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PC.773.134
25 Oct-1 Nov 1773:1623 (355)
Norwich (in Connecticut) October 14. Yesterday morning
Doctor Anthony Yeldall, John M'Donald, and Michael Handley,
were apprehended at Preston, as strollers and idlers, on a
warrant issued by Samuel Coit, and Samuel Mott, Esqrs. -- on
examination it was found that M'Donald and Handley were
employed by the Doctor, to shew feats of activity on a stage
erected for the purpose of amusing the multitude while he
sells his medicines, the former his journeyman, and the
latter his apprentice. The Doctor and his apprentice were
acquitted, and M'Donald was sentenced to fifteen days
confinement in the work-house in this town, and accordingly
was conducted thither about 6 o'clock in the evening.
We here that since the foregoing affair happened, the
Doctor has applied to some eminent gentlemen of the law, who
have given it as their opinion, that there is no law by
which his servant could be imprisoned as a delinquent,
especially as sufficient bail was offered. . . [7 lines]
By a gentleman from Canterbury we learn, that yesterday
while Doctor Yeldall was on the stage at that place,
expatiating on the virtue of his medicines, the parson of
that parish, imagining he could outshine the Doctor in
oratory, mounted the rostrum and began his oration with
great volubility. The Doctor, after having recovered from
the surprise that this extraordinary event put him in,
attacked the Minister, and after a warm and learned contest,
victory declared in favour of the Doctor.
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