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23 Jun 1741

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London Evening Post

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London, Middlesex, United Kingdom

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Jun 23, 1741

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Injustice of the Sheriff over Polls in Pembrokeshire and Cam

London Evening Post reports on contested returns and sheriffal intervention. Powell led Lloyd by 6 votes before a private room scrutineering altered the result, triggering a pursuit of legal redress. Pembrokeshire counts show Campbell 536 and Symmons 527 with alleged manipulation through land tax rates. News notes a lord’s marriage and clerical deaths abroad as context.

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Powell Lloyd Vowell Pembrokeshire Pembroke Campbell John Campbell John Symmons James Price Symmons Price Lord Raymond Miss Blundell Viscount Blundell Lord Blundell Sheen Richmond Surrey Barraston University College Oxford Addington Kent Standen Carthagena Robert Trevor Chichéster
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Bravearmed Freeholders Clash At Dornock Election

In Dornock on May 29 a large armed group escorted Brigadier James St. Clair to the county election as 2 to 3 hundred armed Freeholders protested the show of force. The meeting adjourned, a rival adjournment elected Mr. George M'Kay, Advocate, as representative, but the sheriff refused to certify. A later session produced a second, pro-Brigadier vote.

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Brig. St. Chair Michaelmas Head Court St. Clare Keatons George M‘kay Brigadier &J. Clair Fach M‘kay St. Clair N. B Edinburgh Bourdeaux Great Britain Femper Brey Marsailles France Sardinia Italy
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Whitsun Night Beating Ends In Death In Hereford

In Hereford on Whitsun Monday Edward Knight a journeyman clothworker and his son beat Richard Pincher an impoverished voter in a dispute over the late election. Pincher died that evening after extended illness. A coroner's inquest returned verdict of wilful murder. father and son are confined awaiting trial next.

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Country News Hereford Edward Knight William Richard Pincher Pincher Father Sop
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Cardigan County MP Election Marks Partisan Polls

The Cardigan county election opened with candidates Thomas Powell of Natiteos and Water Lloyd of Peterwell. The Sheriff displayed evident partiality by rejecting Powell voters and admitting Lloyd supporters, amid a five day poll beset by alleged bias and irregular practices.

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Cardigan Thomas Powell Natiteos Water Lloyd Peterwell South Wales Powell Lloyd
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