of Gottingen
Germany
Charles Borda
America
Europe
Pamérique
Grénes
Borda
Bingié
C. Bougaingill
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LAW Report
Mai
Dr. Thornton Ous
Thornton
Moises
Pimlico Volunteers
Ranelagh-street
Meifis
Brown
University of St. Andrew
United Kingdoms
Westminster-Hall
Aumphreys UY
Camelfords
White v. Fennel
Agiérley
Downside House
Christchurch
Furry
Chatfield
Aliyn
Michael Allen
Coleridge House
County of
Devon
Alar Corte
Bucks
Morgan
Kogan
Love
Knaebs Rf Bank L. Ad. Ig
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