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Aldermanic Scrutiny and Early June Meeting Notices
In the Ward election for Cripplegate Haberdasher's Hall reports show 481 votes for Sir John Williams and 463 for Felix Feast, while the Lord Mayor delays declaring the Alderman choice to June 12. Also, in the Old Bailey three capital crimes are convicted, including William Hawksworth for murder and two others for horse stealing, plus counterfeiting indictments against Philip Harft. Notices announce highway repairs and widening works, hearings on printed sheets authenticity, and forthcoming publications from Gyles, Mears, and Woodman with details on Jamaica Mines suits and protest collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cripplegate
Haberdasher’s Hall
John Williams
Felix Feast
William Hawksworth
3D Regiment of Foot-Guards
Admiralty-Office
Philip Harft
Indi&ments
Spinkes
Hughes
Lord Bolingbroke
BF. Gyles’s
Gray’s Inn
Holborn
Faid
Thomas Jett
N. B
W. Mears
Temple Bar
F.gyles
J. Woodman
Bow Street
Covent Garden