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Perjury trial and Jamaican affair dominate Admiralty Sessions
On Tuesday John Hanna was tried at Guiidall for Perjury and acquitted. Devenish was tried for sodomy and sentenced to six months imprisonment with pillory. News arrives of West Mail robbery suspicions. Jamaica letters describe a slave revolt in Savannah and a peace agreement granting liberty to plantations. Shipping losses abroad and varied export data accompany a dense colonial news roundup.
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John Hanna
Longden
Guiidall
Admiralty
Devenish
Devonshire
Siffer
Royal Exchange
England
West Mail
Port Boy
Bonetta
Wheatly
Savannah
Jamaica
Chagon
Gutteridge
Stoller
Iland
George
William
Austell
Cowes
Carolina
Holland
Otter
Riga
Hull
Norway
Main
Bourdeaux
Dublin
Wexford
Sai Jers
D. A
France