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Public whipping and executions in 1737 Surrey Assizes
A vagrant picked up in London was whipped at Salisbury Court after being found the same offender in Fleet Street and sent to Bridewell. Surrey Assizes yielded five executions including Cobb for mare theft, Green for highway robbery, Gibbons for post chaise robbery, Chapman for burglary with murder, and Mitchel the naval officer for murder by a press gang. Shuttleworth was acquitted. widow appeals pending. Also notices on Richmond Park rights, Iron Pear Tree Water cure letter, and weekly mortality and stock prices.
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St. Bride
Fleet- Street
Wood-Street Compter
Bridewell
Salisbury Court
Fleet Street
America
County of
Surrey
Guilford
Luke Cobb
John Palchin
Joseph Green
Elizabeth Curtis
Croydon
Samuel Gibbons
David Abarbanel
Barnes Common
Richard Chapman
John Inglefield
Cheam
Houthold
James Chapman
Robert Mitchel
Nathaniel Spencer
Tooley Street
Mitchel
William Shuttleworth
Sir Thomas Dennison
Richmond Park
Orp Iron Pear Tree Water
Green and Gold
Parliament Street
Westminster
Las
Francis and
Desorau Rince
Hosters
Charles Street
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England
India
South Sea
Pinto India