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The trial at large of James Hill, otherwise James Hind, otherwise James Aitken, commonly known by the name of John the Painter, who was tried and convicted at the assizes held at Winchester, on Thursday March 6, 1777, ... for setting fire to the rope-house in His Majesty's dock-yard at Portsmouth, ... together with the confession ... also the particulars of his life, ...
Aitken, James, 1752-1777.Date: 1777
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A man in a boat house (C.S. Parnell) is damaging a boat representing the Liberal Party with a hammer inscribed "Manifesto". Colour lithograph attributed to Tom Merry, 21 March 1891.
Merry, Tom, 1852-1902.Date: 21 March 1891Reference: 564946i- Books
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The trial (at large) of James Hill; otherwise, James Hind; otherwise, James Actzen: for feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously, setting fire to the rope-house, in His Majesty's dock-yard at Portsmouth. Tried at the assize, at Winchester, on Thursday, March 6, 1777. Before the Honorable Sir William Henry Ashhurst, Knt. One of the Justices of his Majesty's Court of King's-Bench; and Sir Beaumont Hotham, Knt. One of the Barons of his Majesty's Court of Exchequer. Taken, in short-hand, by Joseph Gurney: and Published by Permission of the Judges.
Aitken, James, 1752-1777.Date: [1777]