Note 640 — REIGN OF GEORGE I.: 1714–1727. (continued 4)
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‘Edinburgh, April 9, 1728.—Yesterday, Tony Astons, elder and younger, stage-players, were committed prisoners to the Tolbooth. ’Tis said they are charged with the crime of carrying off a young lady designed for a wife to the latter.’—Ed. Ev. Courant.