Insane murder and child drowning reported in 1733 notices
Long excerpt describes a 16 year old Elizabeth Cooper in Stanford Berks confessing to murdering her newborn by drowning near a hedge. It chronicles subsequent inquests, accusations against a master, and broader 1733 London news including ship movements, a Puritan tragedy, weather damage, and local crimes.
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Oxford
Stanford
Berks
Elizabeth Cooper
Farringdon
John Tubb
Lambourn
Myithin
Bristol
Devizés
Chap Kipling
Dorton
Buckinghamshire
Needham
Newceatre
Charles Morgan
Durham
Haughton
Darlington
Guliton
Sthichy
Temselves
Wilson
Mackeey
Campbell
Chalifatoon
Doctor Fullarton
Dawn
Fatta Sing
Ramnarrain
Ram Narrain
Baar
Dega Gregore
Thomas Adams
Burke
P. S. Petruce
Henry Vansittart
Fort William
Someros
Mefry Ellis
Lushington
Mr. Ellis
Todeath
Tom
Campat
Ranifery
P. S
Lady Hope
Burgoyne
Hydepark
William
Henry
Frederick
Lord Ligonier
Queen’s Palace
Richmond
Earl of Lowth
St. James’s Street
Ireland
Lord Clive
Berkley-square
Cundover
Shropshire
Hamburgh
Count Brannitzky
Turku
Poniatowsky
Kiev
Caminieck
Podolia
Brannitzky
John Henry Christian de Stumpel
Germany
Tait
Acadia
New Scotland
St. John
St. Cross
Stumpelbough
Charles Toun
South Carolina
Plymouth
Friendship
Perkins
Bourdeaux
Montpelier
England
Kerret
Grant
Spithead
Florida
Isitant
Dublin
Bonny
Cowley
Dover
Havannah
Cape of Good Hope
Vincent
Erith
East-Indies
East Indies
Col. Coote
John Carnac
Hon. East India Company
Adarms
Charles Yorke
Earl of Hardwicke
Cuthbert Lambert
Lambert
Newcastle
Spencer
Paris
Mr. du Clarion
Cromwell
Montrose
Snowhill
Tower Wharf
Hanover
Amsterdam
Nicholas Geelvink
Castricom
Holland
Mr. Meadows
Litle Brockly
Surry
Shad- Thames
Edmund Woodhouse
Eigg
Norway
Arlington
Catharine Spivy
Newgate
Heaton Wilkes
St. John’s Square
Clerkenweil
Joan Wilkes
Norwood-green
Green’s Court
Clerkenwell
Mecklenburg
Thas Egogi
New Sughita
Man
St. Brides
Fleet-tree
Perry
Bride-lane
and. Napper
Essex-Street
Strand
Gray’s Innlane
Green Man
Coventgar
Hughes
Porte
Sir John Fielding
Mr. Barrer
Old Fith{treet
Smithfield
Porters Block
Clerkenwell Bridewell
Cook
Jewin-street
Portsmouth
Godalmin
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New-York
Copeland
Lisbon
Pitt
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Lashmore
Winchester
Dolphin
Latt Indies
Coftin
Patna
Albright
Calcutta
Meffieurs Ellis and Lushington
Meff
Hayy Lyon
Jones
de Sante Monster
Chambers
Amyhlett
Dottor Walker
Jzsurrs
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