Ripples of Crime and Trials at Old Bailey and Tyburn
Reports detail nightly robberies and swift pursuit. a hair merchant trap and a street encounter near Charing Cross. juries fined for non attendance. a tyre smith and butcher acquitted after faltering threats against guards. trials reveal transportations and executions. a Dublin society meeting admits George Stackpoole as sheriff and contributor to reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Martin’s-lane
Charing-cross
Westminster
Old Baily
Old-street
Elizabeth
Hester Lyon
Robinson
Tower-hill
William Mason
Merirs
Smith and Thompson
Guildhall
Hicks’s Hall
John Terry
Winchester
Herts
Essex
Kent
Sussex
Surry
Chelmsford
Hertford
Horsham
Southwark
Daniel Blake
John Murcott
Lord Dacre
Tyburn
Hounslow Heath
Dublin
F.b
Dublin Society
George Stackpoole
Clare
Lost Letter and Stolen Horse Notice in London Bristol
Lost on January 8 a letter to Mr Michael Miller Bristol containing a bill drawn by Newman and Brother dated Melktham Dec 28 1762 six weeks dated to the Bills Whitehead London. Reward offered to finder for returning to Messrs Hencon Brown and Son Bankers Lombard Street or Mr Michael Miller Bristol. Also a stolen Pyeballed horse from Mill Yard Rosemary Lane described with four white legs and wall eyes. reward of three guineas promised by Mr Bland Tallow Chandler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ars Herman Zurhurst
Post-Office
London
Michael Miller
Bristol
Paul Newman
Melktham
John
George Whitehead
Che Crier
Whitehead
Hencon, Brown and Son
Lombard-Stree
Hall
Mill-Yard
Rosemary-Lane
Mary Harvey Seized and Abducted from Cliffe to Calais in 1763
Public notice warns against buying or lending on Mary Harvey’s estate including cash in bank funds jewels and a New River Company share. It alleges forced removal from Cliffe to Calais after confinement by violence or undue influence and seeks inquiries through her brother William Harvey at Gray’s Inn Holborn Court London dated February 25 1763.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Havey
Broad Street
London
Flington
Slington
Margaret-Street
Cavendish Square
Cliffe
Calais
France
Mary Harvey
Hlington
New River Company
Atorney
William Harvey
Holbourn- Court
Gray’s-Inn
Inoculation House Opens in Chelsea for Smallpox Patients
Announcement from Danvers Street Chelsea that a smallpox inoculation house will receive patients for five guineas each at admission. After initial patients, future inoculations will occur at a distant location with separate apartments. Mr Reid, surgeon, provides admission details and contact avenues in Paradise Row Chelsea and Ruffel Street Covent-Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danvers Street
Chelsea
London
Reid
Paradise Row
Frantical Method for finding Longitude at Sea
Report on a published nautical treatise by Robert Waddington offering moon-based observations to determine ship longitude and latitude. Includes lunar tables, meridian times for London, declination, and navigation details tested by voyages to St Helena under Royal Society orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Grenville
the Admiralty
London
Robert Waddington
Three- Tun-Court
Miles’s-Lane
Cannon-Street
Messrs Mount and
Page
Tower-Hill
J. Nourse
Bookfeller
Strand
W. Bristow
St. Paul’s Church-Yard
N.B
St. Helena
Royal Society
Lost servant and property for let in Lincolnshire region
Worcester December notice seeks information on Paul Jenkenson, a missing articled servant from Gloucestershire now in Worcester. Reward offered for capture and return to Robert Hancock. Also advertisement for a modern well-built five-room house near Louth in Lincolnshire for rent with extensive outbuildings and pasture land, inquiry through Thomas Birch or Robert Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcefir
Paul Jenkenson
South Cerney
Cirencester
Gloucestershire
Worcester
Robert Hancock
Perons
Bere Hancock
Broughe
N.B
Louth
Lincoln
Thomas Birch
Bow Church-Yard
London
Robert Lee
Louch
Independent Voices on Public Affairs in London Posts
A collection of letters from Britannicus and Plain-Dealer to the London Evening Post argues for unbiased judgment of ministry actions, condemning party partisanship. It cites peace terms, public finance, and constitutional reforms while praising measured, patriotic governance and condemning violent theatre disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Evening-Post
Monseers
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Lyme
W- Nicoll
St. Paul’s Church- Yard
Postscript
The
London Evening Post
Tui
Boxeur
Mr. Somers
Laws
Somers
Str
Covent Garden Theatre
Beard
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