Trials (Adultery) - Early works to 1800

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Adultery and seduction . The trial at large of Robert Gordon, Esquire, for adultery with Mrs. Biscoe, wife of Joseph Seymour Biscoe, Esq. grandson of the Late Duke of Somerset, who was found guilty in five thousand pounds damages. And the trial at large, of the Reverend Mr. Scoolt, curate at St. Olive's, Southwark, for seducing Miss Reddie, a beautiful young lady of nineteen years of ag[n]. Tried before Lord Kenyon, and special juries, in the sittings after Michaelmas term 1794. Taken in short hand by a Student of the Inner Temple.
Biscoe, Joseph Seymour b. 1760.Date: 1794
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Adultery . Trial, in the Court of King's Bench, before Lord Kenyon, And a special jury, between Edward Dodwell, Esq. plaintiff, and The Rev. Henry Bate Dudley, defendant, for crim. con.
Dodwell, Edward fl. 1770-1789.Date: 1789
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A collection of papers relative to the prosecution Now carrying on in the Chancellor's Court, in Oxford , against Mr. Kynaston, By Matthew Maddock, Clerk, Rector of Catworth and Holywell, in the County of Huntingdon; and Chaplain to his Grace the Duke of Manchester; For the Charge of Adultery Alledged against the said Matthew Maddock. By John Kynaston, M. A.
Kynaston, John 1728-1783.Date: 1764
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The whole of the trial of the Hon. Richard Bingham , for adultery with Lady Elizabeth Howard, wife of B. E. Howard, Esq. Presumptive heir to the duke of norfolk, and daughter to the earl of fauconberg, Before Lord Kenyon and a special jury, Feb. 24, 1794, who found a verdict for the plaintiff, Damages One Thousand Pounds. Embellished with a striking likeness of the lady. Taken in short hand by an eminent barrister.
Norfolk, Bernard Edward Howard Duke of, 1765-1842.Date: 1794
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A full and complete history of His R---l H---ss the D- of C-d, and Lady G---r , the fair adultress, from Their first Acquaintance to the final Determination of the Cause, at the Instance of Lord G--r, in the Court of K-g's-B-, for Crim. Con. Containing, a circumstantial account of all their private interviews, with all the letters which passed between them, and the particular Occasions on which they were wrote. With an account of all the proceedings in Doctors C-n's and Court of King's B- in that Cause, with the Speeches of the Council on both sides, and Depositions of the Witnesses. In two volumes.
Date: 1770