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Burglaries and Trials at Newgate and Local Robberies
Reports from Islington and Newgate recount Ward’s capture after a robbery at Mr. Gibson the Baker. Ward confessing details to Mr. Ryan of Coverit-Garden theatre. Other items include Mary Shaw’s commitment for arson threats at Epsom, a sharp's attempted theft in Moor Fields, and a theatre lodgings incident. Royal pardons promised for burglaries and ongoing fire investigations across towns. News from abroad notes Naples, Spain, and Russia tensions with many sympathetic dispatches and speculative outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neware
Ryan
Coverit-Garden
Heatre
Queen-Ilraet
Ward
Newgate
Jack
Midford
Mary White
Tyburn
Mary Shaw
Southwark
William Jolliffe
Micajah Perry
Sarah Parker
Epsom
Shaw
Long
Moor
Nicholas Bayly
Robert ‘Cotes
Bondstreet
Cones
Wed
A. Perfort
Pickering
Fanbabedar
Lincoln’s Inn Fields
King’s Bench
Abbottbury
Dorchester
Mackie
Smith
Miss Mann
Drury-lane
Gol. de Veil
Tothill Fields Bridewell
Taylor
St. James’s
Italy
Naples
Spain
Acvaxtica
Romé
Papal
Stockholm
N.S
Ber ‘Mond
Rayimond
Ceene
Hague
Porte
Russia
Petersbourg
Leghorn
Paris
Shen
Bastia
Peting
Rownes
Samandane
Ftiai
Famie
Napus
Ote
Gustus Iil
Rome
Sheath
Uis
Colonna
Barberini
Caférta
Neapolitan
Fox
Velletri
Catholick