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Showing posts with label sir simon le blanc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sir simon le blanc. Show all posts
Friday, 15 April 2016

15th April 1816: The death of Sir Simon Le Blanc

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Sir Simon Le Blanc, as depicted by John Opie At 2.00 a.m. on Monday 15th April 1816, the King's Bench Judge Sir Simon Le Blanc died...
Sunday, 13 January 2013

13th January 1813: Henry Hobhouse informs the Home Office that Judge Le Blanc has denied the condemned Luddites mercy

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Private & confidential York Jan. 13. Dear Sir, Mr. LeBlanc has communicated to Park that after a very attentive [illegible] of ...
Thursday, 10 January 2013

10th January 1813: Henry Hobhouse writes to the Home Office about executions & pleas for mercy

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Private & Confidential York Jan. 10. [1813] Dear Sir, Park has been with Mr. Justice LeBlanc, & conversed with him (in the a...
Sunday, 6 January 2013

6th January 1813: The trial of Mellor, Thorpe & Smith - Part 4: the verdict

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At just before 8.00 p.m., and after being in Court 11 hours, the Jury in the trial of George Mellor, William Thorpe & Thomas Smith retur...
Friday, 4 January 2013

4th January 1813: Henry Hobhouse updates the Home Office about the progress of the York Special Commission

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Private York Jan. 4. [1813] Dear Sir, The Grand Jury have found a true Bill for the murder, & we immediately applied to the Court...

4th January 1813: Baron Thomson's charge to the Grand Jury at the York Special Commission

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The Judges at the York Special Commission: Baron Alexander Thomson (left) & Sir Simon le Blanc (right) The York Special Commission h...
Thursday, 3 January 2013

3rd January 1813: The Treasury Solicitor, Henry Hobhouse, has concerns that prisoners at York may try to escape

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Private York Sunday Eveng [3rd January 1813] Dear Sir, Ld Sidmouth may depend on having his Wishes complied with in respect to Advi...
Friday, 25 May 2012

25th May 1812: The Lancaster Special Commission commences

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Baron Alexander Thomson (left) & Sir Simon le Blanc (right) On Monday 25th May 1812, the special Assize to try those committed for t...
Wednesday, 16 May 2012

16th May 1812: Dates of Lancaster & Chester Special Commissions confirmed and more prisoners committed

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On Saturday 16th May, the Lancaster Gazette brought more news about the forthcoming Lancaster Special Commission. It revealed that the trial...
Sunday, 11 March 2012

11th March 1812: The Leeds Luddite James Shaw walks away free from York Lent Assizes

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The Lent Assizes at York had commenced on Saturday 7th March. On the following Wednesday, it was the turn of James Shaw, the Luddite capture...