London Evening Post in London, Middlesex

Prisoners and piracy news from Old Bailey and beyond

Reports detail 157 prisoners at Newgate to be tried this Sessions with 119 on the Middlesex side and 34 on the London side. Sir Richard Brocas commits a felon to Bridewell for two months for street robbery. Bridget Casey, alias Mills, linked to the Cafey family, is jailed at Newgate for pocket picking. Sailors from Amsterdam complain of peasant plunder and a bill to make such piracy a felony. Shipping losses near Holland and Denmark are noted along with various European diplomatic moves and trade concerns. The London Gazette recalls a 1704 act prohibiting incentivizing British artisans to emigrate, with fines and imprisonment for violators.