Forged Two Pound Note Suspect Held For England Bank Officials
Police intelligence reports a man was privately examined before Directors and Mr Winter solicitor for the Bank of England charged with uttering a forged two pound note. Arrested in Thames street while trying to pass it, several more forged notes found on him. He confessed guilt and named accomplices. He keeps a shop at Wandsworth and trades in various goods. Warrants were issued to seize associates and he is committed to the New Compter for further examination.
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Winter
Bank of England
Thames-street
Wandsworth
Compter
Deaths in York and nearby regions notable figures
Obituary list includes Christopher Rawdon of York at 70, Rev. William Thompson of Birmingham in 63rd year, Mrs. Jago relief of Rev. Richard Jago, Rev. Thomas Williams of Ludlow, George Wade of Hotwells, Lieut. Col. Alex Macpherson in the East Indies, Mrs. Eliz. Elliot widow of the late New York governor, and other prominent clergy and gentry with ages and locations across England and beyond.
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Christopher Rawdon
York
Wakefield
North
Rothwell
Leeds
Heffe
Robert Gee
Hull
Laxton
Yorkshire
Francis Baylis
Henry Waite Robinson
Cottingworth
Abingdon-street
Westminster
John Churchill
Wade
Dragoon Guards
East Indies
Alex. Macpherson
6Th Regiment of Native Infantry
Amboon
Edinburgh
Eliz. Elliot
and. Elliot
New York
Rorndale
Alex. M*donald
Glenalladale
Kincraig
Robert Baillie
Gustavus Anthony Wachiel
Little Alie-street
Goodman's -Fields
Grosvenor-street
Lady Margaret Chrichton
Countes
Dumfries
Liverpool
Robert Wethead
Tursh
Briancon
Pope Pius VI
Hill Street
Berkeley Square
Robert
Clayton
Bart
Marden-park
Surrey
Lichester
Somersetshire
Bath
Henry Hobart
Intwood-house
Norfolk
Norwich
3D Regiment of Norfolk Militia
Ways and Means
House of Commons
Doncaster
Ann Denton
Denton
Ashted
Clement’s Inn
Thomas Handley
Law Reports Middleton qui tam versus Blake
Middleton qui tam against Blake, vicar of St Leonard Shoreditch, for non residence on his vicarage. He had long lived in Devonshire and preached via a curate in the parish church, with no fixed residence. Lord Kenyon urged that government must assure service of God and that reform demanded residence of ecclesiastical dignitaries at their duties.
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Middleton
Blake
St. Leonard
Shoreditch
Devonshire
Kenyon
Vicar’s Duty to Reside in Parsonage Court Case Stressed
In a legal argument the court contends that a vicar must reside in the parsonage if available, as a duties bound by oath and law. The judge emphasizes moral example and parish harmony, urging verdict for the plaintiff with eleven monthly penalties totaling 301, within a year’s limit.
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Mr. Gibbs
Lord Kenyon
London
Shoreditch
Patth
Schoolmaster Faces Ten Pound Claim Over Son’s Care
The Brompton Kent schoolmaster sues for ten pounds fifteen shillings and ninepence halfpenny for board and education of his wife’s son. Evidence shows the boy lived with both parents during holidays, studied in Wales, and spent five months with the plaintiff before being sent to a school run by the defendant’s wife’s former husband. Carr, a gunner in the East India service, had connections to India and the boy’s placement was directed by the boy’s mother.
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Erskine
Brompton
Kent
Wales
India
Carr
Education debt implied in adoption of stepchild case
A court addressed whether a husband must pay for the education of his wife's children from a former marriage. Lord Kenyon noted that adopting the child and managing the household can create obligations. the defendant adapting the boy and taking him into the family led to liability for education costs. The plaintiff argued the debt was legitimate and should be discharged based on adoption and loco parentis.
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Peared
Gibbs
Tubbs
Sarriton
Lord Kenyon
India
Trials at the Old Bailey End with Executions Ordered
Yesterday at the Old Bailey Eighteen prisoners were tried five capitally convicted including John Vickers for stealing a ewe, Bevan and Mills for highway robbery, and Hannah Brien among others. Seven felonies and six acquittals followed. On Thursday eighteen more, with two capitally convicted William Hodges and George Mills for theft and burglary, nine felonies and seven acquittals. May 10 173? nine men faced murder charges and verdicts varied with four acquitted while Brian Holland and Sullivan were found guilty and sentenced to death to be executed Monday.
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Old Bailey
John Vickers
Jonathan Padingham
John Bevan
Richart Mills
Henry Kemp
King’s Highway
Sasannah Harrison
Fix
Daniel
Wade
Houe
Matthew Stix
John Field
Mar O
William Hodges
Joan Wright
George Mills
William Goodriff
Faipay
Timothy Brian
James Barry
Alias Berry
Patrick Holland
Daniel Driscol
George
Grose
Barry
Driscol
Romsey
M‘carty
Brian
Heath
Dendburgh
Timothy
Ha Sullivan
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Police Intelligence
LAW Reports
Court of Kine’s' Bench
Stone
Ito
oLb ‘Batley
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