Address to Lord Mansfield on jury power and libel law
In a public argument before Lord Mansfield the writer praises English jurors for challenging perceived tyranny and defending the constitution. He condemns the Attorney General's informations ex oficio and asserts juries must judge both fact and law, defending the right to canvass conduct and demand accountability of high officials.
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Macva Cuarta
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Cicero
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Ilkegal
Robbery on Gateshead Fell and Yorkshire mail crime
Postscript reports a late August robbery on Gateshead Fell where a gentlewoman in a chair and the Durham mail carrier were both robbed by a single highwayman. Suspect Hazlitt, claiming to be a former clerk, admits the chaise robbery and describes an accomplice who opened the mail in a quarry. letters and bills are found with his female companion. He is jailed in Durham. The account adds surrounding crime notes, weather, theatre news, and various state and colonial items.
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Mail
Newceastie
Gateshead
Durham
Rober Hazlitt
Samuel Bamford
Philiplane
London
Hazlitt
Hazlett
Nelsen
Iris
Lord Rochford
Conway
Ireland
Sterling
Yarmouth
England
Antigua
Mackenzie
Jamaica
Lord Hillsborough
Senate of
Genoa
Privy Council
Grand Signior
France
Normandy
Cherbourg
Rouen
Vologne
Auvergne
Compiegne
Carcity
Richmond
Yorkshire
Swaledale
York
York Castle
Thomas Kelley
House of Correction
Shlereford
Bedwardine
Thomas
John Lord Nairn
Ranelagh
Hay-hill
Lloyd
Greenland
Liverpool
Hull
Theatre Royal
Hay-Market
King John
Sheridan
Fleetwood
Hubert
Gentleman
Constance
Philippina Burton
Drury-lane
Covent-garden
Aubert
Hamlet
Arthur
P. Burton
Calista
Miss Haywood
Motieré
Fele
Nath End
Duke of Cumberland
Justice Afton
Thomas Smith
Pomfret
Bellihill
Smith
Lord
James
Portmouth
Hound
Floon
Captain Barn
Guinea
Spithead
Dove
Facy
Grotelles
Prince Edward
Harvey
Cams Delight
Morris
Bristol
Batchelors
Guernsey
Abshling
Olding
Tenby
Isabella
Willer
Mermel
Bebhel
Falmouth
George
Margaret
Stephenson
Nancy
Simpson
Britannia
Harrison
Happy Union
Mary
Atkinson
Sunderland
Southampton
Supply
Lion
Hayling
Plymouth
Charles Philip Stourton
Lord Stourton
Bond
Pond-street
Hampstead
Mr. Mitford
Eusingham
Alnwick
Northumberland
Newcastle
John Oliver the Elder
John Oliver the Younger
Heddon
John Burton
Trawell
Nottingham
Lar Leith
Scotland
Deal
London Packet
Calef
Botton
Kenedy
Bilboa
Jane
Dominica
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Lord Mansfield
My Lord
Shields
Selim
Cato
T. D
Ingley
N.B
Great Britain
Ouress
W. Bingley
Newgate-firecr
Duncan Smith
Blind
Lon-on
Watton
Theocrit
Pilkington
le Keau
Epire
General Manlein
Rutha
Seceker
Kennick
R. Gritiidhs
T. Becket
Con
Strand
Revey
Akia
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