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Violence and Trials Mark Week in London News
On Thursday Elizabeth Lee was taken into custody on suspicion of murdering her husband and committed to a constable’s care until the coroner’s verdict. Nichols was committed to the Gatehouse on suspicion of stealing with another woman. William Gray, a smuggler, was recaptured near Hastings after escaping from Newgate. Several marriages and deaths are noted, including Captain Cowper’s wedding, Dr Scolney’s marriage, and the deaths of William Levett and Wil lam Reading. A messenger from Harwich brought news that the king left Harwich Thursday afternoon at two with a로 wind from the southwest.
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Elizabeth Lee
Fulthe Manly
Nichols
James Fraser
Cooke
Southampton-street
Richard Akerman
Newgate
William Gray
Ashburnnham
Sussex
P. Bailey
Hastings
Cowper
Windsor Castle
Miss Barber
John Barber
Sunni
William Levett
Night
Islington
Willram Reading
Royal Navy
Abraham Finks
Castle-street
Shoreditch
Fune
Maddock
Totners
Devon
Gilbert Yard
Sharpham
Lower Sharpham
Alprington
Dart
Totness
Dartmouth
Sharphim
Slellybear
Tornets
Ashprinton
Rowden
Harris
Drew
Marshal’s
Slade
Walcombe
Perchwood
Painton
Faid
ofeMiva
Richard Metherell
Bridge
Pomeroy
Borough of
Tollers
Gregory
Fane
Tarcot
Astrnom
Niawton-Burbell
Dison
Bradley
Highweek
Tenigbridge
Newton-Bushell
Lewton-Abbot
Batt-Ogwell
Woolborough
Teing
Exeter
Sotners
Angel
Mawes
Sharpham and Bradley
Moll’s
Addis Archell
Samuel Brent
Plymouth
Mark Batt
Mottenham
Salath
Cornwall
Thomas Jones
St. Anstell
William Luke
Casle-Yard
Fielborn
London