Indictment for Highway Robbery In Leicester Square Case
Thomas Fonsi was indicted with others for a robbery on August 18 between nine and ten at night near Leicester Square. The prosecutor testified the prisoner joined a group, helped pursue a watch snatcher into Cranbourne Alley, and was identified. George Williams corroborated seeing the prisoner run by, with the victim calling him a thief. The watch was proven to be the prosecutor's. The judge stated that aiding the principal in the theft yields legal guilt equal to taking it. Guilty.
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Thomas Fonsi
Thomas Lewis
Leicester Square
St. Martin’s Lane
Ryder’s Court
Cranbourne Alley
George Williams
Buffel-street
Ron By
Lewis
Four accused men in Chelsea highway robbery trial
On the King's highway August 18, Robert Glarke Henry Cox Fubu Jones and Fon Robson were indicted for feloniously assaulting William Dawson seizing a silver watch a nine guinea bag a bank note No 1064 and a leather pocket book all his property Thomas Cope faced charges for receiving the stolen watch. Witnesses described the robbery and multiple sightings of the suspects in hackney coach movements with a Bets of evidence focusing on Clarke and Robson. After deliberation the jury found Clarke guilty while acquitting the others and mercy was urged for the youth. a note misattribution issue lingered over the banknote ownership.
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Robert Glarke
Henry Cox
Fubu Jones
Fon Robson
William M. Dawson
King’s Highway
William Dawson
Thomas Cope
Winxham Dawson
Meir Cox and Co
Charing Cro
Chelsea
Sir Sampson
Seven
John Credland
Bow-street
Richard Acton
Duke of York’s
Afton
Mr. Dawson
Cope
Credland
John Campion
Hackney
Robson
King-street
Westminter
Tower-hill
S Top
Johnson’s Court
Charing“tross
Savoy
Temple-bar
Chapel-street
Westminster
Acton
Horseshoe
Richard Stemson
Foot Guards
Johnson
Wade
Comepany
Joln Brown
White Horse
Piccadilly
Robert Clark
Clarke
Exeter
Plume
Whitcomb-street
Robert Clarke
Henry Plume
Dover Street
John Brown
John Dumfy
Highlander
Edward Hughes
Sir Sampson Wright
Norwich
Robert Bury Sard
Fohn Shallard
Thomas King
Jones
Chedland
Dawson
Berry
John Robson
Mr. Salter
Wandsworth
Pimlico
Warwich
Form Fones
Marquis of Granby
Elizabeth Smith
Cox
Richard Atton
Recorper
Trial records of highway robbery and burglary cases
Mr Justice Gourp tried Nathaniel Dawsin a soldier for highway robbery alleged to have struck Rebecca Friar on July 24 taking a silk handkerchief worth 18d. Not Guilty. Mr Recorper tried Thomas Smith for burglary in the dwelling of Mary Banbury a widow. Jury found him guilty of stealing to the amount of 30 thillings.
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Justice Gourp
Nathaniel Dawsin
Rebecca Friar
Terrible Rotherhithe Fire Destroys Dozens Of Homes
On a Wednesday night a blaze near Cherry-Garden Stairs Rotherhithe consumed tar supplies and spread through about fifty houses and outbuildings. Water shortages hindered firefighting and rivercraft could not be drawn away. The Ranger from the South Seas and a small brig burned, yet other vessels were spared. Many poor families lost their homes and all they owned, with little or no insurance to cushion the loss.
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Cherry-Garden Stairs
Rotherhithe
Warcontes
Ranger
Swain
South Seas
Ayers
Courtly pageantry and European affairs unfold across notices
Reports from Petersham Lodge and Knowle show the Duke of Clarence hosting nobles and officers while the Duchess travels to Sussex. France debates royal acceptance and ceremony for Louis XVI. Gibraltar readies for provisioning, Mint plans new guinea coinage for Christmas.
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Duke of Clarence
Petersham Lodle
Duchess of
Killarney
Durham
Cuane Extror
Astron
France
Louis XVI
Champ de Foederation
National Assembly
Hupvarp
Trinity
British
Bertin
Madame Rietz
Chereamie
Prussia
Deva Marcer
Count Ogitfi
Opinfti
Poland
Sont
Morocco
Gibraltar
National Assembly debates murder trial and mob violence
Paris September 16. The trial of Lyons murderers proceeds with vigor as the Assembly rejects calls to halt justice. An orator for the defense portrays the murdered as monstrous, while the gallery boos a brutal defense. Debates cover indemnities for Monaco and aid to indigent artists.
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Tipunal
Lyons
M. Gazéllia
National Assembly
Durstnot
Berefco
A&t
Sieur Guillin
Rufian
Committee of Reports
M. Trouret
M. Borflers
Monopolies attacked and grain circulation urged
September notes from St. M. Camus denounce a monopoly by small Affignats and name one individual holding 42,000 livres of the final paper. Decreed measures to suppress the evil. The deposed Bishop of Autun resumed praise for public education. The Interior Minister informed the Assembly of a corn scarcity in southern departments and urged free grain circulation as the remedy.
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M. Camus
Ct-Devant
Autun
Interior Department
Paris Mayor Barut Threatened By Fatal Lanthorn
After M pp Barut, the Mayor of Paris, faced a deadly threat, he ensured ample corn was brought to the capital. The lanthorn supposedly brightens a man's conduct. The Empress of Russia orders disbanding most Asiatic forces and sending them home, with each man receiving agricultural tools to cultivate Siberia deserts on peasant return.
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Barut
Paris
Lanthorn
Russia
Siberia
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