Poison Broth Fatality Report Remains Unclear
A family reportedly consumed broth laced with poison. The son and daughter recovered after vomiting up what they ate with timely aid. The wife, more severely affected, died about four hours after ingestion. The incident suggests a deliberate or accidental poisoning within the household.
Trial at Quarter Sessions in Cornwall ends with acquittal
A Cornwall Quarter Sessions report from London recounts Crop Ruttle’s acquittal after his assault on a military officer. Witnesses described threats with a poker and claims of self defense as the jury found Captain Crop first struck, clearing the defendant of blame. The item also notes royal visits, appointments, deaths, and clerical notices surrounding the same period.
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Camelford
County of
Cornwall
R. Ruttle
Crop
Clapp
Nofe
St. Auste
Portsmouth
Isle of Wight
Duke of Argyle
Charles Noel Somerset
Monmouth
Duke of Beauford
Miss Berkeley
William Hodges
Oriel College
Oxford
Kensington
Woodward
St. Paul’s
King-street
Golden Square
Charles Hanson
Kent
Chichester
Hare
Claggett
St. David’s
Mawson
Landaff
Buser
Bristol
Egerton
Hereford
Ghichester
Blag
Durhal
Waterland
Mididge
House of Peers
King George
Duke
Foot-Guards
Middlesex
Francis
Vernon
Carthagena
Thompson
Downs
Georgia
Penzance
Arriv
Admiralty Office
Cevill Mayne
Henry Overton
Charter-house Square
John Barnard
Knt
Christ’s, Hospital
Francis Child
Deceas
Bridewell
Bethlem
Willes
Henry Northcote
Pynes
Devonshire
Miles Mann
William Richardson, Esq
Bermondsey
William Plaxtoun
Joseph Cranmer
James Brackley
Castle Yard
Robert Harley
Westminster
Peter Flaver
Walthamstow
Thomas Carew
Crocomb
Somersetshire
John Hewey
Middle Temple
Thomas Bridges
Islington
William Withers
William
Joseph Speed
Aldgate
Wright
Newington
Abraham
John Purcas
George Siffon
Ludgate Hall
George Knap
Saltar
Balinghall-Street
George Newland
L.L.D
Garton
Gresham College 5
John
Wellington
Redcross-Street
John Howell
Blackwell-Hall
Benjamin Hoare
Fleet- Street
Nicholas Smith
William Hunt
St.Paul’s
Samuel Seawell
Haberdather
Newgate Street
George Dance
Finsbury
Samuel Bridgeman
Cheapside
Barnaby Backwell
Fleet Street
Roger Drake
St. Giles’s
Christopher Kennett
Basinghall-Street
Thomas Renwick
Robert Parker
Nath. Maccaferee
Copper-Smith
Barbican
Thomas Minors
Thomas Ravenscroft
Lombard-Street
Robert Aller
Queenhithe
John Whally
Thomas Burdet
Sadler- Leadenhall-Street
William Singleton
Aldersgate-Street
Richard Spinks
Customs
Deptford
Bland
William Roach
Easton Francis
South Carolina
Nicholas Trott
Ork Treath
Thomas Hafeden
Royal Academy
Gloucester Street
Red
Lyon
Richard Ellis
Sannazarius
Greenwood
Comptroller’s
Excise
Halsey
Ee Yetterday
Lund
London
Temple. Gates
Fleet-Street
Stephen Crewe
Leadath
Barthemore
Chester
Micclestone
Stafford
Litchfield
Coventry
Richard Reynolds
Cuthbert
York
Cottomhouse
Rotherhith
George Thornhil
Doddington
Huntingdonshire
St. Neots
Fuela
Lincoln
Bugden
John Blacker
Newgate
Col. de Veil
William Hamilton