12 Oct 1796
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Newspaper
Evening Mail
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Oct 12, 1796
Page
1
A fragment describes a man named Middleton about five feet six inches tall with dark hair, blue eyes, and a pale complexion, noted in London on October 32 2 37 65 alongside calls for aiding apprehension of offenders and references to petitions and prior notices.
Elizabeth Hale of Bermondsey faced trial for assaulting two seven child apprentices, Jane Bray and Sophia Ingram, with severe beatings from four in the morning to past ten at night. The jury found Hale guilty on both indictments, with fines and six months hard labor. Humphry Sullivan was convicted of assaulting David Duncan and jailed for seventeen months.
A long report details the spread of counterfeit base money in London and provinces. It notes many fakes in copper and silver, demand spikes in spring, dealer networks in London, Birmingham, and country towns, and involvement of Jews and Irish in circulation and coloring. It warns of wide losses to the public and urges vigilance against the nefarious traffic.
Reports indicate Irish associations are spreading across the kingdom with aims to repel invasions. Descriptions warn of autonomous armies forming under Crown control, including standing troops and yeomanry regiments, as Parliament contemplates a bill to organize and arm forces by county and town.
Canterbury dispatch reports militia units moving to Rye Winchelsea and Hastings while Hereford Montgomery East Suffolk proceed to barracks. Barham Camp breaks up and other regiments shift to Lewes Tunbridge Maidstone, with dragoons entering Royal Cavalry Barracks near Vanixhall. Court session fines and sentences noted for local offenses.
In Maidstone on Oct 41 the writer urges patriotic actions to counter selfish designs and keep winter market supplies ample for the lower orders. Lord Romney's resolution to aid with wheat is noted, along with plans by nobility to provide retail wheat. Convicts from the County Gaol were moved to Woolwich to board the Stanislaus hulk for Botany Bay transport. Names include John Webb Thomas Evéstaff James Bland Richard Baylie John Guernsey Edward Millington John Brakefield William Crofts ghia Morgan and Thomas Hackett.
Friday night a brutal assault occurred on Jamis Buchanan, carrier between Glasgow and Lanark. Fantes, a Klan shoemaker, lured him to a dark room and fatally severed his throat with a razor after a predatory ruse, then robbed him of his watch and money. The body was found, and a reward is offered for Kean and accomplices amid widespread alarm in Glasgow.
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