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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
May 24, 1764
Page
3
A short letter warns against seeking money from recovered items, arguing that charity should aid the poor without profit. The author urges humane acts over financial gain and cautions that emulation of harsh attitudes could hurt finders in need, signing as Laconic.
A long mixed notice offers investors in mortgages of lands estates and government securities, with Mr New Nam of Westminster soliciting inquiries. It also promotes Mr M Hawkbridge’s private lodging house near Harrogate and a theft report at Mr Edward Hardges’s shop with a detailed list of stolen goods and a reward for recovery.
Postscript to the Printer of the London Evening Post from Exeter dated May 21 1764 defends the legality of general warrants used against printers and publishers in the North Briton case. It recounts order and execution of warrants against Leach Wilkes Balfe and others, Habeas Corpus issues, and argues Parliament must resolve the legality of such warrants over executive practice. It cites prior precedents and condemns the use of regal authority to seize papers and imprison suspects without proper legal process.
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