Event Comment: 1st piece [1st time; MD 5, by
James Boaden, based on
Herman von Unna, by
Anders Fredrik, Count Skjoldebrand. Prologue by
John Litchfield. Epilogue by
the author (see text)]: In
the course of
the Play,
the Customs of
the Tribunal in
the Citation of
the Offender-
the Leading away to Judgement-
the Habits and mysterious Signs of
the Ministers of Vengeance, will be given with Accuracy. In
the last Act,
the awful Assembly of
the Free Judges at Midnight, with
the Ceremonies of
the Trial-elucidating an Institution, which, by Secrecy and Certainty of its Judgements, produced many alarming Events in
the 15th Century, throughout
the Germanic Empire.
Morning Herald, 20 June 1795: This Day is published
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