Robbery and Brutal Assault on Sir Robert Monro’s Tenants
On Sunday January 18 about nine at night a group forced entry at William Monro’s house in Braes of Ferrin Donald. They bound the landlord and his pregnant wife with twig bindings, looted livestock and provisions, and fled after a pursuit by three neighbours. The robbers, ten or twelve in number, fired upon the pursuers at Grenskinch, while suspicion falls on the Monro network and local evildoers. The third such incident in weeks underscores a growing midnight depredation problem, prompting calls for restraint and swift action.
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Tayne
William
Grenskinch
Earl of Cromary
Robert Monro
Mackenzie
Monro
N.B
Murder Near Pool Dorsetshire Leads to Winchester Gaol
A letter from Winchester reports Henry Smith accused of murdering Joan Maw near Pool in Dorsetshire. Maw, likely pregnant, sought help for lying-in when Smith attacked with a penknife, almost severing her head. Smith fled, hid at Bishop’s Winkham, was identified by a witness, and later apprehended. He owned Saltworks at Parkston and faced a late-February indictment at Winchester Gaol.
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Winchester
Suesday
Henry Smith
Joan Maw
Pool
Dorsetshire
Bithop
Winkham
Southhamptons
Syfio
Parkston
Andip
Lai
London notices and road to a duchess funeral
London brief items report the death of Lady Hokey daughter of Thomas Pits of Whitfield Northamptonshire and relate a public disturbance in Surrey involving Captain Bloomer of the Guards. A notice mentions a planned event linked to the late Duchess Dowager of Saxe Gotha with a Sunday date in view.
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Hokey
Crobery Hoke
Bart Ant
Tig
Petra
Lister Hoke
Afton
Warwickshire
Thomas Pits
Whitfield
Northampton
rAd Trigg
Tudaayight
Bloomer
Guards
berspixt-Balami
Martin
Surrey
Rais
Royal Pregnancy News and City Council Moves Described
Royal highness Princess of Orange advances in pregnancy while wartime plans include a warrant for his Majesty's ship expediting to action. Governors and committees are named for St Helena, Lowdon Work House, and London Sewers as City of London motions push for laws against wool exports and merchants form a petition.
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Thes Princess
Orange
Duke
Kate
Chatham
Jenkins
East-India Company
St. Helena
Goodwin
Déceas
Matheus P. Effevenon
Berkeurgod
Holland
Catherine Windsor
Monijoy
Court of Common-Council
London
Hour of Commons
Hearing all Nifi Prius Causes in Common-Pleas Court
Reports from Edinburgh and London chronicle a spate of deaths and crimes. Major John Cockburn aged 86 died in Edinburgh after Revolutionary service, while Newcastle saw the death of Dohce Redan of Beaufront. A series of murders and assaults are recorded in London areas including Moorfields and Windmill Hill Foundry. The Majesty’s Theatre benefactions for Shakespeare's monument reach Westminster Abbey, with Dr Mead Pope and Mastyn contributing. A Hackney gentleman Mr Peacock and a mason were robbed near Norman's Land, with two soldiers suspected in the assault, amid broader contention over military power and public safety.
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Edinburgh
John Cockburn
Newcastle
St. Jonnly
Hexham
Bath
Clayrog
Aldergate
Dtree
Wandsworth
Masih
Doctors‘Commons
Gandy Spurway
Arches Court
Marsing
Windmil Hill
Moorfields
Alechodis
Fuliowers
Whitefield
Westleys
Alek
Fleetwood
Drury- Lane
Rich
Covent-Garden
Righs Nion
Barlington
Mead
Pope
Mastyn
Westminster Abbey
O. Ic
Kent
Schtemaker
Cuuafus
Eacock
A. Frifg
Tvo
Wnole Gang
Villany
Kingsland
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