Not Guilty Exposed in Trials of Miller and Baldwin
Fragmentary verse and political commentary recount a historic verdict on the re publishing of a controversial letter. The text laments disbelief in innocence, questions truth, and invokes divine and natural authority while lamenting the collapse of noble lineage and peerage under public scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Miller
Baldwin
King’s Bench
Sunius
Broan
Srig
DunNinc
Thames
Britain
Murpeerer
Anecdotes to press for fair access in murder case
A letter to the Middlesex Journal urges openness at the Old Bailey trial of Baretti and Morgan's murder, recounting witnesses and alleged court access refusals. It accuses a constable of acting as prosecutor without knowledge, and claims key witnesses were barred, affecting the defense of the accused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rose
Old Bailey
Otober
Evan Morgan
Keys
Baretti
Evan
Morgan
Higginson
Panton-street
Foote
Haymarket
Holeda
Avery
Thomas Williams
Edward Hapgerdy
Ba- Yetii
Edward Hagpardy
Tne Ann Box
Middlesex Hospital
Clarke
Patman
Richard Morgan
Wet Smithfield
Truru
Dispatches Touching European Moves In July
Last night the Spanish ambassador received dispatches via extraordinary courier. Reports say the British ambassador at a northern court was received coolly. French movements on the Havre de Grace coast are noted. Secretary of State received General Melville’s dispatch from Grenada. An express reached the Admiralty from West Indies commanders. Jamaica packet left with forty nine French and Dutch vessels at the Triangles trading with Spaniards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havre de Grace
Melville
Grenada
Admiralty
Windward
Leeward Island
West Indies
Jamaica
Trial of Onslow and Horne Prompts Elite Attendance
A courtroom duel between Mr Onslow and the Rev Mr Horne spurs a high turnout in Guildford with many gentlemen traveling from St Saviour Lambeth Streatham Epsom and Weybridge to witness the case. Authorities report naval and political dispatches from Brest Leghorn and Portsea plus warnings of a Boston blockade and measures against imported American timber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George ‘Onslow
John
Horne
William. Sims
St. Saviour
William Coffin
Richard Firewood
Lambeth
Peter
Theobald
Thomas
Bond
Abraham
John Stevens
Thomas Palmer
George Payne
Boston
Gage
Plymouth
Brest
Leghorn
South’ Carolina
Cape ‘Hatteras
St. Augustine
Purfleet
Fetter-lane
Dumois
Also Mentioned on This Page
Durwises-Alley
Tos
Middlesex Journal
John Fielding
Holland
Flanders
Constantiople
Walachia
Moréa
Salomon
Osman Pacha
Caron
Modon
Navarino
Rumelia
Danube
Elizabeth
Waterford
Bank
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