Old Bailey Session: Watch theft and home burglary trials
At the Old Bailey, Ruffel is found guilty of stealing a silver watch from William Cowper after drunken sleep at the Green Man. Crimp is convicted of breaking and entering Mrs. Thompson’s home and theft of silverware and 28 guineas. The Recorder rebukes the prisoners, emphasizes law and punishment, and bids repentance in a closing speech warning of severe penalties for violent theft.
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Recorder
Body Ruffel
William Cowper
Thomas Crimp
King’s Bench Walks
St. George’s Fields
Fisher
Sentence Warnings At Old Bailey For Failing Streets Offences
Mr Common Serjeant presided as Walsh and Redman confessed to uttering bad shillings on September 6. The judge warned that the offence worsens and the Crown would indict Redman for felony. Falerley was convicted similarly. penalties include twelve months’ imprisonment. Several others faced death sentences or varied punishments for burglary highway robbery and forgery.
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James Walsh
Margaret Redman
Falerley
Seventh Day Sentences On The Prisoners
In the seventh day of the sessions many prisoners faced various sentences. One was to be transported fourteen years, thirty five for seven years, five to correction for twelve months, one fined one shilling, another whipped publicly. Several more were confined or fined, with multiple cases of Newgate confinement and whippings. Some were transported to New South Wales for fourteen years or life, and pardons granted on terms. Fifty prisoners were discharged. Mac Moore’s sentence was stayed pending judges’ opinion. sessions adjourned to October 31.
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Fivo
Floufe of Correction
House of Correcion
House of Correction
Newgate
Taro
Jano
John Aies
James Fitzgerald
Mary Smith
Newcate
Wiliam Williams
William Pery
John Clues
New South Wales
Andrew Davis
James Carol
Laurence King
John Stonham
William Smith
Maria Smith
Mac Moore
Apparent Rise and Fall of French Government Reform
The writer traces the persistent arc of French political upheaval from the first attempt to overturn the system to the current monarchic decline. He notes a steady degeneration of vice across factions as public opinion shifts, with philosophy itself astonished by the public mind’s malleability. A pivotal figure shifts from savior to political liability in a single hour.
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Chateauvieus
LA Fayette
OC Petion
France
Avignon
Chaffeurs
Angust
Petion
Manuel
Robertspierre
Carra
Marat
Go Fas
Condorcet
Brifat
Paris
Interior Department
National Assembly
M. Petron
France in Turmoil and Robbery During Revolutionary Upheaval
The piece details Paris amid Jacobin ascendancy, street violence, and mass killings. It notes Marseille and Brest mobs looting, Lyons massacres, and arrests tied to assignat forgeries. London arrivals seek refuge with the Paris mob, while Luckner redirects troops. old weaponry and scarce powder highlight military strain.
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Old Bailey
Mani
MR. Common Serjeant
Sohn Mof
S A&m
Burrinc Norice
Robert Ellis
Thomas Kirk
Thomas Crump
VW. Vane
John Cook
Thomas Cook
John Smith
Thomas Hicks
Fares 4Auskin
John Dean
Mary Burgess
Richard Stanniforth
Appairs
Norrow
Mof
States General of
Champ de Mars
la Fay- Ette
Peyron
Roserspierre
Petron
Ro- BE
Europe
Eritgel Peliow
Manus
Brest
Surenne
Lyons
London
Duke of Brunswick
Chalons
Marshal Luckner
Luckner
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