Two Men Found Guilty in Stanmore Robbery Case
William Frnler, a waiter at the Queen's Head Stanmore, recalled three horsemen arriving after a shower on the evening of the robbery near Knox’s place. A brandy order led Mr. Forster to identify two prisoners at the bar as likely highwaymen. Wells and Kinpfland, aged 19 and 21, were found guilty and linked to Portman Square servant work.
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William Frnler
Queen's Head
Stanmore
Queen’s Head
Knox
Forster
Wells
Gail'y. Kinpfland
Forgery indictment in Chichester Bank promissory note case
Janes King was indicted for making and uttering a false forged counterfeit note purporting to be a Chichester Bank promissory note. Prosecution argued capital offence. judge stated evidence insufficient to convict at bar yet warned King his conduct in paper would be watched. Not Guilty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janes King
Chichester
Thomas James
Garrow
Trial of Elizabeth Colfcura for House Robbery and Deception
Elizabeth Colfcura faced Mr Justice Heath charged with feloniously stealing a black leather pocket book valued at three pence and a five pound bank note from her dwelling in St Martin in the Fields. The case recounts a night encounter near Now Street where an intoxicated man, lured by a young woman, was robbed after entering the prisoner's home. Despite duress and threats, the man testified two women, including Colfcura, pressed him for money and valuables, with the note and silver stolen. The verdict was Not Guilty, and moral commentary followed about the guilty nature of the house and future punishment for Colburn.
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Elizabeth Colfcura
St. Martin In the Fields
End Dresed
Hogarth
Lincoln’s Inn
Otober
King’s Bench Prison
Lewin Co
Jes
Piewirl
Enoug
Buncu Cr
Cecil Court
St. Martin’s Lane
Colburn
Psrith
St. Martin
France National Assembly Debates Nonjuring Priests
The October 24 session opened with M Freny guiding the order to address actions against Nonjuring Priests. A constitutional bishop urged punishing those opposing the new constitution while defending religious liberty, reading an address by Joan Hure who proclaims regicide and offers funds to the National Treasury. Decrees limited mention of his gift. Numerous petitions were debated, many about private disputes, and the Nonjuring Priests matter was adjourned to the following Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Freny
France
M. de Montey
Joan Hure
Pont-ar-Yonne
Rife Transatlantic and Continental News From The Era
The article recounts treaty nears between Poland and the Porte, Russian Polish obligations, plagues in Constantinople Korea and Egypt, slave uprisings in St Dominico, and price effects from sugar. It notes Avignon riots and a murder in a church, looming Irish peerage revival, and joint royal movements between Peterfoam and Jordan. It also mentions a Covent Garden reading, a deputation to the King, and a Windsor Drum Major drowning.
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PoLtano
Porte
Petersburg
Russia
Poland
Constantinople
Korea
Egypt
St. Dominco
France
Great Britain
Avignon
Jourdain
Boyle Roche
Peterfoam
Jordan
Royal Illiam
Peterlam
Duke of York
Alderman
Sgth Regiment of Foot
Windsor
Thames
Escape at Fleet Prison by Vertiellac at Bell Savage Inn
A French prisoner Vertiellac escaped the Fleet through a room above the Bell Savage Inn in Ludgate Hill. Two foreigners lodged there with a linen bag containing a rope ladder. A broken gallery window, a watch-house roof, and a mistaken hat complicate the tale as guards chase the escape and note a 5,000 pound debt linked to the escapee.
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Monsieur Vertiellac
Fleet
Bell-Savage Inn
Ludgate-hill
Bell Savage Inn
Fleet Prison
M. Verticliac
Vertiellac
Va. A
Hoe
Hhis
King’s Bench
Forger duo in Dunkirk to stand trial for large crime
Samer Gennn and John Brichner were apprehended in Dunkirk for forging French notes at a Budge Row house. After full examination they are committed for trial, with witnesses and depositions sent to France at great cost. two arsenic sheets found by chance aided the case. Colonel George Irisu, arrested in Providence, was tried and acquitted for counterfeiting public paper.
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Samer Gennn
John Brichner
Dunkirk
Budge Row
Wiinesses
France
London
George Irisu
Providence
America
Mail robberies and a Wigan mayoral plot across Britain
The report covers Thomas Shaw linked to mail robberies and his Sheffield connections, plus a violent assault on a servant of Lord Mayor Thomas Parton of Wigan near Ince. Two suspects are held as the attack, apparently premeditated, left the mayor-to-be fearing for his life. Weather and floods threaten harvest in Glasgow area as widespread rain delays field work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Parton
Wigan
Ince
Fas Picion
Glascow
Sporting Intelligence and Notable Events of the Week
A sprawling Saatchi of items covers betting markets in Newmarket and Smithfield with emphasis on pickpockets and a warning about ruin from folly. A near-fatal self-attack by a nobleman in an Oxford Street lodging house leads to a pistol incident and mental strain over financial embarrassment. Also described is an enormous wrought iron cannon from Dacca with detailed dimensions and a calculated weight near twenty-eight tons, attributed to Major James Kennett.
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England
Newmarket
Smithfield
Oxford Street
Tle
Portman Square
Sud
Ganges
Dacca
James Kennett
F. R.S. Bia Jor
Bengal
Judofan
Mogul Empire
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Old Bailey
Mr. Justice Heath
Cecil-Street
ST. Martin's Lane
National Assembly
Leo N Odon
Country News
Thomas Shaw
Sheffield
Sharpe
Halifax
Stainforth
Pirit
Joh Close
Lottery Insurance
Livesroor
Alonday
Broomielaw
Sporting Intelligence
Vernon
Mr. Fox
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