The Adventurer Lottery Broadside Promises Large Prizes
A dense stock of details describes the Irish and English lotteries with shares and receipts. It touts guaranteed capital prizes, legal shares, and prize distributions linked to three guineas and other small sums. It cites named individuals and merchants, including Shergold and Co, and lists numerous beneficiaries and venues, stating how blanks also yield English lottery chances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cipal
Barnes
Herressury
WinTsurre
Charles L’oste
Cornhill
William Henlock
Coal Harbour
Thames-Street
Warren
Leicester-Fields
William Lawrence
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
Sool
Hale-a-Ginea Lottery Plan Offers Irish and English Shares
An advertisement from Abe Aul. Yt Enkins and Co. of Fleet Street London promotes a draws system titled Hale-a-Ginea. It claims equal value and double returns versus common wine, offering Receipts for legal stamped shares and blended Irish and English lottery benefits. Receipts in any amount yield Irish lottery shares and, if needed, exchangeable for a one sixteenth of English lottery capital benefits.
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Dublin
Enkins and Co
En House
Noras
Fleet-street
London
Lizsco
Lysco
Yoo Tosco
Adlem v Adlem and Mandamus to Armourers Company
Law report from Westminster Hall on a father son dispute over board and lodging with a verdict for the son. Lord Kenyon notes the sad course of litigation and a motion for a new trial is refuted. Also a mandamus case grants Edward Smith his freedom after apprenticeship dispute with the Armourers and Braziers Company.
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England
Adlem
Erxsxine
Muneau
Lord Kenyon
Rule to show cause for new trial in Evans v Stevens
In the Court of King's Bench Mr Pigot moved to grant a rule to show cause why a new trial should not be granted. The case concerns a penalty of false voting under an act from 22 Geo III c 41 and the defendant, Stevens, as Clerk of the Supervisor of Excise in Sussex, argued he was not within the act. The action was brought by Evans and the Treasurer of the Eastern Division of Sussex, with Seaforth Borough in question, and the rule to show cause was granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooke
Mesiis
Oxley
Hancock
Court of King’s Bench
Exchequer Chamber
Woop
Shepherd
Excise
Pigot
Parliament
Sussex
Seaforth
Cockle
Efe
Justice Grofé
York
George Wilkinson
Mary Payne
Justicé Grofaid
Lord Kenyeni
Liverpool
Golitely
Exeine
Corporation of Liverpool
Mr. Erskine
Fleton
Lonsdale
Mingay
Casiile
Savirie
Rogerts and
Hutchnson
Bearcroft
Triumphy
East Indies
Pierce
Duck
Addington
John Duck
Hackney
William Addington
Middlesex
Mc Wigley
Bribery Trial at Nottingham Ends with Refused Motion
In a Nottingham county case, the plaintiff sued the defendant for bribery but the plaintiff was nonet. The Serjeant moved to set aside the nonsuit and grant a new trial, claiming improper evidence. The trial revealed that a banker with Newark connections loaned money to voters via promissory notes, with loans spanning two to three days and amounts totaling upwards of wool. The court heard the evidence but found no grounds to grant the new trial, and the motion was refused.
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Wilson
Honey
Nottingham
Paxton Iup
Newark
Adams Denied Bail Amid Fractured Debt Claim
In a late Common Pleas session Sir Serjeant ApaAls moved to discharge Adams on common bail. Plaintiff Dr. Sinclair, in Fleet custody, alleged Adams owed 3000 with a disputed motive linked to a daughter’s marriage. Sinclair’s affidavit cited yearly income and Scottish estate rents to justify the sum. The court noted Sinclair’s finances did not warrant such bail and granted the rule while the judges moved to the Exchequer Chamber.
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Adams
Alexander Sinclair
Sinclair
Mr. Adams
Singular Marriage Promissory Note Trial Appeal
A promissory note tied to marriage prompted a York trial. The defendant argued the marriage lacked consent and license, but the jury found for the plaintiff. Lord Kenyon granted a rule to show cause for a new trial, noting judicial duty to correct injustices.
Exchequer Chamber Case Involving Oxley and Hancock
The plaintiff confronted the defendants in the morning and discussed a sale of 266 hogsheads of tobacco. He stated he would consider the matter and return at four o'clock in the afternoon to continue negotiations.
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Oxley and
Hancock
Judicial remarks on trials and life affecting new trials
The court notes Lord Kenyon and Mr Justice Grofe discussing hard cases where a new trial is not granted. A plaintiff had taken a note of 300 out of kindness after a promise, prompting consideration of an absolute lifeiness rule in the context of trial accommodations.
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Justice Grofe
Sool
Lord Kenyon
Information in the nature of Quo Warranto action challenged
Mr Darrel moved for an information in the nature of Quo Warranto against church wardens to seize their books for successors. Lord Kenyon ruled the application as destitute of principle and suggested alternative remedies, noting remedies not immediately evident do not grant the information.
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Darrel
Kenyon
Strange
Kenyan
Liverpool Mayor Sues Over City Bye Laws in New Trial Battle
In a Liverpool case the Mayor and Burgesses seek to enforce a bye law against GoLITELy backed by Mr Exeine urging a new trial. Erskine and Mingay press weight of evidence claims while Bearcroft seeks to overturn a 13281 pound verdict. Separate suit by John Duck against Middlesex magistrate Addington ends in non suit with move for a new trial.
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Shergold and Co
Royal Union. Bank
Lomband Street
Taylor and Co
Cocxstar Street
Carine Cross
Messrs, Shergold and Co
Skipper
Ipfvich
Bownton
Southwark
Leicester
Ket ‘Ueby
Loddon
Norfolk
Woodrow
Colchester
Fenno
Coventry
Rol___ lason
Ipswich
Jackson
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Whitfield
White
Tanner
Perthore
Worcestershire
Wilbeach
Pepenet
Nicholson
Ford
Farnham
Socrety
Joyce
Newcerstle Upon Tyne
Isa
Hull
Yorkshire
Lerrin
Pearce
Ledbury
Hertfordshire
Benham
Kingston
Surrey
Ipswith
Hogg
Plymouth
Tyee
Worsdaie
Stringer
Draggitt
Banbury
Duncan
Royal Oak
Woolwich
Shrigley
Preston
Lancashire
Sol
Fleet Street
Abe
Jenkins and Co
Togo
Jenxans and Co
LAW Report
King’s Bench
Westminster Hall
Mandamus
Court OF Common Pleas
Serjeant ApaAls
Wikinson
Payne
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