Trials (Adultery) - Great Britain - Early works to 1800
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The second part of the trial of the Hon. Mrs. Catherine Newton , Wife of John Newton, Esq; and Daughter of the Right Honourable and Reverend Lord Francis Seymour; at the Consistory Court of Doctor's commons; upon a Libel and Allegations, Charging her with the Crime of adultery with Mr. Isham Baggs, a young Oxonian; Mr. Brett, a Player at Bath; Thomas Cope, Mrs. Newton's Coachman; Isaac Hatheway, her Footman; John Ackland, of Fairfield, in the County of Somerset, Esquire; and divers other Persons. With all the interesting Scenes, fully, minutely, and circumstantially displayed. Containing the Whole of the Evidence in that very Extraordinary trial.
Newton, CatherineDate: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]- E-books
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The genuine copies of letters which passed between His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland and Lady Grosvenor Her Ladyship's letters to the Hon. Miss Vernon, Maid Of Honour To The Queen, the anonymous letters, signed Jack Spratt, Which Were Sent To Lord Grosvenor; Another signed T. Trusty, sent to Lady Grosvenor, And one from Miss Vernon to her Ladyship, Part of Which Were Never Before Published. To which is prefixed, a clear and Circumstantial account of the trial in the Court of King's Bench, on the 5th of July 1770; wherein the Rt: Hon. Lord Grosvenor was plaintiff, and His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, defendant, for Criminal Conversation with the Plaintiff's Wife.
Date: [1770]- E-books
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Mrs. Inglefield's justification, containing the proceedings in the Ecclesiastical Court, before the Right Worshipful Peter Calvert, L. L. D. On July 11 and 17, 1785, taken in short hand by W. Blanchard; with a preface and notes by Mrs. Ann Inglefield. N. B. All immodest Expressions are expunged
Inglefield, AnnDate: MDCCLXXXVII. [1787]- E-books
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The whole tryal of Richard Lyddel, Esq at His Majesty's Court of Common-Pleas, Before the Right Honourable Lord Chief Justice Eyre, for carrying on a criminal conversation with the late Lady Abergavenny. On Monday the 16th of February, 1729/30.
Richard LiddellDate: 1730- E-books
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The whole of the trial of the Hon. Charles Wyndham , on a charge of adultery, with Sophia, the wife of Anthony Hodges, Esq. Before Lord Kenyon, and a special jury, in the Court of King's Bench, at Westminster Hall. When After an Examination of considerable Length, replete with curious Matter, and in which was mentioned, among others, an Illustrious Personage, The Jury gave a Verdict in Favour of the Defendant. Embellished with a striking likeness of Mrs. Hodges. Taken in short hand by a gentleman of the Temple.
Hodges, AnthonyDate: [1791]