Court weighs youth Wakefield libel case and silenced plea
In a King’s Bench session the court considers striking out a special plea as pointless while upholding the trial for Sedition libel against Johnson and Jordan. The Attorney General presents publishers’ affidavits and letters from the Analytical Review as proof of incitement against government. Lord Kenyon orders commitment with Johnson sent to King's Bench Prison and Jordan to await further judgment after detailed evidence and defense arguments.
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Sourt
King's Bench
Johnfin
Wakefield
Law
Aikin
Ser
Hyrwaed
Johnson
Et Feing
Jordan
Mating
Wire Wakefield
Je Cuthel
Lord Kenyoe
Fordyce
John Scott
Arthur O'Connor
Ireland
Eine
Lord Kenyon
Johnsons
King’s Bench Prison
RING v Henderson libel case notes and discharge
Fragmentary OCR shows a libel case involving Ring and Mary Henderson. Text references instruction avoidance, judgment, and a discharge in recognizance for libel proceedings. The readable segments imply threats to publish material and an attempt to obtain money by coercion, with mentions of Lord Bradley and indulgence in court.
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Ring
Mary Henderson
Two Offenders Sentenced in Excise Case and Assault
On the motion of the Attorney General Thomas Martell was sentenced to two years hard labor in Horshany Jail for assaulting an Officer of the Excise and obstructing his duties. Pilliam Mittes received one year in the House of Correction on Clerkenwell Green for assaulting and wounding John Williams, an Excise Officer. The judge warned the lower orders about the grave consequences of their actions if death had resulted, stressing the danger they faced.
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Berd
Gidds
Kenv
Rebus
King’s Benchi
Protea
Anagman
Thos, Martell
Horshany
Excise
Mittes
House ‘of Correction
Clerkenwell Green
John Williams
Kanyon
Divorce Appeal Heard At Serjeant's Inn Hall Court
On Wednesday November 14 at Serjeant's Inn Hall the Court of Delegates met to hear Mrs Mary Rutton appeal against her husband Thomas Rutton after a divorce sentence for adultery. Counsel for the wife argued at length while Sir Nickoll summarized evidence. The court was cleared at ten and later confirmed the former sentence.
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Heath
Gaess
Thomison
Lawrence
Mary Rutton
Thomas Rutton
Yok . Nickoll
Fiher and Arnold
Chambre
Lisbon vents as French prizes enter port under convoy
Nov 4 Lisbon reports all French prizes except Le Peuple Souverains entered the port from the 277th October event. The Oreny commanded by Sir James SauMarey is expected to sail on the 5th or 6th, possibly alone. Duke o Haveg, returning from Spain, has orders to join this ship. A Portuguese convoy arrived with a frigate from the Azores and Madeiras, which captured a 16 gun French privateer that had seized a squadron straying from the fleets.
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Gibraltar
Englandy
Oreny
James SauMarey
o’Haveg
Spain
Ordetto
Diffentis
Selvetic Republic
Helvetia
Teadinessa
Ince
la Harpe
Moussons
Gene Gres
Rastadt
Buderich
Cephalonia
Mesfina
Buo~naparte
d’Adre
Aleppo
Syria
Peussia
Buonaparte
Egypt
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Buffora
Hindostan
Cleves
Haateut
Brabant
Pdss
Treves
Prusian
Prusian Government To the Executive Directory
Berlin
Fatis
Dire
Tory
America
Leghorn
Buonaparve
Cairo
Gaeta
Teg
Liguri
Toulon
St. Pierre d’Arena
Switzerland
Baffe
Schaffhaufert
Constance
Brune
Paris
Yourdan
Bracus
Friedberg
Rhine
Naples
Ocober
Cyprus
Alexandria
Englis
Military Council
Free State
Three Leagues
Cod Trade Report From Newfoundland Port Portugal Markets
Fragmented OCR notes describe vessels including Majetty's frigate Latona and Sherk sloop a John's Newfoahdland sailing from whier ice to gotWey. The document mentions about 100,000 quintals of cod ready for different markets in Portugal.
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Majetty’s
Latona
John’s
Newfoahdland
Portigal
Letters from the Hague report fragile EU diplomacy and uprisings
News notes multiple European flashpoints including the Netherlands insurrection near Audenarde and Zenaide, the Ligurian Republic decree, Naples orders for ships in Sicily, French efforts in Italy and Egypt, and Rastadt discussions. Reports cite Austrian and Prussian moves, battlegrounds in Belgium, and looming mobilizations across cantons, with Venice and Helvetia on edge and Italian frontier tensions rising.
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Court OF Delegates
Serjeant's Inn Hall
Lisbon
Prange
Hague
Francé
Holland
Lombard de Langren
Angienes
Reublic
Topetia
Sicily
Brussells
Netherlands
Leuzé
Audenarde
Zenaide
Allem
Flanders
National Guard
Lille Arei
Anvers
Italy
Rome
Befals
Dupont
Turin
Anvinzy
Archduke Dua Rles
Bavaria
Coire
Dallemagne
Ehrenbreitstein
Thireau
Geni -Lavallerie
Zhermometre Politique
Constantinople
Malta
St. Elmo
Orher
Bernadotte
Vienna
Feu
Venice
Woufén
Belgium
England
France
Evert
Aleipt
Palais Grand Pre
Ofreda Bouchen
Gree
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