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Newspaper
General Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Jan 17, 1771
Page
1
Sor We Dear dated Jan 16 records wind from NE and lists ships under his Majesty including Juno and Cerberus. At Gravesene on Jan 16 various vessels named such as Ellendorf, Berence, Mariae Agnera, Smidh, Lady Elizabeth, Doran, Yourg William, Meinderte and Petronella Joharma among others from Amsterdam Dunkirk Jamaica and other ports.
The piece notes Lord North's plan to grant the Duke of Bedford’s vacant garter, making a commoner the second to receive it since Queen Elizabeth I’s era, amid broader parliamentary- and legal-issue discussions. A Dublin letter touches on Weavers and Dublin Society. The article also questions the Choigul affair as a political ruse by France and mentions English political shifts.
A long letter discusses jury authority to judge law and fact, arguing against jursy being stripped of legal judgment. It cites Littleton and common cases to defend juries determining both fact and law where appropriate, warning against penalizing juries for formalities and urging adherence to established practice. The piece also notes local crime trials and promotions in the period.
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