FIRE ARMS TO BE SOLD AT CHEAP PRICES
An auction offers double and single Fowling pieces pistols and blunderbusses at No 157 Fleet-street. Second hand items from eminent makers are offered with trial allowed. Entries from country buyers should address Thomas to receive prompt attention. Ten percent reward for information aiding the recovery of Reverend Brock's funds. Executors seek owed interest payments and invite informants to contact Mrs Wood or Shawe and Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Ik
William Broch
William Brock
Davenham
Che- Fe
Eife
Reward Offered Over Mary Severne Abduction Case
A reward of one hundred guineas is offered plus clergy caution for information leading to the safe return of Mary Severne, a 16 year old infant abducted from Portman-square by Joseph Tinton. Descriptions of both individuals and requested notices to authorities are included. ministers are asked not to publish banns but to report applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Severne
Portman-square
Joseph Tinton
Joseph Severne
Manderfeld House
Omyard
Hereford
England
Wales
Plan for Dual Leeward Islands Mail Schooners
General Post Office announces a six month trial using two schooners to carry mails to Barbadoes and onward to St Vincent Grenada Dominica Antigua Nevis and St Kitts while the other schooner departs from Barbadoes carrying mails to Dominica Antigua Montserrat Nevis and St Kitts with planned rendezvous and staggered calls to shorten overall voyage time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leeward Islands
West India
London
Face Packer
Barbadoes
Leeward
St. Vincent’s
Grenada
Dominica
Antigua
Matiorraty Nevis
St. Kitt’s
Tertala
England
Leeward Island
Windows
Domin 1
Montferrat
Nevis
Barbad
Anth. Todd
Highwaymen at the Butler's Head and Bow Street cases
A series of trials recounts robberies and extortion through threats of exposing alleged crimes. A Dutch suspect and a female housekeeper face charges of high danger robbery and grand larceny, with detailed testimonies about coercion, pawn-broker duplicates, and property losses worth substantial sums. The judge cautions on the abuse of accusations and notes the prosecutor's fortitude.
Trial Postponed As Suspect Requests Next Sessions
Fourth Day at the bar Henry Griffin alias George Hubbard sought postponement. His counsel cited an affi davit claiming difficulty in securing a material witness. Lord Kenyon, noting life danger, ordered the trial moved to the first day of next sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Kenyon
Henry Griffin
George Hubbard
Seffinns
A . Lord
Kenyon
Bonus Indicted for Forgery in Customs Receipt Case
At the Old Bailey John Bonus faced a June forgery charge for counterfeiting a receipt in the name of George Smith to obtain 10631. It emerged he had 15 months as a clerk at Edward and Payne and Co. and fled after the crime. Witnesses testified to his good character, handwriting doubts, and he pleaded with the jury alongside his family. The sessions ended with various punishments for other offenders, including death sentences for several, transportations, and hard labour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Mr. Peters
Jeatt Foundation
Mer
Jupuz
Rhind
Martha Hall
Justice Heater
John Bonus
Alexander Munro
Customs
England
Edward
Runney Payne and Co
George Smith
Edward and
Runney Payne
Bunny Payne
House of Payne and Smith
Old Bailey
Coonviets
Philip Davis
Ohn
Brown
William Graham
Thomas Radley
Thomas Fokes
Henry Wild
Sarah Crowder
Newgate
House of Correction
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Cotopher Crigland
Bowstreet
Drury-lane
Brown Bear
Hawkins
Heather
Mary Ann Foules
St. Giles’s
Holborn
Ireland
Justice Heath
Epward Pererx
Cheapside
St. Jul’s
Idwin
Baldwin
King’s Highway
Mary Ann
George Thelluson
Totteridge
Hendon
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