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Horrific Murder and Sessions Report From Old Bailey Records
A woman on Saturday near Rotherhithe delivered a bastard child and, the next day, was accused by neighbors and confessed to burning the infant. The coroner’s jury returned a verdict of willful murder. The article also details Old Bailey sessions with numerous trials, transportation sentences, and several named individuals including Lupton Bennet Piggot Johnson Frost Ambrose Parry and others. It reports on ship actions including Capt Ambrose capturing a Spanish privateer and notes stock market prices and a long list of parliamentary representative nominees and election notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King’s Mill
Rotherhith
John Lupton
Elizabeth Bennet
Thomas Ruby
Francis Piggot
John Johnson
Henry Comer
Mary Frost
Carpenter
Cochran
Torhill-Fields Bridgwell
Sr. Antonio de Padua
Juan Baptita de Escara
St. Sebastian’s
Ambrose
Chace
Isle of Bass
France
Parry
Rosco
Brest
Sam
England
Mary
Starling
London
Riga
John and
Anne
Saunderson
Hull
Lehorn
Brack
Gettenbourg
Chester
Jutland