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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 15, 1763
Page
4
A lyrical meditation on celestial wonders and fearful omens as night darkens and the Sun retreats. Northern aurora and starry fires illuminate the sky while phantoms of horror and philosophical inquiry arise. Melitta emerges with the dawn, greeting the day with serene beauty.
London reports a duel between Mr. W- and Mr. M- after insults were exchanged in Hyde Park. Mr. W- was shot in the coat and carried home in pain, later declared out of danger. He reportedly said he died satisfied for harming neither man nor woman. The shooter Mr. M- fled to France with authorities tending W-’s wound and the case drawing public interest amid political commentary and broad dispatches from Newmarket to Hanover.
A historical call for juries to determine facts in libel prosecutions against the state criticizes information brought by the Attorney General as an unlawful innovation. The author argues juries must assess factual truth, not merely legal rulings, to protect press liberty and resist state overreach.
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