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Newspaper
Weekly Register
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Sep 18, 1799
Page
4
A report notes a pistol ball cartridge stash found under a fire engine-house near the church, signaling hazards to Halifax amid drought. The town, filled with outsiders and criminals, is described as vulnerable as wells run dry and safety erodes under possible attempted attacks.
Reports from Dublin describe a sentinel killed by gunfire at Portobello and a private of the Duke of Yorks Highlanders slain near Barrack Bridge. A mail escort attack near Blair's Wall yielded loss of the bags. Galway debated Union terms with sheriff backed address. protests followed. Waterford details armed men wrecking John Mansfield’s house at Coolnamuck near Carrick-on-Suir, destroying pipes and furniture.
A London Old Bailey session reports several cases including a man named Glark indicted for shooting and aiding and abetting in an Hounslow Heath incident, with jurors convicting others of burglary and theft. Proceedings cover a barber James Whitey, a linen draper heist at Twickenham, and various felonies, with one mercy recommendation and several capital sentences.
In a chaotic session, a prosecutor who offered a reward to recover two guineas faced admonition to refrain from such acts, leading to the acquittal of a suspect. Thirteen defendants were tried, two capitally convicted for burglary and related thefts, including Rob. Richardson and Thomas Robertson. The jury found others guilty of thefts from houses, but not of breaking, with several acquitted. A separate murder accusation against Thomas Syme was examined. the court noted insufficient violence to prove manslaughter, acquitting him, while others were convicted of felony and more acquittals recorded.
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