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Reviewed newspaper notices
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Described as a chairman; gave evidence after the Martha Ray shooting and said he saw a man in black running with pistols.
Birth estimate / source
Adult role as chairman/witness in 1779, assuming 18+; age not stated
Occupation / trade
Published 1779 (exact publication date unresolved) · Derby Mercury · p. 2
Bounded witness passage from the original. Provider label 19 March 1779 predates the reported 7 April 1779 shooting; exact newspaper publication date remains unresolved. Issue heading outside the crop. Source reference: Derby Mercury · 1779 (exact publication date unresolved) · p. 2. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
John Glascow, described as a chairman, supported evidence after the Martha Ray shooting in Covent Garden and said he saw a man in black running with pistols.
Evidence and identity limits
The original Derby Mercury passage names John Glascow, described as a chairman, giving evidence after the Martha Ray shooting in Covent Garden. The provider label of 19 March 1779 is incompatible with the shooting on 7 April 1779, independently dated in the Old Bailey original. Exact publication date and personal identity remain unresolved; no Irish origin is stated. Listed profiles are compatible or conditional name/chronology leads, not proved assignments. Identity review (6 October 2026): 1779 Derby Mercury report that John Glascow, a chairman (sedan-chair carrier), gave evidence after the Martha Ray shooting in Covent Garden. He is a London working man with no WikiTree profile. No compatible WikiTree profile after a duplicate search for: John Glascow (new-profile draft pending).
Styled a chairman among those examined in the Hackman/Miss Ray affair; the report says he removed the pistol and gave it to Halliburton. Co-chairman Andrew Doyle is named. · Andrew Doyle is also styled a chairman in this report.
Published 1779-04-12 – 1779-04-15 · Gloucester Journal · p. 3
Faithful bounded original viewer excerpt; provider search highlighting retained where visible. No reconstructed text. Issue metadata supplied by Newspapers.com. Source reference: Gloucester Journal · 1779-04-12 · p. 3. Open for full size; inspect the original page for context.
What the notice says
James Glasgow and Andrew Doyle, styled chairmen, are named among persons examined in the Hackman/Miss Ray affair; Glasgow reportedly removed the pistol and gave it to Halliburton.
Evidence and identity limits
The Hackman/Miss Ray report names James Glasgow and Andrew Doyle as chairmen among those examined, and says Glasgow took the pistol from Hackman and gave it to constable Halliburton. Chairmen is preserved without expanding the occupation. Two original issues reprint one account; reported testimony is not a separate trial verdict or proof of family identity. James is a named witness in one reprinted report, with no checked profile identified. The postal and shipmaster James subjects remain separate; no kinship or travel history is established. Identity review (6 October 2026): April 1779 reports of the Hackman/Martha Ray shooting name James Glasgow, chairman (sedan-chair carrier), who took the pistol and handed it to Halliburton. A London chairman with no identifying detail; no WikiTree profile can be assigned.
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