Court Finds No Case In Madeira Pipe Case
Lord Kenyon ruled for non suit in the London guildhall action over a flawed pipe of Madeira. The dispute centered on who caused damage on the quay with rum and wine, with judges striking out Redhead evidence and finding a clear action against Redhead but not the plaintiffs.
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Davie
Christopher
Mr. Christopher
Watson and
Hindson
Redvead
Watson
Studson
Redhead
Lord Kenyon
Lord Camden
the Common Pleas
Lord Stansfeld
Court of Ki Gs Bench May 26 Dramatic Trials and Bank Fraud
Lord Kenyon presided as twenty five cases were heard with Morlan vs Reilley over credit when principal unknown. A defendant faced assault and theft charges, while a Bank of England fraud case saw Thomas Godfrey impersonate David Ramsay to claim 2300 pounds in dividends and was found guilty after dramatic testimony. Derby, Sheffield notes follow with regimental arrivals and a fatal choking accident.
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Thomas Gortly
Golfrey
Davit Ramfey
His Majesty’s Navy
Ramsay
Messis. Fielding and
Garrow
Governor and Co
Bank of England
Mrr. Knowles
Fielding
London
Bolt and Tin Tin
Fleet-street
Feary
Lin
David Ramsay
Mr. Ramsay
A&t
Thomas Godfrey
Commons
Plestoe
Toar
Sampson Wright
Tofar
D. Ramsay
Titel Po Cieig Tba
Pefee
Fats
Beedford Square
Carter
Andrew Godfrey
Exeter
Bow-street
Bath
Deamon Serjeant
Old Bailey Trials: Thieves Convicted In Noisy Day
At the Old Bailey this day Laurence King was convicted of stealing a pocket handkerchief from Rev Edmontstone. John Pattersor faced a similar charge for five printed books belonging to Mr Forbes. Mary Rourke was found guilty of stealing a metal watch from B H Latrobe. A clerk of Douce and Reid was indicted for stealing a draft worth 301 from his masters.
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William Thompson
James Bosworth
King’s Highway
Mloorfields
Sturft
Richard Lightowler
Wiefirs
Elcare
Coe. Rankere
George Smith
Salvadoco
Old Bailey
Laurence King
Edmontstone
John Pattersor
Forbes
Tavistocktow
Covent Garden
Mary Rourke
B. H. Latrobe
Metsrs
Douce and Reid
Weather and market highs noted in Newcastle and Hereford
May reports show unusually favorable weather aiding farmers with bright grass prospects and falling hay prices. Hereford fair featured strong cattle sales and low horse prices. Salmon supplies reached peak levels with a large sale at sixpence per pound. The South battalion of the Gloucester Militia was embodied for annual training.
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Newcastle
Hereford
Ross Fair
Gloucester Militia
Royal Order of the Queen Maria Louisa Decree
The King creates the Royal Order of Noble Ladies in favor of Queen Maria Louisa. Thirty distinguished ladies, chosen by the Queen, wear a white and violet scarf with a medallion. Annual anniversary on St Louis’s day. Ladies must visit women’s hospitals, fund masses, and the Queen appoints a secretary. Decree dated Aranjuez April 1 1792. Signed Count D Aranda.
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Maria Louisa
St. Louis
France
Aranjuez
Fire cause traced to lintseed oil in Fort William blaze
The Bengal Journal reports a 1789 Fort William fire may have started from lintseed oil on a chest in a New Fort store-room. Trials show oil can ignite a cotton dress, clarifying the Laftar's innocence and linking the March 1789 flames to the painter's shop incident.
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Fort William
Bengal
New Fort
Antiscorptic Drops Reported To Cure Scorbutic Humour
An extract from the Newark Herald notes Mr Spussury of Soho Square London reveals another success of his Antiscorptic Drops in curing a tradesman in town with a violent scorbutic humour after other remedies failed. The printer D Horr can provide the cured man's account for verification.
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Spussury
Soho Square
London
D. Horr
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Laif Report
Kerven
Guildhall
Court OF KI ¥G’s Bench
Kenyon
Nii Prius
Morlan UY. Reilley
Mir.ford
Erstze
Rftite
Morlan
Reilley
Lved
East Indies
Mingay
Justice Buller
Lowton
Swallow
Sheffield
G7th Regiment of Foot
Derby
Melville
Country Nepws
Madrid
D’aranda
the Bengal Journal
Newark
Nottinghamshire
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