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Robberies and trials at Bow Street and Old Bailey
Reports from Bow Street before Sir John Fielding detail the committal of William Kerally for aiding a robbery after a ladder was left on site at a warehouse. Other items note a Crown alehouse cellar break in Rupert Street with beef, tongue, and gin stolen, and multiple petty larcenies at Hicks's Hall leading to transportation. Sessions at Guildhall and Old Bailey announce numerous sentences including death, transportation, and whipping. Additional items discuss upcoming sessions and intelligence from Postscripts about naval appointments and Irish provisions.
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William Kerally
Bow- Street
John Fielding
New Prison
Crown Alehouse
Rupert-street
St. James’s
Hicks’s Hall
John Thomas
Simon Jones
Samuel ‘Huffey
Charles’ Linney
Bartholomew Bardon
Khown
John Crew
Solomon Crew
Michael Redman
Mary Getting
Edward Bagley
Thomas Smith
Elizabeth “Wilmore
Surry County
Edward Williams
Locks and Curls
Newgate
Earl Verney
Roert Stephenson
Maidstone
Woolwich
Duke of York
Prince Royal of Denmark
England
Saville-houses
Leicester Fields
Duke of Gloucester
Copenhagen
Janssen
Bread-street
Markeline
Lord Clive
Pat Gretivich
Bondori
Liverpool_ ili
Buncatter
Kingdom of Ireland
St As
Leeward Islands
Cape Florida
Missisippi
Orde
Indiaran
Dewar
Ilatem
Ofijfreal
Aly
Montpe