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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Nov 21, 1771
Page
2
A London letter argues for abolishing city feasts as a cure for high provisions. It claims luxury banquets waste wealth and harm health and understanding, urging the Lord Mayor and corporation to end them to lower prices and enrich citizens. It cites feasts as wasteful, burdensome, and a ridicule to Aldermen.
To the printer Gr TR and My RAY inform Mr. James Stephen that if the Sheriffs had discouraged their prisoners upon his application they would have been liable.
The excerpt discusses bail procedures and appellate court authority, noting Mr Wilkes was not shown to misunderstand the law or restrict individual liberty. It argues bail payments and guarantees belonged to the Court of Common Pleas and the Sheriff’s duties under oath, with emphasis on proper legal channels.
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