Equity in Law and Envy in Courts of Common Law
A reflective note discusses Sir John A Willes and his equity driven approach in the Court of Common Pleas, noting successors and peers sometimes followed equity over strict precedents. It laments envy among lawyers, urges candour and fairness, and argues that reason and natural justice should guide decisions in the absence of clear precedents.
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John A ‘Willes
Court of Common Pleas
Equity
King’s Bench
Imp
Forsaxe
Lord Hardwicke
Lee
Carthy
Frail Verse Plea On Cash Costs And Trials
A fragmentary dramatic monologue criticizes justice delayed by lack of funds. The speaker urges counting costs before pursuing a case and warns against admission or dismissal based on financial means, referencing unseen figures and hostile crowds. The verse invokes names with oblique initials to imply figures of opposition and public theatrics.
Three ringleaders punished in Tours revolt outcome
Paris March 14 report states by a Blois Superior Council arret the late Tours revolt ringleaders condemned to be hanged, three others sent to the galleys, a woman branded and banished, five women to be punished by the Carcan, plus several prisoners moved from the Bastille. A Piedmontese debtor fled his creditors who pursued him to Villejuif, where he wounded bailiffs and wounded himself, dying slowly in view of authorities.
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Franceers
Paris
Blois
Tours
Bastille
Sieur F
Dourlens
Sieur D
Ham
Sieur de S
Villejuif
Assizes to be held at Chepstow for Monmouth county
A fever among prisoners in Monmouth County Gaol prompts adjourned Assizes at Chepstow on Thursday March 24. All concerned are enjoined to attend. By order of His Majesty's Justices. Hereford James Davis Sheriff of Monmouth March 1 3774.
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Monmouth
Chepstow
Hereford
James Davis
County of
Monmoush
Missing bill drawn by Sampel Wyatt on Newport street
A bill dated 26 Feb 19794 drawn by Sampel Wyatt of Newport Street for 1001, accepted by John Wyatt. Whoever finds it should return it to No 33 Chesterhouse Square for reward. Payment appears refused. avoid discounting or accepting the bill as payment.
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Sampel
Wyatt
Burton
John Wyatt
Newport-street
Chesterhouse-square
House Proceedings in Monpaur March 21
The Speaker took the chair at 2:30 PM and routine business proceeded. A petition sought a navigable canal to the old River Aire and Calder. The gael bill hearing was postponed. a committee considered the Simon Fraser lands bill amid an old debt. The Boston tea duties bill was read, Mr. R. Fer warned of ruin, urged penalties against the East India Company, and the motion to commit passed without division.
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George Sle
Air and
Calder
Simon Fraser
Simon Lord Lovat
Boston
Massachusett’s Bay
North America
Botton
R. F—er
East India Company
Edinburgh
Glasgow
House Aims to Hear Amendments on American Bill
The House broke up near 4 o'clock and will reconvene to consider the American bill with several amendments. A Westertay Committee of the House of Commons met to hear evidence for a petition by the City of London seeking a navigable cut from Moorfields to Waltham Abbey, surveyor Whitworth tested the measure's utility and property impact. adjourned to Thursday. A separate committee, chaired by Mr Dowderwell, heard evidence on enclosing common fields at Bricklehampton Worcester, filling the bill blanks.
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Gaye Ty
Moorfields
Waltham Abbey
Whitworth
House of Commons
Inclosure and road bills pass in Upper Assembly
The Upper Assembly read and passed the bill for repairing Manchester roads and the Wreak inclosure bill. Several other inclosure bills were read a second time and committed for tomorrow. Reports from the Lower Assembly and various notices follow, including extracts from letters about European affairs and local trials with notable details.
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Manchester
Upper Assembly
Southwell
Hockeston
Chad Whitworth
Lower Assembly
Committee of Supply
Bank of Scotland
Bologna
Duke
Duchess of Cumberland
Milan
Modena
Senate
Italy
Port Mahon
Isle of Paros
Spiritow
Grand Duke
Constantinople
Jasper Aga
Bulgaria
Ocober
Omar Pacha
Ali Pacha
Chiaoux Pacha
Romanzow
Warsaw
Liverpool
William Meredith
Cadiz
Havangah
High Water and Theatrical Entertainments Listings
London Bridge high water times listed for morning and night with 76 minutes after the hour. Theatrical notices include The Fair Quaker with The Author yesterday and The Brothers with The School Boy tonight. Covunt-Garpen shows King Henry the Eighth with The Apprentice yesterday and Don Sebastian with The Uphitter this evening.
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London-Bridge
Darny-Lang
Stock Market Brief Signals Mixed Bank Shares Fall
The report notes mixed stock activity with several bank stocks showing declines and others holding, mentioning India and South Sea shares in a compressed quotation. The overall tone indicates fluctuating prices and a small setback in Bank An and related securities.
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India
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Ondon
House Or Commons
Monpaur
Campechy
Lifton
Francis
Compton
Grenada
Hawke
London
Betsey
Snow
Nice
Gibraltar
le Paix
Crux
Marféiflés
Dunkirk
Villa de ‘Cans
Oxford
Marth
William Patrick
Shipton-under-Which
Wood
Patrick
Burford Bridge
Burford Lamb
Burford Town
Shipton
Boscawen
James Harrington
Thomas Brookes
Jasper Sprange
Edmund Baker
Tanbridge
Drury-lane House
Miss Pope
Moody
Rowlin
Blue Maid
Well
Southwark
Kingston
Saliseury
John Withers
Wroughton
Marlborough
Ann Lipyeat
Christopher Lipyeat
Fternoon
Consol. Bank
Pr. Navy
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