Trial of William Maclauchlan Ends with Not Guilty Verdict
The court heard William Maclauchlan deny charges as armed aid to various crimes with the panel and Marshal in attendance. The jury returned a unanimous verdict of not guilty. the assembly then dispersed, while reports of a planned seizure near the Castle circulated. Separately, Veronica van Arfen, Countess Dowager of Kincairdin, died in the city, her husband Alexander Bruce, Earl of Kincairdin, a Privy Council member and Treasury commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William “Maclauchlan
Guyard
Maclauchian
Kincairdin
Veronica van Arfen
Empress issues age based education in service order
News from Petersbourg and Vienna report an imperial edict commanding boys from eight to twelve learn writing and from twelve to sixteen study arithmetic geometry fortification and history, with service entry at seventeen. Paris dispatch notes Infante Philip's birth and King’s elevation to Admiral General, court celebrations and noble hats by grandees of Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Count Seckendorf
Don Philip
Spain
Ireland Death Notices and Public Mirthful Benign Warnings
A fragmentary Ireland notices page reports the death of Martha Didlin widow of Brigadier-General Vefey governor of the Royal Hospital. It also recounts a Thursday event where Hunt a superannuated Tide-Waiter aged 81 years died. Reverend Dr Swift warned inhabitants about fake English half-pence and the dangers of lack of a mint. He distributed four pounds of half-pence for silver, exchanged them for gold, and offered wine, urging caution against counterfeits and drains on local coinage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Didlin
Marth
Vefey
Royal Hospital
Essex-street
Swift
D.S.P.D
England
Wood
Trial Interlocutor in Scotland Appeals to Assembly Violent Gathering
Edinburgh March 22 reports the trial of William Maclauchlan for being an accessory to the hanging of John Porteous. The Lords of Justiciary declare that a number of people unlawfully assembled armed with clubs and offensive weapons. The verdict condemns the unlawful convocation and tumultuous assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburgh
Taft
William*Maclauchlan
John Porteous
Lords of Justiciary
Notable London Obituaries and Public Notices
A crowded column reports the deaths and affairs of London society. Eminent banker Pattner and Edward Turner are mentioned with estates, trusts, and pending lawsuits. Marriages, appointments at Gray's Inn, and church honors fill the page, alongside naval dispatches and plans for subscriptions to retire debts.
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France
Holland
Petersbourg
Scotland
L-O
N.D.O.N
Fleet-street
Rower
Pattner
Sim
Tes Chambers
Gongy- Court
Gray’s-Inn
Edward Turner
Gray’ S Inn
Charitable ‘Corporation
Tome Waite Achidéir
Simon Durand
Diddeféauty
Martisanke Alington
Whitehall
Corea
Duke of Bedford
Miss Gower
Lord Gower
Evel Afierpoint
Evelyn Duke of
Kingston
Agesent
Knight
John Night
Orfeld “Hall
James Bray
Law
St. ‘Paul’s
Anne Packer
Highgate
Chichester
Rye
Oxford
Potter
Canterbury
Robert Freind
Christ
University of Oxford
Mathew’ Hutton
St. George
Castle of Windsor
Pinner
Francklyn
Rei&t
Thomas
Moore Park
Bart
Ralph Hawtiey
Middlesex
Christopher Cilthier
Ellary
Heistopher Mae
Daugheér
Ublin
Antrim
Georgia
Drake
Castres
Fatale
Havannah
Caolina
Georbia
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