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Ship Lost in Bay of Biscay and London Crime News
A Newfoundland bound English ship was lost in the Bay of Biscay. Authorities seized 400 ermine skins to dodge duty. Reports detail Gin cases, prison sentences, highway robberies, and executions. Customs and excise actions, trials at Hicks's Hall, and overseas diplomacy updates from Madrid and Vienna accompany a broad crime and public affairs digest.
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Newfoundland
Bilboa
Bay of Biscay
Donnaldson
Add
Alderson
Elizabeth Palmer
Chick-lane
Clerkenwell Bridewell
AEF
Hicks
Excise
Sarah Allen
Thomas Carr
Elizabeth Adams
William Quarrington
Carr
Covent- Garden
Charlotte Grigg
Anne Howell
Alexander Radcliffe
Mr. Gibson
Isington
Thomas Watson
Gerard Botholmley
Holland
London
Hague
Vienna
Ufirza
Diemar
Nore
Danube
Widdin
Kevenhuller
South Sea
New South Sea
Bank
New Bank Circularien
Indi
Royal Exchange Assurance
Lonilon Ditto
Prem
Dirco
India
Ditto
Sale
Mine Adventure