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An advertisement for a multi volume history of England starting with Ancient Britain and continuing to Caesar, priced modestly, with weekly issues featuring engravings of kings, notable events, and portraits. It promises impartial chronicling from Jeffrey of Monmouth to 1793, with frontispieces and maps, and lists publication details and initial plates including imperial peace signing and Bounty crew scene.
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Question on Rating of Golden Prebend Dr Egerton
The case debates whether Rev Dr Egerton should be taxed as occupying a whole house or only two rooms. Lord Kenyon condemns the notion as unworthy while Quarter Sessions had reduced the rate. Arguments note possible moving occupancy and insist he may be taxed for the whole house if he chooses.
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Rue Parise
St. Mary the Less
Futhe Afburst
Zafice Graf
Quarter Sessions Quashes Rate After Inquiry
A rate was imposed and the payer appealed to the Quarter Sessions who quashed it as respondents refused to proceed and show their actions were correct. The point was referred to the Court of King's Bench.
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Court of King’s Bench
Writ of Inquiry Raises Question on Damages
A writ of inquiry was executed before the Sheriff with the jury assessing damages at arms. The defendant argued the damages should be nominal. Lord Kenyon warned that the defendant’s attorney would struggle to answer and that costly prosecution would surpass the nominal amount of 39 shillings, calling the move shameful.
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Bail motions in a criminal case involve Fohn Hudson and Forn Bouen
Fohn Hudson was committed for a severe aggravated felony after lying in wait for a tradesman in a hackney coach and threatening to accuse him of unnatural crimes unless paid. Forn Bouen, alleged accomplice via a letter to gain money, sought bail on his own affidavit but was remanded.
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Fohn Hudson
Forn Bouen
Articles of the Peace Against Husband in Court
Ann Fletcher, wife of shoe maker Ann Fletcher, swore out articles of the peace after he threatened murder and, during their marriage, placed a knife in her intimate area while they slept. He admitted intent to kill and pleaded for forgiveness as the court read the main charge.
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Ann Fletcher
Lord Kenyon defines arrest by informing of warrant
In a legal principle cited by Lord Kenyon, a sheriff's officer verbally informing a man of a warrant and taking him along constitutes an arrest even without physical restraint. The ruling emphasizes that notification and compliance under the warrant create custody.
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Lord Kenyon
Judgment on Jolliffe libel case in King’s Bench
Thursday November 24 the Court of King’s Bench ruled on Mr Jolliffe’s defense in a prior information. The judge noted the defendant distributed a printed paper aimed at libeling Mr Fanshaw and unduly influencing a jury. The proceedings centered on alleged misuse of magistracy to lower estate taxes while rents rose and overseer appointments were planned in private.
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King’s Bench
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Justice Gould
Surrey
Fanshaw
Carpenter Smith
Follife
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Ashurst
Bram Jolliffe
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Jolliffe
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Lord Kenyon
Jury Trial Under Attack in British Court Rulings
A court delivers sentence after criticizing attempted interference with trial by jury. Bram Jolliffe fined and jailed for six months for publishing material to influence jurors. Andrew Hirton and others convicted of assaulting a Revenue Officer with various punishments. A report notes rising city crime, smuggling, barley prices, cloth production, and a huge Irish sea monster washed ashore.
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Andrew Hirton
Wilson
King’s Bench
Newgate
Libel Sentence Against East Indiaman Captain
Joseph Carwthorne was sentenced to six months in prison at Newgate for a libel against Thomas Larkins the Captain of an East Indiaman.
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Joseph Carwthorne
Newgate
Thomas Larkins
King wins case to oust defiant Portgeeve of Fowey
In a Wednesday judgment the King succeeded against Thomas Main to remove him from the office of Portgeeve in Fowey. The ruling contradicts a prior Commons Committee decision that Main was duly elected. Lord Kenyon called it an exceptionally clear case, noting even good men err in judgment.
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Portgeeve
Fowey
House of Commons
Lord Kenyon
Duke of Athol claims against Crown scrutinized in Isle of Man
Last year the Duke sought a commission from Parliament to review payments and feudal claims tied to his family sovereignty in the island. Dundas sent commissioners to investigate port-duties and dues on herring boats and moors. The Isle of Man Parliament backed the inquiry, praising the commissioners for impartiality, with a report due next month and likely Parliament attention at start of the new session.
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Isle of Mann
Lottery advertisement from Hornassy and Co London
The notice announces prizes from the Jrih State Lottery as drawn on November 24, 1791 with immediate prize payment and no discount. It touts tickets, halves, quarters, eighths, and sixteenths for sale, plus future Eagle Lottery shares in broad numbers at low prices. It promises safety of purchases and instant prize payout to all adventurers and clubs, highlighting large top prizes and favorable terms.
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