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Perjury and Executions Reported in London News
A long London notices section details committed individuals including Mary Roots for extortion from Henry Hill and a pinker by trade, Elizabeth Humfris tried for retailing spirits and acquitted, and James Fraser arresting others. It lists executions ordered for Gardener Bolingbrook and Constantia James with Rigby reprieved, plus reports of ship losses, merchant advices, and Atlantic news ranging from Cadiz to Newfoundland with multiple European political and naval concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newgate
Mary Roots
House of Correction
Torhill-fields
Westminster
James Fraser
Henry Hill
Elizabeth Humfris
Clerkenwell
Commissioners
Zoo
Chesnut
John Rigby
John Evans
Peter Small
Mr. Evans
James Gardener
Henry Waldron
Ely
Murray
Covent-Garden
William Bolingbrook
William Hogsdon
Constantia James
Davis
James Buchanan
Admiralty
Royal Guardian
Canton River
China
Gardener
Bolingbrook
Tyburn
Buchanan
London
Jones
Cadiz
Carelcrone
Constantinople
Newfoundland
Waterford
South Wales
Samuel
M‘knight
Antigua
Sker
Glamorganshire
France
Portugal
Sligo
Caldy Island
Milford
Bourdeaux