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The Rhode Island Republican
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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At the recent Quarter Sessions in Doylestown, Bucks County, presided by Judge John Ross, an unnamed person was convicted of eavesdropping, fined $20, and required to post $100 security to keep the peace for one year.
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"EAVES DROPPERS, or such as listen under walls or windows, or the eaves of a house, to hearken after discourse and there- upon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales, are a common nuisance and presentable at the court-leet, or are indictable at the sessions, and punishable by fine and finding sureties for the good behavior!"
He was sentenced to pay a fine of $20, to give security himself and finding surety, each in the sum of $100, to keep the peace for one year.
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Doylestown, Bucks County
Event Date
Late Court Of Quarter Sessions
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sentenced to pay a fine of $20, to give security himself and finding surety, each in the sum of $100, to keep the peace for one year
Event Details
a person was convicted of Eaves Dropping, an offence thus described by Judge Blackstone: "EAVES DROPPERS, or such as listen under walls or windows, or the eaves of a house, to hearken after discourse and there- upon to frame slanderous and mischievous tales, are a common nuisance and presentable at the court-leet, or are indictable at the sessions, and punishable by fine and finding sureties for the good behavior!"