Highway Robbery at Le Martin's Fields Trial
Old Bailey report of a street robbery near the King’s highway in Le Martin’s Fields. Coleman Lowe and William Walker attacked the prosecutor, stealing spectacles, silver coins, two guineas and a half, keys, and more. Lowe was found guilty. Walker guilty but mercy recommended.
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King’s Highway
le Martin
Lowe
Coleman Lowe
Bir
Harris
Alexander Stewart
Charing-cross
Calemen Lowe
William Walker
Robert Cross
Duke of Northumberland
Hydepark
Hydepark Corner
Walker
Sheep Stealing Trial Before Mr Justice Heath
William Davis alias Rote Rudson faced trial for stealing two ewes and a lamb from farmer William Smailbourn near Finchley common. Sheep were traced through Barnet. claimant Maffey held them, with the prisoner denying identity and claiming to have bought the animals from a rozer for 12 shillings each. The jury found him guilty.
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William Davis
Rudson
William Smailbourn
Finchley-common
Barnet
24Ffey
Graf
Robert Hulton
Maffey
Amorous Frolic Trial Over Bed Offer at Wapping Pub
A sailor testifies he and two women Mrs Hutchinson and Mrs Ligd were accused of stealing eleven guineas from Mr Hyde. After heavy drinking aboard the Ardent he sought a bed and was led to Hutchinson's house in Wapping where he and a woman began to prepare for sleep. He balked at undressing, claiming his eleven guineas as reason.
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Hutchinton
Wapping
Ligd
Hyde
George
Ardent
London
Local Charade Ends In Drunken Larceny Scene
An intoxicated tar recounts a London misfortune where Mrs Lloyd and Mrs Hutchinson disrobe him and place breeches beneath his pillow while he slept. He awakes to find money spent, unable to explain the events even to a magistrate, and faces a judge who cites vice and folly as cause. The man is found not guilty.
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Mrs. Lloyd
London
Wefall Acquitted After Palace Court Shooting Trial
John Wefall, sentinel, faced felonious shooting at Warner, a bricklayer, inside His Majesty's Palace Court. He was acquitted, found to have been pelted with brickbats and unable to defend himself without leaving his post.
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John Wefall
Sentinel
Warner
His Majesty’s Palace Court
London News and Royal Marriage Announcements
Yesterday the Sheriffs with the City Remembrancer attended the King at St. James s to receive the City Address for the marriage of the Duke of York to the Princess Royal of Prussia. Reports cover court appointments, a December wedding, canal petitions, French politics, and trade prices with critical notes on riots and tax finances.
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Guildhall
St. James's
Duke of York
Princess Royvay
Prussia
Joan Rogers
Robert Pouncy
Ropert Anderson
India House
Middlesex
Sulivan
Edward Hughes
Earl of Brirast
Miss Stuart
Bianprorp
Lord Fitzgerald
Marquis of Donnegal
Fcite
Richmond Park
Duke of Clarence
Star and Garter
Thames
Twickenham
London
Hampstead
Greenwich-hill
Europe
Paris
France
M. de Montmorin
Sterlin
Thionville
M. de Vercennes
Coblentz
Royelty
Committee of Finance
National Assembly
Great Britain
Ireland
Bristol
Liverpool
Birmingham
Protest of Bourbon Princes Against Constitution Acceptance
Louis Stanislas Xavier and other Bourbons protest the acceptance of a pretended empire constitution as unlawful coercion. They argue the king is not free to sanction laws violating royal and religious foundations, defend the monarch’s rights, and urge restoration of legitimate orders, rights of the church, and national unity against the revolutionary assembly. Costentz, Oct. 8, 1791.
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France
Louis XVI
Hryxy TV
Henry
Louis
France Jong
Champ de Mars
States General
Bludd
House of ‘Bourbon
French recruits not allowed to rendezvous in Low Countries
The government rejects a proposed rendezvous for French recruits in the Emperor's Low Countries, forbids armed crossings or group marches, and warns French soldiers and officers that deserter status would be applied if they travel through the dominions. A separate note similarly forbids any gathering or nonarmored military exercise of Frenchmen in the region.
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Mar«quis de la Quelle
Henri-Chapelle
Low Countries
France
Otfier
Luxembourg
Marquis de la Queuille
Marquis de la Fuente
d’Axes
Ocean News and Europe unrest amid plant and harvest notes
Reports from Hor LAND mention the Masts arrival and letters from Nantz about ships lost at sea and sugar and cotton shipments. A quake in Serego Portugal occurs, while Spain tightens controls and Mag through clergy face caution. Zetland whales, Hillweck kill 123 with 23 feet, and Cardigan herring fishery thrives.
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Horland
Nantz
St. Domingo
America
Serego
Portugal
Madrid
Europe
Poland
Hillweck
Zetland
Cardigan
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Old Bailey
Mr. Justice Heath
Lonpd Own
House OF Bourbon
Louis-Stanislas-Xavier
Charles Philippe
L. Joseph DE Bourbon
Louis-Henri Jos
DE Bourbon
L. A. H. DE Bourbon
Costentz
Brussels
Austrian Netherlands
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