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Execution Delay at Kingston Common and Newgate Notes
The report details reprieves for Francis Cochran and Samuel Jones from Kingston last week, with army officers pressing for others including Michael Hughes, John Grimes, and Isaac Bran, to be executed next Saturday at Kennington Common. It also mentions Isaac Thomas’s commitment to Newgate for house theft, a Frau Field case, a drunken street quarrel later deemed no robbery, freighthand notices, and various societalities including lodges and financial notices.
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Southwark
Francis Cochran
Samuel Jones
Kingston
Hughes
Michael Hughes
John Grimes
aliay@raham
Ysaac Bran
Kennington Common
Isaac Thomas
Newgate
Col. de Veil
Thomas Powell
Va. Victualier
St. Anne's 'Parish
Morris
Linnen-draper
Ferter-lane
Leicester-fields
Benjamin Field
Piccadilly
India
DeVeil
Col. DeVeil
Thomas
Cel de
Svere
Aghidh
Devonthire
Portmore
Eds
Ray