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Murder and executions cited in Gloucester and Maidstone reports
News notes capture a deadly killing by Marsh and Marshal near Rye-Cammon, their eight day robbery spree totaling 351 in booty, and later trials at Gloucester and Maidstone where several offenders received death sentences, transportation, or corporal punishments. Additional items report a coachman’s fatal head injury near Maidstone, ship losses, fiscal updates, and European dispatches on fortifications and patrols.
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Marsh
Marshal
Rye-Cammon
High-Wicomb
Pontifex
Wilthhire
Hampshire
Epham
West- Wicomb
Newbery
London
East Smithfield
Gloucester
John Fortescue
Aland
Baron Fortescue
William Watkins
William Davis
Richard Smith
John Bond
Frampton Upon Severn
Thomas Cook
Slater
Joseph Deal
Anthony Edell
Salisbury
Maidstone
Kent
Wm. Fell
Malkin
Edinburgh
Brown
Chatham
Stubbington
Shuttleworth
Lewisham
Dragoons
Anderson
Grenadier
Col. Paget
de Veil
Roberts
Canterbury
Major Hardies
Newgate
Kingston
John Grimes
Graham
Thomas Parker
Richard Drake
Parker
Lambeth
St. George’s Fields
Pimb
Newfoundland
William and
Jane
Cockerell
Newcastle
Essex
Custom House
Holland
Dantzick
N.S
Augustus
Wechfelmunde
Genoa
N. S
France
Duke de Montemar
Viena
Lorrain
Triers
Philipsbourg
Fort Rhe
M. du Theil
South Sea
Prem
Royal Exchange Assurance
London Afsurance
York Buildings
Welch
India
Ine Adventure