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Murder hunt and trials sweep through Canterbury and London
Reports from Canterbury, Dover, Norwich and London recount a murder investigation tied to the Ruscombe case with a suspect detained in Bridewell and a servant identifying him. Additional items note tea seizures, church and civic appointments, baptisms, ship movements, thefts, and a murder verdict at Vine Street with a coroner’s inquest.
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Suurday
Bridewell
Gloucester
College-Green
Bristol
Speenham-Land
Canterbury
Dover
Frederick
Geneva
Latt
Lydd
Norwich
John Cooper
Earl of Holderweife
Arlington-street
St. James’s
George Pococke
Whitehall
Dutchess of
Athol
South-Audley-street
Charles the
Charing Cross
Lighorn
Morea
Rachel
George Lewis
Tripoli
Phoenix
Spithead
Gil
Mediterranean
East Indies
Thomas Newland
St. Giles’s
Newgate
Saunders Welch
William Bartridge
Bartridge
Anne Winsley
Vine-street
Mutton-lane
Francis Stoneham
Loneham
New Pifon
Guildhall
Muddlesex
Hicks
Old Bailey
Susannah Baker
Marklane